Two examples of microclimates are a street in a city that is warmer than the surrounding areas due to the heat-absorbing properties of concrete and a hillside that experiences cooler temperatures than the valley below due to elevation changes and the flow of cold air.
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Microclimates form due to variations in factors such as sunlight exposure, topography, vegetation, water bodies, and human activities. These localized conditions can lead to differences in temperature, humidity, and wind patterns within a small area, creating unique microclimates.
Two examples of isometric crystals are diamond and pyrite. These crystals have cubic symmetry and their faces are all equal in length.
Creep and solifluction are examples of slow mass movement processes. Creep is the slow, continuous movement of soil and rock downhill, while solifluction is the slow movement of thawed soil over frozen ground in areas with permafrost.
Two examples of mechanical weathering are frost wedging, where water freezes in cracks in rocks and expands, causing them to break apart, and root wedging, where plant roots grow into cracks and exert pressure, leading to rock fragmentation.
Two examples of solid water are ice cubes and snowflakes.