Imagine a profile of soil going to a depth of approximately 10 ft. On a sunny day, the soil at a depth of 5ft will be ________ the soil at the surface because ________
A) warmer; soil is a good conductor of heat
B) cooler; plate movement mixes the soils and dissipates the heat
C) warmer; geothermal processes heat the deeper soils
D) cooler; land is opaque preventing heating at depths
E) cooler; convective heating will warm the subsurface more than the surface
D
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Which statement correctly describes the urban geography of Europe?
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