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bobbie

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An increase in the severity and frequency of extreme heat can have a serious impact on human mortality in the US because
 
  A) severe heat kills more people than lightning, tornadoes or hurricanes
  B) decreasing humidity levels increase the 'apparent temperatures'
  C) experts believe that the most dangerous health threat occurs from very high daytime temperatures rather than the persistence of high temperatures for several days

Question 2

During the past 130 years global temperatures INSERT FIGURE 3-32. INCLUDE CAPTION
 
  A) have increased consistently
  B) have remained fairly constant
  C) have experienced periods of both cooling and warming
  D) have fluctuated wildly from year to year



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C





 

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