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The graph below shows the elevation of the weather stations A to J, marked by their respective average annual precipitation.

The elevation of weather stations A through E are higher than the stations F through G. As the stations increase in elevation, the average annual precipitation at these weather stations also increases.

The elevations of stations A through E are directly proportional to their annual precipitation.

Stations C and F are at the same elevation, but station F have higher average annual precipitation. This is because the prevailing wind moves in the direction towards station F, which is located in the mountains. The wind that blow from the sea often bring rain to the coast which explains why station F have higher average precipitation than station C, which is located inland where dry air advances.

The prevailing winds from the coast bring more rain in station F and only cold air advances in station C.

Insolation is the incident solar radiation onto a specific location on Earth. The amount of insolation is influenced by rotation of the earth on its axis, the angle of incidence of the sun’s rays, and the duration of the day.

Location A receives less insolation in January.

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Location F is mush further from the moderating effect of a large body of water (ocean)

The map of an imaginary continent is shown below.

The map below show the location (marked by ‘W’) in the ocean just off the west coast of the imaginary continent where there is most likely the location of a cold water ocean current just off the coast.

Currents flowing away from the equator carry warm water to higher latitudes, while currents flowing toward the equator carry cool water to lower latitudes.

It would increase the amount of precipitation.

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the prevailing winds blowing from the ocean blow down the mountains towards a causing the air to compress and heat up resulting in little condensation and rain.

G has a higher elevation than location J

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10°C to 15°C

– City X is located farther inland from the ocean.
– City Y is located closer to a large body of water.

Both cities have their highest temperatures in June, July and August.

High carbon dioxide and/or methane content in the atmosphere at that time could have produced high greenhouse effects, such as Venus. if there were more ocean and less land, temperatures at earth’s surface would have been warmer because the water holds heat longer than land.

the sediment around the second well was cemented, non porous, or impermeable and the water could not move to the well.

Water would travel inland through the pores in the sand because it is permeable, and water would move up higher than ocean level because of capillary movement.

the pores in the sediment above the water table are partly filled with air and partly with water, while the pores in the sediment below the water table are filled only with water. if the water table is lowered, the sediments just above the new water table could compress and take up less volume, allowing the land to sink and crack.

Water temperature is warmer than air temperature.

prevailing winds OR lake Ontario runs lengthwise from west to east, and the prevailing winds pick up moisture as they flow across the entire length.

on the east or right side of the Adirondacks or near the shore of lake Ontario.

The heavy snowfall that occurs in the Tug Hill Plateau region is caused by the Lake-Effect Snow. This phenomenon occurs when cold water vapor has streamed over a lake moves inland and is forced to climb the slopes of the mountains which results in heavy snowfall.

Cold air passes over the length of Lake Ontario, which moves inland, and up to the slopes of the Tug Hill Plateau region, bringing in heavy snowfall.

the land area near the shore of lake Ontario.

the water of lake Ontario has a higher specific heat than the land OR lake Ontario water is more transparent than land thus heats up slower.

The field map below shows the 0-ppm, 50-ppm, 100-ppm, and 150-ppm isolines of an underground gasoline tank that leaked and contaminated the groundwater in a state park..

Isolines that are drawn in the map above are used to represent concentration of the gasoline that leaked in the groundwater. Isolines are drawn by connecting points of equal concentration.

– as distance from the tank increases, the concentration of contaminants in the groundwater decreases.
– an inverse relationship between the distance from the tank and the concentration of contaminants in the groundwater.

– Place the tank above ground to observe leaks easily.
– Replace tanks regularly.
– Build an extra linear around the tank.