An example of a geostrophic wind is ________
A) a chinook
B) a Hadley cell
C) a monsoon
D) in the upper atmosphere
E) one caused by gravity
Answer: D
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A) has increased by more than 200%. B) has increased by 50%. C) has remained steady at around 100 plants. D) has declined from nearly 100 to now about 70 plants.
____________________ are specialized shearing teeth that developed in carnivorous mammals. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
A central circle on a station model that is 75 percent black and 25 percent white tells you
A) there is a 75 percent chance of rain. B) the cloud cover ranges over 70 to 80 percent of the sky. C) the northwest quadrant of the sky is clear, while the remainder of the sky is cloudy. D) it is currently raining in moderate amounts.
Label the "altitudinal zonation" and discuss how the environmental lapse rate affects the economic activities that can be pursued at different elevations.
What will be an ideal response?