What factors can affect the value of the environmental lapse rate?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Heating or cooling of the lower atmosphere, advection of cold and warm air at different altitudes, and advection of an air mass with
a different environmental lapse rate.
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One of the following pairs of terms refer to sedimentary characteristics that you would not expect to find together in the same environment of deposition. The pair that does not make sense together is ___
a) high-energy beach, sand b) mountain stream, angular boulders c) quiet lagoon, mud d) deep submarine basin, mud cracks e) lake bottom, mud
Although mostly seen by pilots, the glory's name comes from its appearance when viewed by an observer located on the ground
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Montreal Protocol was an international environmental treaty ________
A) that was not approved by the U.S. because many lawmakers did not believe in global climate change B) whose goal was to protect the ozone layer C) whose goal was to ban the proliferation of nuclear weapons D) that banned the sale and export of products made of ivory E) that banned the sale and export of invasive species
A chain of active volcanoes formed at a subduction zone where an oceanic plate is subducted under another oceanic plate is known as an _________________.
a. island arc b. broad-based rift valley c. accreted terrane d. midoceanic ridge