The Earliest Explanation for Occluded Fronts Held That They Formed

question 36

Multiple Choice

The earliest explanation for occluded fronts held that they formed when

• A)a cold front overtakes a warm front.
• B)two warm fronts meet while traveling in different directions.
• C)a circular region of low pressure at the junction of a cold front and a warm front changed shape.
• D)cold air aloft undercut warm air near the surface.

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Definitions:

Chemicals

Substances with distinct molecular compositions that are used in or produced by chemical processes.

Resource Partitioning

A mechanism that allows different species to coexist in the same ecosystem by utilizing different resources, thereby reducing competition.

Brood Parasitism

One egg-laying species benefits by having another raise its offspring.

Competitive Exclusion

A principle stating that two species competing for the same limiting resources cannot coexist at constant population values, if other ecological factors remain constant.