Packet P: Bonus 11
The Marshall–Palmer distribution is a distribution of particle sizes in this phenomenon. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this form of precipitation. About one inch of this type of precipitation has about the same amount of water as 13 inches of snow.
ANSWER: rain [or rainfall; or word forms like raining]
[10h] Heavy rainfall causes these man-made structures to undergo leading edge erosion. The Østerild test center of the DTU is used to test these structures, which typically have a “fixed foundation” base if at depths of less than 50 meters.
ANSWER: wind turbines [or offshore wind turbines; accept wind farms; accept answers referring to the blades of wind turbines; prompt on turbines; prompt on blades by asking “which are part of what larger structures?”]
[10m] In sandy and dusty environments, wind turbines are also eroded by this category of processes that includes abrasion, deflation and saltation. These processes form barchans and ventifacts.
ANSWER: aeolian processes [or eolian processes]
<GC, Other Science> | Packet P - Editors 2
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 10.00 | 50% | 25% | 25% |