Seventy five percent of weather-related deaths since 1990 have been associated with ________
A) wind storms
B) blizzards
C) tornadoes
D) tropical storms
E) volcanic eruptions
Answer: D
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a - refuse b - alluvium c - bedload d - discharge e - capacity
If you lived in parts of Texas or California and your house foundation crumbled because the soil swelled when it was wet and cracked when it was dry, chances are that the soil would be a(n) ________
A) Alfisol B) Mollisol C) Oxisol D) Entisol E) Vertisol
Describe some of the processes that release and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Is there any evidence that suggests that these processes are not in balance?
What will be an ideal response?
Why does temperature increase with altitude in the stratosphere?
A) Chlorofluorocarbons increase ozone concentrations, which enhance temperature. B) the anthropogenic greenhouse effect (which is a recent phenomenon) C) due to the effects of the normal lapse rate effect D) Ozone acts as a greenhouse gas which traps infrared energy radiated by Earth's surface. E) Ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the Sun and then reradiates it at infrared wavelengths.