Based on what you learned about the redwoods and death valley, and remembering that air reaching an appalachian valley (such as happy valley, where penn state's university park campus is, or cade's cove in the smokies) must pass over an appalachian ridge, what is likely to be accurate: a) compared to the valley, the ridge is relatively dry and warm. b) compared to the valley, the ridge is relatively dry and cool. c) compared to the valley, the ridge is relatively wet and cool. d) compared to the valley, the ridge is relatively wet and warm. e) compared to the valley, the ridge has exactly the same weather.

Rank the following from most to least devasting: ordovician, permaian, cretaceous, pleistocene

In a the people elect the legislature, and the legislature chooses the head of government. question 5 options: parliamentary democracy communist state presidential democracy autocratic state

Which of the following methods could be considered a "best practice" in terms of informing respondents how their answers to an on-line survey about personal information will be protected? respondents are informed that investigators will try to keep their participation confidential; however, confidentiality cannot be assured. respondents are informed that a research assistant will transfer all the research data to a password-protected computer that is not connected to the internet, via a usb flashdrive. the computer is located in a research team member's office. the investigator uses the informed consent process to explain her institution's method for guaranteeing absolute confidentiality of research data. the investigator uses the informed consent process to explain how respondent data will be transmitted from the website to his encrypted database without ever recording respondents' ip addresses, but explains that on the internet confidentiality cannot be absolutely guaranteed. the investigator uses the informed consent process to explain how respondent data will be transmitted from the website to his encrypted database without ever recording respondents' ip addresses, but explains that on the internet confidentiality cannot be absolutely guaranteed