Author Question: Areas between 25 to 35 latitude usually become ________ because this area is dominated by air that ... (Read 61 times)

ETearle · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Areas between 25 to 35 latitude usually become ________ because this area is dominated by air that is sinking and being ________.

A) deserts; cooled by expansion
B) deserts; heated by compression
C) rain forests; cooled by expansion
D) rain forests; heated by compression

Question 2

A study of jet contrails following the grounding of commercial flights after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks found that

A) contrails have a very limited effect on the Earth's energy budget.
B) contrails reduce diurnal temperature ranges in regions with a high density aircraft.
C) contrails contribute more to cloud-albedo forcing than cloud-greenhouse forcing.
D) contrails are difficult to distinguish from natural cirrus clouds.