Climate is best described as
a. the long-term average of weather variations in a specific area.
b. the short-term average of weather variations in a specific area.
c. the areas only where the temperatures drop below freezing.
d. the daily weather as predicted by a meteorologist.

Ethnicity is used to distinguish between groups based on cultural elements, but according to the information presented in the lecture (blank) would encompass the details about a person like the shape of his or her features.

Which ics functional area sets the incident objectives, strategies, and priorities, and has overall responsibility for the incident a. command b. operations c. logistics d. finance/administration

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