The vertical motion of air causes the cooling of the lifted air. This phenomenon is governed by the ________ effect
A) Coriolis
B) albedo
C) inversion
D) adiabatic
E) latitudinal
Answer: D
You might also like to view...
Edge cities are typically situated near major highway intersections
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The carnivores have specialized shearing teeth called
a. perrisodonts. d. miacidissials. b. artiodonts. e. all of the above c. carnassials
Weather and climate have become so much a part of our lives that the first thing many of us do in the morning is listen to the local weather forecast. For this reason, many radio and television newscasts require that the weathercaster be certified by the American Meteorological Society (AMS)
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The granite plutons of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California formed because
a. a continental-continental collision caused melting of the North American plate. b. subduction of an oceanic plate beneath the North American continent produced volcanoes and magmas that cooled deeper in the crust. c. the San Andreas transform fault caused melting of the North American plate. d. there was no plate boundary near western North America. e. volcanoes spewed forth huge amounts of granite.