Which of the following is true regarding dawn and twilight?
A) Dawn and twilight last longest at the equator—approximately 2.5 hours.
B) The polar regions do not experience dawn and twilight.
C) 60° north and south latitudes receive the most dawn and twilight.
D) The duration of both increases with increasing latitude.
D
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A. Contracting earth model only B. Continental drift hypothesis only C. Both the contracting earth model and continental drift hypothesis D. Neither the contracting earth model nor continental drift hypothesis
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a) residual b) residential c) regolith d) retransported e) retrograde
Azeris are ________ who speak an Altaic language, but Armenians are Christians who speak an Indo-European language
A) Serbs B) Muslims C) Baptists D) animists E) Hindus
Discuss how inaccuracies in the first calculation of Earth's circumference led to discovery of the New World by
Columbus. What will be an ideal response?