What Causes Shifts in the Dry and Wet Seasons of the Tropics

question 65

Multiple Choice

What causes shifts in the dry and wet seasons of the tropics?

• A)Hadley cells
• B)saturation VP
• C)ITCZ
• D)the equatorial low

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