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A: Similarities between California and Texas in terms of demography: The California is located at 35˚47...

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A: Differences and Similarities between Debris Flow and Debris Slide Differences1) Debris flow is ...

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A: A fjord is a large, narrow, and long inlet that is created by the impact of glaciers. It has steep s...

Q: One benefit Islam brought to Europe was the introduction of surgeons to perform operations.

A: In medicine history, Islamic medicine is the medical science that was founded during the Islamic Gol...

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A: Urban Heat Island(UHI): Urban heat Island (UHI) is the condition of an urban area or a commercial ar...

Q: The five pertain to tools for studying any topic, while the five pertain to what geographers study.

A: The five theme pertain to tools for studying any topic, while the five subfields pertain to what geo...

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A: Drug and alcohol addiction is a chronic condition. But it often highlights another important factor ...

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A: The process of Metamorphism can take place in a variety of different environments where special cond...

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A: According to the tidal levels was observed at the Fernandina Beac, the town of Fernandina Beach is l...

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A: The pacific plate is the largest oceanic plate in the world and is dominated by the trenches, volcan...

Q: If ocean sediments were rich in 18O, which type of climate conditions would have occurred? Group of ...

A: Around one of every 1,000 oxygen atoms produces 2 extra neutrons and is written as 18O. Oxygen Isoto...

Q: In what ways does the weather influence our daily lives?

A: Weather is defined as the state of atmospheric or ar conditions that tell us about the degree of hot...

Q: Read the statement. Then identify which sub-field of geography the statement concerns. Pine trees gr...

A: The average annual growth rate of pine trees is below 1 ft to 2 ft. Pine trees are classified into t...

Q: What is the source of energy that drives the movement of the lithospheric plates?

A: The earth's lithosphere consists of solid rocks called the terrestrial crust. These lithospheric pla...

Q: Why are there active volcanoes along the Pacific coast in Washington and Oregon but not along the ea...

A: ACTIVE VOLCANOES: The volcanic mountain which is continuously erupted from its time of origin that t...

Q: Why is there water scarcity issue from a geographic perspective?

A: As the earth is unevenly distributed, similarily the resource of the planet are unevenly distributed...

Q: Earth would receive a surplus of solar energy at which of the following latitudes?

A: Latitude and Energy Balance The vertical ray of the Sun appearing (fig.1) to pass between the two t...

Q: How are air masses classified? Explain the relationship between the characteristics of air masses an...

A: Definition of air mass: The term air mass, as used by a large volume of air which is mostly homogene...

Q: Use the “Living with Coastal Change and Coastal Basics” link) on MOODLE and lecture/book material to...

A: Sea-level Change during the Full Glacial Period During cold-climate periods, known as glacial epoch...

Q: Plate Tectonics What are the three types of convergent boundaries and how are they different?

A: Plate tectonics are plates or slabs of hard rocks that are found over the surface of the earth such ...

Q: Explain the relationship between plate boundaries and the very powerful natural disasters, like eart...

A: The Relation between Plate Tectonics and Natural Disasters When Alfred Wegener first suggested the ...

Q: What does Dorothy Smith mean when she states that her strategy of inquiry is "the everyday world as ...

A: The work "Everyday World as Problematic" (1987) basically boils down to Smith's plea for sociologist...

Q: Plate Tectonics What is unique about a Transform Fault?

A: Transform fault Transform fault(fig.1), according to the disciplines of oceanography and geology a ...

Q: How does the Earth’s magnetic field affect newly forming rocks at the mid-ocean ridge? Why does it l...

A:  Mid oceanic ridges: Oceanic ridges are accretionary plate boundaries where new lithosphere is forme...

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A: CONVECTION CURRENTS: Convection currents are the movement in the interior of the earth in the form o...