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Title: High pressure systems tend to move toward the region of greatest ____.
Post by: qwertybnmzxc on Mar 6, 2018
High pressure systems tend to move toward the region of greatest ____.
 A) barometric pressure
  B) surface pressure rise
  C) surface pressure drop
  D) visibility

Question 2

How can deforestation contribute to global warming?

Question 3

The majority of atmospheric ozone (about 97) is found in the ____.
 A) thermosphere
  B) mesosphere
  C) stratosphere
  D) exosphere

Question 4

Low pressure systems tend to move toward the region of greatest ____.
 A) barometric pressure
  B) surface pressure rise
  C) surface pressure drop
  D) visibility

Question 5

Explain positive and negative climate feedback mechanisms and provide an example for each.

Question 6

What is a region in the atmosphere where air temperature remains constant with height?
 A) temperature inversion
  B) jet stream
  C) isothermal zone
  D) hypoxic zone

Question 7

If a mid-latitude cyclonic storm has moved from the southwest toward the northeast during the past six hours, the storm is likely to move toward the ____ during the next six hours.
 A) northwest
  B) southwest
  C) southeast
  D) northeast

Question 8

Explain what could have caused the large fluctuations in Greenland's climate in only a matter of years during the last glacial period.

Question 9

The exosphere is ____.
 A) where jet streams are found
  B) the ozone layer
  C) the upper limit of our atmosphere
  D) where air density is greatest


Title: High pressure systems tend to move toward the region of greatest ____.
Post by: shequanak on Mar 6, 2018
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