How does climate change affect the hydrologic cycle?
What will be an ideal response?
Climate influences the amount of evaporation and that will impact precipitation and the movement of land water toward the oceans. Climate change will also change the amount of water stored in both sea ice and in glaciers. Changing the amount of water stored in glaciers will change sea level.
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Which of the following pressure systems reside within the source region for maritime polar air masses?
A) Bermuda high and Pacific high
B) Bermuda high and Icelandic low
C) Aleutian low and Icelandic low
D) Aleutian low and Pacific high
Which of the following countries does (or do) NOT fit the core-periphery model?
A) Russia B) Singapore C) Australia D) New Zealand E) Australia, New Zealand, Russia and Singapore
The difference between the cost to produce a commodity and its price in the marketplace is ________
A) profit B) opportunity cost C) economic value D) discount rate E) economy of scale
Many shoreline shapes represent a dynamic balance between sediment delivered to the shore by streams and erosion from wave action. Explain how a beach or spit might change over time because of variations in these two processes
What will be an ideal response?