Your school is visiting a local bureau of the national weather service. a student asks a meteorologist why hurricanes do not form in the northern atlantic ocean. how can you expect the meteorologist to reply?
a. wind patterns keep hurricanes from forming in the northern atlantic
b. hurricanes cannot form over ocean waters that are too shallow.
c. the waters in the northern atlantic are too cold for hurricanes to form.
d. hurricanes only form in areas that are close to land.

In a 2010 article “fact check: eastern u.s. earthquake risk” by chris mould, the author provides as evidence the following statement by the united states geological survey: “although earthquakes may be less frequent in the eastern u.s., … urban areas in the east could face bigger losses because the shaking would affect much larger areas than similar quakes in the west. in addition, most homes and buildings in the east are not designed to withstand earthquakes.”this statement directly relates to which of the following concepts? a. vulnerabilityb. hazardc. riskd. severity

There are 4 red balls, 6 white balls, and 3 green balls in a bag. if one ball is drawn from the bag at random, what is the probability that it is not white?

In the following diagram, four different index fossils are labeled: which of the labeled fossils comes from the oldest organism? a b c d