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What is the difference in weather characteristics between a cold front and a warm front?
A cold front has severe weather in a short time, typically with cumulonimbus clouds, while a warm front has light precipitation lasting many days with stratonimbus clouds.
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What cloud type is most likely to form along a cold front?
Cumulonimbus clouds.
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Which weather front indicates the 'death' of a midlatitude cyclone?
Occluded front.
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How does an anticyclone spin in the northern hemisphere?
Clockwise.
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What does the Enhanced Fujita scale measure?
The damage caused by tornadoes.
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What is the Koeppen classification system used for?
To classify climates.
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What biomes are primarily found in the eastern half of the United States?
Temperate forests.
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What does the term 'abiotic' refer to?
Non-living components of an ecosystem.
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What is the role of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ)?
It is a low-pressure system along the equator where trade winds converge.
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What type of graph is used to represent annual average temperature in a climograph?
A line graph.
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Which greenhouse gases are naturally occurring?
CO2, water vapor, and methane.
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What distinguishes K-selected species from r-selected species?
K-selected species have fewer offspring with more parental care, while r-selected species produce many offspring with less care.
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What is the carbon cycle?
The cycle that converts carbon dioxide into living matter and back to carbon dioxide.
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What is mutualism?
A symbiotic relationship where both species benefit, such as a bird that eats ticks from a zebra.
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What phenomenon describes the change in wind speed or direction in the vertical dimension?
Wind shear.
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What does 'albedo' refer to?
The reflectivity of a surface and the fraction of total solar radiation reflected back into space.
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What is the significance of ice cores in paleoclimate studies?
They contain air bubbles that provide information about past atmospheric composition and climate.
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What does the term 'population' refer to in ecology?
A group of members of the same species.
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How do arid climates typically form?
They are created by Hadley cells which establish high-pressure areas that lead to low precipitation.
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What is the name for the cycle of nutrients as they move between living organisms and the environment?
The nutrient cycle.
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What do COPs stand for in the context of climate policy?
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