Jessica recently moved to an apartment in the industrial area of readington city. she noticed that the roads in her neighborhood warm up quickly. she also noticed that the temperature in her apartment is typically much warmer than the temperature of her previous apartment, which was near the mountains on the outskirts of the city. what is responsible for the change in temperature?

Urban heat

Explanation:

Urban heat is a terminology generally used to describe the higher temperature with in the cities as compared to the surrounding woods.

Jessica moved to industrial area which has large industries that continuously release heat and pollution in the environment. Due to this the environment in and around the industrial area is much warmer as compared to the outskirts of the cities (with mountains).

Also the cities have offices & residential apartments, traffic and automobiles that continuously release heat and pollution thereby further enhancing the temperature of cities.