The cool ocean currents, such as the Humboldt Current, that flow along the west coasts of continents promote ________ when conditions in these regions are warm and moist
A) heavy rainfall
B) fog
C) thunderstorm development
D) warm, mild conditions
B
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When an air parcels rises, it ____
A) ?cools and expands B) ?contracts and warms C) ?compresses and cools D) ?expands and warms
Scarps are ____
A)crescent shaped areas where material has pulled away from Earth B)slow movements of material along a curved surface C)result only from slow mass movements D)result only from rapid mass movements E)piles of rocks and debris at the base of a slope
Permanent streams in desert regions are rare, and when they do occur, ________
A) they get their water from wadis and arroyos B) they have numerous tributaries to keep them supplied with water as they cross the desert C) they originate outside of the desert region and have few tributaries in the desert D) they originate in a glacier region