What term describes air aloft that changes speed or direction?

A) sea breeze
B) long wave
C) wind shear
D) macroscale circulation


C

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During combustion, the oxygen atoms of oxygen molecules

A) gain a negative charge. B) gain a positive charge. C) become oxidized. D) remain neutral.

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Which statement is true of an equinox?

a. The hours of daylight and darkness are exactly the same all over Earth. b. Daylight is longer than darkness over the Northern Hemisphere. c. Darkness is longer than daylight over the Northern Hemisphere. d. The hours of daylight and darkness in each hemisphere vary according to the local season.

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Stream systems of interior drainage _____

a. have no tributaries b. flow to a regional base level instead of ultimate base level c. flow into the sea d. are always perennial and meandering e. are also known as exotic streams

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Small (< 50,000 square kilometers) broad unconfined glaciers are called

A) ice caps. B) ice sheets. C) crevasse glaciers. D) valley glaciers.

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