The high annual receipt of solar radiation at Earth's surface in the subtropical desert regions is due to:
a. the high reflectivity of sand and desert soils
b. low carbon dioxide concentration in arid areas
c. the short path of the solar beam through the atmosphere at these latitudes
d. low amounts of clouds
Question 2
As compared with interior locations at the same latitude, coastal locations have, on the average, ____.
a. higher annual ranges of air temperature
b. lower winter air temperatures
c. a tendency for cooler summers and milder winters
d. lower relative humidity of the air
Surface Tension
Uranus's aurorae against its equatorial rings, imaged by the Hubble telescope. Unlike the auror
Hints of Earth’s Early Appearance
Active solar technologies use for heat, cool, and produce electricity
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Chalk cliffs 90 meters (300 feet) high along the shore in Dover, England, were once seafloor