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BIOEE 1610 Prelim 1 Questions with correct Answers
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Acidophiles - grow at extreme acid pH 
Adiabetic cooling - the cooling effect of reduced pressure on air as it rises higher in the 
atmosphere and expand 
adiabetic warming - Drying 
allopatric speciation - The formation of new species in populations that are geographically 
isolated from one another 
Angle of sunlight is the hottest at... - 90 degrees 
As the size of. A cell increases the surface to volume ratio... - Decreases 
Assertions of natural selection - Variation is heritable, there is ...
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CSCC GEOG 1900 EXAM 2 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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CSCC GEOG 1900 EXAM 2 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 
What are the features of surface air? It moves from high to low pressure. 
It is deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere by the Coriolis force. It is deflected to the 
left in the southern hemisphere by the Coriolis force. 
At the shore, during a normal 24 hour period, a land breeze is most likely to occur in late 
afternoon (4pm) 
Geostrophic winds are subject to the Coriolis effect 
As evidenced in Lab 7, an eye dropper (a Cartesian di...
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EAS-131 TESU TECEP Questions And Answers Graded A+
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Define Wien's Law - The hotter an object, the shorter the wavelength at maximum emission. (The 
hotter the object the brighter) 
After a cold front passes what happens to dew point? - it drops, as cold air is typically dry 
Centripetal force wind - right angles to the wind, in towards the center of curvature ex. hurricanes 
Convection is the process that? - involves mixing in a fluid 
Coriolis effect - The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents. 
Define a category fi...
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Course ERAU WX-201
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WX 201 Exam 2 with correct Answers (Graded A) 
Generally, the concentration of condensation nuclei is greater over the oceans than over land. 
False 
 
 
If a city receives 24 inches of snow, it is the equivalent to 18 inches of rain. 
False 
 
 
An important factor in the production of rain by the collision-coalescence process is the number of ice crystals in the cloud. 
False 
 
 
In a cloud composed of water droplets and ice crystals, the saturation vapor pressure is less over the droplets th...
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AP Environmental Science Exam Review (2023/2024) Graded A+
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AP Environmental Science Exam Review (2023/2024) Graded A+ abiotic Pertaining to factors or things that are nonliving. 
acid Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also, a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions. 
A horizon a soil horizon; the layer below the O layer is called the A layer. The A layer is formed of weathered rock, with some organic material; often referred to as topsoil. 
alkaline a basic substance; chemically, a substance that absorbs h...
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APES Unit 5: Climate and Land Use fully solved 2023/2024
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APES Unit 5: Climate and Land Use 
Layers of the Atmosphere - correct answer troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere. A further region at about 500 km above the Earth's surface is called the exosphere 
 
Troposphere - correct answer Closest layer to Earth 
Densest layer 
Weather occurs 
 
Stratosphere - correct answer Ozone layer: pale blue gas composed of molecules made up of three oxygen atoms (O3) 
Absorbs UV-B and UV-C radiation 
 
Climate varies in different parts of the Ear...
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WX 201 Final ERAU Exam Questions and Answers
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WX 201 Final ERAU Exam Questions and Answers 
The Atmosphere 
aerosol (a.k.a. particulates) 
rain, drizzle, fog, snow, ice crystals, cloud droplets 
 
 
Permanent gas 
Nitrogen [N2]=78% 
Oxygen [02]=21% 
Others (Ar, Ne, He, Kr, H)=1% 
 
 
Variable gas 
[H2O] 
-0 to 4% (highly variable) 
-Most abundant variable gas• 
[CO2] 
-0.039% and rising 
[O3] 
-Highly variable, reactive gas 
-Upper atmosphere: protects life from UV light 
-Occurs naturally, absorbs harmful ultraviolet light from sun 
 
 
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Intro To Oceanography Final Exam || with 100% Errorless Solutions.
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Resultant tidal forces are produced by: 
 
the difference between centripetal and gravitational forces. 
the force produced by Earth's rotation matched with the spin of the Moon. 
density forces balanced by the force of buoyancy. 
the Coriolis effect (not a true force) combined with Ekman transport. 
none of the above. correct answers the difference between centripetal and gravitational forces 
 
The reason that a lunar day is _________ a solar day is because__________________. 
 
longer than; ...
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Aviation Weather Exam With Verified Answers Graded A+
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Aviation Weather Exam With Verified Answers Graded A+ 
What are the characteristics of the flow of air around high pressure systems? 
Outward 
Downward 
Clockwise 
 
 
What are the characteristics of the flow of air around low pressure systems? 
Inward 
Upward 
Counterclockwise 
 
 
What is a Trough Line? 
An elongated area of low pressure. 
(Air rises in this area) 
(It is conducive to cloudiness and precipitation) 
 
 
What is a Ridge Line? 
An elongated area of high pressure. 
(Air moving out...
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NYSTCE Multi-Subject CST: Part 3, Arts & Sciences Combined Reviewed Exam Tested Questions With Revised Correct Detailed Answers |ALREADY GRADED A+ PASS 2024 > > BRAND NEW VERSION!!
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NYSTCE Multi-Subject CST: Part 3, Arts & Sciences 
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1) Define Precipitation? - ANSWER 
substance from a solution. 
the action or process of precipitating a 
2) Examples of precipitation? - ANSWER 
3) Frontogenesis - ANSWER 
Rain, Snow, Sleet 
the formation of different zones of 
temperature and moisture gradients 
4) Lapse Rate -...
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