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bobypop

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on: Jul 14, 2018
When a hurricane moves onto land, it declines in intensity. Which of the factors listed below contribute to this loss of punch?
 
  A) friction B) heating from below by the land surface
  C) lack of warm, moist air D) both friction and the lack of warm, moist air

Question 2

The subpolar low (polar front) is:
 
  A) the boundary between frozen and liquid ocean.
  B) a zone where the trade winds of the two hemispheres meet.
  C) a zone where the polar easterlies and the westerlies converge.
  D) the forward edge of the antarctic ice cap.


polinasid

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

D

Answer to Question 2

C


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