What is the predominant wind direction that results in the rain shadow observed in this picture from one of the Hawaiian Islands?
A. northwest
B. southwest
C. northeast
D. southeast
Answer: C
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A) colonialists. B) neocolonialists. C) imperialists. D) determinists.
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A) the release of latent heat during condensation B) conduction of heat upward from the surface C) convection D) absorbed infrared energy radiated back to Earth E) direct absorption of sunlight by the atmosphere
Which of the following is not a concern related to the practice of hydraulic fracturing or fracking?
A) Waste injection fluids are held on the surface in open reservoirs. B) Fracking fluids may contaminate groundwater. C) Injection of fracking fluids may trigger small earthquakes. D) The reservoir rock may have low permeability.
A local aquiclude within a larger aquifer results in a(n):
a. cone of depression. b. perched water table. c. artesian aquifer. d. zone of aeration. e. zone of saturation