An Easterly Wave Contributes to Hurricane Development By

question 93

Multiple Choice

An easterly wave contributes to hurricane development by:

• A)creating surface convergence.
• B)feeding warm waves of water into the vicinity of the hurricane.
• C)steering disturbances over the Canaries current.
• D)causing disturbances from the Bahamas to move to the east,over warmer waters.

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Definitions:

Diseconomies of Scale

The scenario where a company or firm experiences an increase in marginal costs when output is increased.

Long-Run Average Cost

The average cost per unit of output when all inputs, including physical capital, are variable in the long term.

Upward-Sloping

A graph line that increases in height as it moves from left to right, characteristic of certain supply curves.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages achieved by increasing production levels, resulting in lower per-unit costs due to spreading fixed costs over more units.