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Which increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as a carbon source

Respiration :)

Where is the Ionosphere located

The ionosphere is located approximately in the same region as the top half of the mesosphere and the entire thermosphere in the upper atmosphere, from about 40 mi (60 km), continuing upward to the magnetosphere.

What causes the global air convection current between the equator and the poles

earths tilt (apex)

What causes a valley breeze

The sides of the valley heating more quickly than the air around it

What causes two distinct pressure zones between equator and the poles

Earths rotation

What causes the global air convection current between the equator and the polls

The difference in temperatures between the Equator and the north and south poles, plus the rotation of the earth, causes the air currents.

What is the difference of the causes between a sea breeze and a land breeze

The only difference - is the direction of flow. A sea breeze blows from the sea onto the land. A land breeze flows in the opposite direction.

Which has the lowest albedo

A blacktop highway

For the same insolation order these regions from highest absorption to lowest.

as s hold

Which convection cell in the atmosphere borders on the in the atmosphere borders on the inter-tropical convergence zone

Hadley Cell

What statement is true about true of jet streams

The polar jet stream is generally stronger than the subtropical jet stream

Hpow do the conditions in the united states change when the jet stream moves north

It gets warmer-Apex

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