A strong negative index for the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) usually means there is ________ of a pressure difference between the Bermuda (subtropical) High and the Icelandic Low pressure. This brings ________ than average temperatures over the northern U.S. and Northwest Europe.

A) less; cooler
B) less; warmer
C) greater; cooler
D) greater; warmer


A) less; cooler

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A) two different goals that are not in opposition B) governmental vision competing with economic practicalities C) an issue that will never be resolved D) how short-term needs are in opposition to long-term sustainability E) the Precautionary Principle

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The low-tide terrace ________.

A. is the high and dry part of the beach B. is found between high- and low-tide levels C. lies above the surf zone D. is the same as the backshore E. is part of the foreshore

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A transform boundary is characterized by ________

A) two converging oceanic plates meeting head-on and piling up into a mid-ocean ridge B) stratovolcanoes on the edge of a plate and shield volcanoes on the adjacent plate C) a divergent boundary where the continental plate changes to an oceanic plate D) a deep, vertical fault along which two plates slide past one another in opposite directions

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