The annual temperature range at most latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere is much smaller than that in the Northern Hemisphere. The reason for this is that ________.
Earth is closest to the Sun during the Southern Hemisphere summer
rainfall and cloudiness are greater in the Southern Hemisphere
a greater proportion of the land surface is mountainous in the Southern Hemisphere
there is a greater percentage of water surface in the Southern Hemisphere
there is a greater percentage of water surface in the Southern Hemisphere
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A. in a deep valley during the summer B. on a desert in winter C. in polar regions in winter D. at the top of a high mountain in winter
The Caledonian orogeny closed the Iapetus Ocean and merged Baltica with Laurentia
a. True b. False
Describe where flow velocity is highest in a semi-straight channel. Why is this the case? What will be an ideal response?
Reexamine the map on the left side of Figure 5.24. Rocks of this age in southern Michigan and northwestern Ohio provided large quantities of oil and natural gas in the early 1900s
However, no oil is found in rocks of this age in eastern Pennsylvania. Use the information in the map to propose a hypothesis for why oil and natural gas are found in rocks of this age in one location but not the other. What will be an ideal response?