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ETearle

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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.


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jesse.fleming

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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B


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Reply 2 on: Jul 14, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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