This globe, from the opening two-page spread of the Climate chapter, shows average annual temperature (warmest is red, coolest is purple). What is the main factor causing Europe to be colder than Africa?
A) Trade winds
B) Westerlies
C) Amount of insolation
D) Ocean currents
C) Amount of insolation
You might also like to view...
The center of gravity of a baseball bat is
A. in its center. B. closer to the handle. C. closer to the heavy end. D. slightly away from its center of mass.
Cities tend to situate convention centers and sports complexes in their CBDs because
A) they hope to lower real estate prices and tax revenues in their downtown areas. B) of their low ranges and thresholds. C) they hope to stimulate more business for downtown restaurants, bars, and hotels. D) they have a need for the kind of rapid transportation that is only available in the CBD. E) the CBD offers large amounts of horizontal space.
A fault-bounded body of rock that has a different geologic history than adjacent regions is called a
A. continental shield. B. forearc basin. C. tectonic terrane. D. horst and graben.
The diagram below represents a model that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) uses to categorize the extent of storm surge in the coastal zone. The red arrow in this figure points to
A. the height of high tide. B. the radius of motion of water molecules that are part of the waves of oscillation. C. the maximum height of the swash zone. D. the highest rate of discharge from the nearest stream.