According to a life cycle analysis of the U. S. food system conducted by the University of Michigan, the U. S. consumes 13.9 quads of mostly fossil fuel energy to produce 1.75 quads of food energy annually. A quad is a unit of energy equal to 1 quadrillion (1015) British thermal units (BTUs). One quad is equal to the energy of 183 million barrels of petroleum. How could these data be best represented graphically?

The difference(s) between the grand canyon and valles marineris is/are: (a) the grand canyon was formed by water, but valles marineris was not. (a) valles marineris is much longer than the grand canyon. (c) valles marineris is much wider than the grand canyon. (d) valles marineris has large volcanoes near it. all of the above

City 24-hr average yearly temperature in ºc total yearly precipitation in mm minsk, belarus (former ussr) (53° n, 27° e) shanghai, china (31° n, 121° e) baltimore city, usa (39° n, 76° w) helsinki, finland (60° n, 24° e) banff, canada (51° n, 115° w) kuala lumpur, malaysia (3° n 101° e) 26.5 2393.6 buenos aires, argentina (34° s, 58° w) jakarta, indonesia (6° s, 106° e) questions 1. what factor contributes most to the warm climate of kuala lumpur? 2. banff and minsk are located at similar latitudes. what could account for banff’s average yearly temperature being lower than minsk’s? 3. which city’s climate is most similar to jakarta, baltimore or kuala lumpur? explain your answer. 4. shanghai and buenos aires have located thousands of miles apart and in different hemispheres, yet their climates are similar. what reasoning could explain this?

8. is a technique that uses the images from several telescopes to produce a single image. a. reflection b. interferometry c. radiation d. refraction