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Because water heats and cools more slowly than land, the lag in daily temperature over water is usually much ___________________ _ than that experienced over land.
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On a warm summer day, one city experienced a daily range of 22C (40F), while another had a daily range of 10C (18F). One of these cities is located in New Jersey and the other in New Mexico. The highest daily range probably occurred in ___________________ _ where relatively dry summer air allows for large daily temperature ranges. The lowest daily range more than likely occurred in ___________________ _ where the humid summer air keeps the daily temperature range small.
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IAPPLET

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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: larger

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: New Mexico; New Jersey


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Reply 2 on: Jul 13, 2018
Excellent

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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