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- Which of these charactersitcs identify an Earth Surface that is likely to be the best absorber of insulation?
- Dark colored and rough
- If the realtive humidity was 65% and the dry bulb was 10 degrees C, what was the wet bulb?
- 3 degrees C
- A gradual increase in Atmospheric Carbon dioxide would warm earth's surface because Carbon dioxide is a
- Good absorber of infrared radiation
- Why are the beaches that are located on the south shore of Long Island often considerably cooler than nearby inland locations on hot summer afternoons?
- A sea breeze develops due to the higher specific heat of waterand the lower specific heat of land.
- A sample of wood found in an ancient tomb contains 25% of it's original carbon-14. The age of the wood sample is approximatley
- 11,400 years old
- Landscapes will undergo the most chemical wathering if the climate is
- cool and wet
- Which rock is foliated, shows mineral alignment but not banding, and contains medium-sized grains of quartz and pyroxene?
- Schist
- During the intrusion of the Palisades Sill, contact metamorphasism changed sandstone and shale into
- hornfels
- Which process likely formed a layer of sedimentary rock gypsum?
- Percipitaion of sea water.
- If the velocity of the stream at point X is 100 cenimeters per second. Which statement best describes the sedimenets being transported past these points? (x is in middle of meander y is on outside)
- Some pebbles being transported at point y are bigger than those being transported at point X.
- On june 21, where will the sun appear to rise for an observer located in new york state?
- North of due east
- Soil composed of which particle size usually has the greatest capillarity?
- Silt
- During a dry summer, the flow of the most large New York State streams generally
- continues because some groundwater seeps into the streams
- At the end of the ice age, the valley now occupied by cayuta creek was a channel for southward flowing glacial meltwater. Into which present-day river valley did this melywater most likely flow?
- Susquehanna River
- Earth's entire equitorial climate zone is generally a belt around earth that has
- low pressure and wet weather
- The coldest climates on Earth are located at or near the poles primarily because earth's polar regions
- receive mostly low-angle insulation
- Compared to an inland location, a location on an ocean shore at the same elevation and lastitude is likely to have
- warmer winters and cooler summers
- sHADOWS IN NEW YORK AT SOLAR NOO POINT
- nORHT
- During nightime cooling, most of the energy radiated by Earth's oceans into sapce is
- infrared rays
- landscapes with horizontal bedrock structure, steep slopes, and high elevations are classified as
- Plateau regions
- Difference between air temp and dew point = 12 degrees C one hour later difference was 4 degrees C. Which statement best describe the changes that are occuring?
- The realtive humidity was increasing and the chance of percipitatio nwas decreasing