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Dynamic mountain climate

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  1. Solar radiation increases or decreases with elevation depending on .......... .
     
  2. Why is runoff commonly higher in high elevation (1) and what are the benefits(2) and dangers(3) associated with this?
     
  3. The air temperature measured at meteorological stations often has little in common with that experienced by organisms because the "microclimate" is modified by .......... and .......... .
     
  4. What is the approximate air temperature at 3000 m when the temperature measured at 1000 m is 15 °C?
     
  5. The .......... of CO2 and oxygen declines with altitude, the .......... of CO2 and oxygen remains constant.
     

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29 August 2011
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