What are monsoons? Why do they occur?
What will be an ideal response?
Monsoons are torrential seasonal rains. Monsoons happen because summer heating over high continental areas causes a large area of surface low pressure and upward movement of air. Moist air from adjacent oceans moves over the land to replace the rising air. The moist air masses then also rise over the uplands, cool, condense their moisture, which leads to intense rainfall.
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How does petrified wood form?
a. permineralization – silica rich waters percolates and silicifies the wood b. aeration – the wood dries out and is then buried c. decomposition – bacteria break down the wood and replace them with organic compounds d. decomposition – bacteria break down the wood and replace it with inorganic compounds e. tectonism – wood is rapidly buried and subsequently uplifted
The energy resource shown in this figure to have most decreased in use is
A) nuclear power. B) wood. C) petroleum. D) coal. E) natural gas.
The Bering Glacier is located in the state of ________
A) Colorado B) North Carolina C) California D) North Dakota E) Alaska
Which of the following air conditions is indicated by a coning shape plume rising from a smokestack?
A. neutral B. stable C. unstable D. inversion