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La fuerza que ejerce el viento sobre la superficie del mar y que depende de su velocidad y de la presión que ejerce el aire sobre el mar se denomina:The force the wind exerts on the sea surface, depending on its speed and the air pressure on the sea, is called:

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Correct answer: b) Intensity

Why it is correct

Intensity is the wind’s strength. Persistence is its duration and fetch the distance it blows over.

Why the others are not

  • a) It is duration.
  • c) Not the term.
  • d) It is a distance.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Strength: intensity.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Weather visuals

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