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Explain your answer in some depth and avoid just saying "It is A" or It is B. Defend your answer and explain why you choice that answer choice. Question: Which of the following results from the uneven heating of land masses and creates winds that blow from low to high elevation? 

Group of answer choices

A) Anabatic winds

B) Katabatic winds

Question: Temperature in the tundra is too low to support the growth of trees. This describes a limitation in the distribution of a vegetation type based on

Group of answer choices

 

A) weather, because temperature is a characteristic of weather.

 

B) both weather and climate, because tree growth depends on both short- and long-term factors.

 

C) climate, because it is determining which vegetation types can survive in the area.

 

D) climate, because temperature is the defining characteristic of climate.

 

E) weather, because growth of trees is a short-term action.

 

Question: A group of students is brainstorming ways to decrease the effect of urbanization on the surrounding climate. In particular, they want to decrease temperatures both in and around cities. Increasing the presence of which factor would most likely have the desired effect?

Group of answer choices

 

A) Dark roofs, streets, and other surfaces

 

B) Parks and greenspaces

 

C) Factories

 

D) Cars and trucks

 

E) Suburban neighborhoods

 

Question: If a mountain range has forest on the western slope and desert on the eastern slope, what is the direction of the prevailing winds?

A) East to west

B) South to north

C) North to south

D) West to east (Is this correct? Why?)

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