Local climate patterns may involve more rainfall in a cooler world, but also in a warmer world. Why is this not contradictory? Explain
What will be an ideal response?
Local changes are just that, local. Local geology (presence of mountains, bodies
of water, etc.) can affect weather in a region. A warmer world will involve changed global
patterns, but the working out of these global changes locally depends on such local
conditions.
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When the standing wave pattern in a pipe is NANA, the pipe has which of the following set of properties? (N stands for node, A for antinode.)
a. It is open at both ends. b. It is closed at both ends. c. It is open at one end and closed at the other end. d. Any of the above could be true.
A uniform beam with a mass of 120 kg and a length of 5.0 m rests on two supports, one at the left edge and one 3.0 m from the left edge. How close to the right edge can a 68-kg person walk along the beam without causing it to tip over?
A) 1.6 m B) 1.8 m C) 0.88 m D) 1.5 m E) 0.50 m
What is a meteorite?
A) a streak of light caused by a star moving across the sky B) a streak of light caused by a small particle from space burning up in Earth's atmosphere C) a fragment of rock that has fallen to Earth's surface from space D) a small moon that orbits one of the jovian planets E) a comet that burns up in Earth's atmosphere
Part of the current atmosphere of Earth is believed to be
a. the remnants of the original hydrogen and helium gas from the solar nebula attracted by the protoplanet. b. the result of the melting and vaporizing of the glaciers from the last ice age. c. composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. d. composed of gases that were outgassed from the heated rocks sometime after the planet formed. e. the result of a collision between the Sun and another star.