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cabate

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on: Jul 13, 2018
Why does precipitation tend to be higher in the tropics than in the subtropics?
 
  A. Hadley cells
  B. lack of moisture in the subtropics
  C. orography
  D. differences in convection
  E. oceanic circulations

Question 2

What type of atmospheric lifting process is started by the unequal heating of different surface areas?
 
  A. orographic lifting
  B. convective lifting
  C. convergent lifting
  D. frontal lifting
  E. lifting condensation level


braelync

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

A

Answer to Question 2

B


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