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Cards in this guide (15)
What is the specific heat of a substance

The amount of heat a substance can hold.

What is the latent heat of fusion

It is the amount of heat that is required to melt something, and the amount of heat that it gives off when it freezes. (They are the same amount.)

Is the saying the higher the clouds the better the weather true

High clouds indicate the dry air and high pressure of fair weather.

so it is true

What cause the global convection currents between the equator and the poles

Earth's tilt

What part of the water cycle is shown by arrows pointing up

Condensation is shown by arrows pointing up. Water moves from sea to air.

Located in cold regions with tall trees

Canada and the northern United States?

Is 0.002 less than or greater than 0.1

0.002 is less than 0.1

0.002 < 0.1

Which soil would have the best structure

Loamy soil is the most desired soil structure.

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 prevents wind from blowing in a straight line from the North Pole to the equator

The spin on Earth on its axis (Apex 2021)

What is the difference between weather and climate.

The length of time over which the conditions are measured -apex (:

What causes global convection currents to form

Unequal heating of earth’s surface

Which process is a form of mechanical weathering

Abrasion

What statement explains the observation that sediments on earth surface sometimes differ in composition from the underlying bedrock

Erosion moves sediment to new locations

Why don't trade winds blow straight toward the equator

The Coriolis effect bends them

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