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When the clouds become too saturated with water, the water is released as precipitation in the form of:
rain |
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snow or ice |
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snow |
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ice |
Rising into the atmosphere, the water condenses into clouds. When the clouds become too saturated with water, the water is released as snow or ice precipitation which may warm as it falls to reach Earth as rain.
When two air masses meet and neither is displaced, what kind of front is present?
occluded |
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stationary |
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warm |
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cold |
When two air masses meet and neither is displaced, a stationary front is created. Stationary fronts often cause persistent cloudy wet weather.
The four planets closest to the Sun are called terrestrial. What does terrestrial mean?
the planets have magnetic fields |
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the planets have water |
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the planets are Earth-like |
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the planets have moons |
The four planets closest to the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) are called terrestrial (Earth-like) planets because, like the Earth, they're solid with inner metal cores covered by rocky surfaces.
Which of the following is not a method of heat transfer?
conduction |
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reflection |
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radiation |
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convection |
Heat is always transferred from warmer to cooler environments through conduction, convection, or radiation.
Which of the following is true about species groups?
a population is made up of a group of communities |
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an ecosystem is a biological population |
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a biome is a made up of a group of biospheres |
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a community is made up of a group of populations |
A population is a group of organisms of the same species who live in the same area at the same time. A community is a group of populations living and interacting with each other in an area.