Question

Changes in this quantity are associated with changes in radar reflectivity in a form of interferometry whose control variables are “persistent scatterers.” Measurements of this quantity standardized to the GTOPO30 (“G-topo-thirty”) system have since been improved by the ASTER instrument. (-5[1])Techniques like IfSAR (“IF-sar”) and InSAR (10[1])(“IN-sar”) are used to obtain image representations of this quantity called DEMs (“D-E-M’s”). Temperature gradients relative to this quantity (10[1])in dry and moist air parcels define the adiabatic lapse rate. (10[1])High values (-5[1])of latitude (10[1])and this quantity form the “tree line” of a habitat. Constant values of this quantity are represented (10[1])by contour lines on topographic maps. (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])what quantity is defined as zero at sea level? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: elevation [accept altitude or height]
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Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%85.00
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%95.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%89.17
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%80.00
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%89.67
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%90.40
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%90.80
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%83.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%50%95.50
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%20%91.60
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%38%82.88
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%84.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Derek ChenColumbia CJohns Hopkins A38-5
Sam MacchiVassar ACornell B4310
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegePenn A6010
Eshan PantNYU AMaryland B7110
Kaiben BennettHaverford BMaryland A73-5
Noah ChenColumbia BGeorge Washington B7510
Arjun BothraHaverford ANYU B9210
Ben SterlingYale AGeorge Washington A98-5
David BassJohns Hopkins AColumbia C10110
Andy YuMaryland AHaverford B11010
Nicholas LaneGeorge Washington AYale A11110