Please select ONE topic from the following and write a two-three page essay. Your essay must be double-spaced, MS Word or equivalent (submit essays as PDF, Doc, or Docx), with one-inch margins. Include your name and date on each paper. A bibliography or reference page is required. Will be submitted on turn it in.
Your essay will be graded for accuracy and fullness of content, along with punctuation, grammar, spelling, and sentence and paragraph structure. You may use your notes, textbook, or other reference sources.
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(1) Describe the development of a severe Thunderstorm, including all lifecycle stages and characteristic features of a thunderstorm. Include in your essay a discussion on “Tornado Alley” in the United States, describing its location and topographic features, as well as identifying and describing the air masses that play a role in developing severe thunderstorms in this region.
(2) Identify and describe the three types of convergent plate boundaries. Include in your discussion any landforms, topographic features, rock-types, or other physical processes that may develop along these boundaries. Names a geographic example of each (by name).
(3) Compare and contrast Extrusive (Volcanic) Igneous rocks and Intrusive (Plutonic) Igneous Rocks (i.e., texture [phaneritic or aphanitic]), cooling rates, presence or absence of mineral crystalline structures, and name specific examples. Include in your essay a discussion of the tectonic settings for these types of rocks, as well as the conditions under which they form.
(4) Describe the atmospheric conditions that are favorable for the development of a hurricane. Include in your discussion the source of energy for hurricanes, factors that tend to weaken hurricanes, and typical values for the following hurricane characteristics: diameter, location and size of the eye, direction of rotation and speed of winds, central pressure, direction, and speed of movement and duration. Additionally, describe why these types of storms produce so much rain.
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