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Why do urban areas experience warmer temperatures compared to surrounding rural areas?

A. Urban areas have more surfaces that absorb and hold heat

B. Urban areas have more surface that reflect and disperse heat

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Answer:

a

Step-by-step explanation:

this is because building sidewalk and parking lots blocks heat coming from the ground from rising into the cold night sky because the heat is trapped on lower levels the temperature is warmer

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