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Q: QUESTION 8 The volcano marked ‘’U”’ on the Tralfamadore map could most reasonably be described as…

A: The magma has three different compositions. Those are acidic, basic, and intermediate. The acidic…

Q: what is the furthest distance in land can tidal forces be seen

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Q: Why does Florida have abundant mid-afternoon thunderstorms?

A: The Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico both border the southeasternmost state in the United…

Q: Briefly explain why it is often difficult to assign a reliable numerical date to a sample of…

A: It is difficult to date sedimentary rock using radiometric dating techniques due to the fact that…

Q: The accompanying image shows the metamorphic rock gneiss, a basaltic dike, and a fault. Place these…

A: Gneiss is created from schist, a different metamorphic rock that was first a sedimentary rock called…

Q: On an H-R diagram, where do stars spend most of their life span?

A: The Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, which is also known as H-R diagram is a plot of stars. The diagram…

Q: Discuss the principal controls of temperature and use examples to describe their effects.

A: Earth’s temperature is mainly controlled by solar radiation. Sun is the source of energy and there…

Q: What data did Tycho Brahe collect that was useful to Johannes Kepler in his quest to describe…

A: It is applied to calculate the distances between the nearby stars.

Q: Describe sleet and freezing rain. Why does freezing rain result on some occasions and sleet on…

A: Water droplets make up clouds. Water droplets within a cloud condense onto one another, which causes…

Q: Do the math: How many seconds would it take an echo sounder’s ping to make the trip from a ship to…

A: Depth = 10,994 m Speed = 1500 m/s Distance (depth) = ½ (1500 m/sec × Echo travel time) Thus, Time =…

Q: Refer to Figure 12.2 to complete the following: a. In which state of matter is water the most dense?…

A: A material called matter is made up of several kinds of particles, occupies space, and has inertia.…

Q: Summarize the stages in the development of athunderstorm.

A: Thunderstorms are the storms which are generated by the cumulonimbus clouds and are always…

Q: Is air a specific gas? Explain.

A: Earth’s atmosphere is a blanket of gases which protects Earth from harmful radiation from Sun, it…

Q: Discuss the nature of scientific inquiry, including theconstruction of hypotheses and the…

A: INTRODUCTION: Science is an error-correcting process. Science thrives on the open and free debate…

Q: Discuss the causes of poverty in Zambia and how high poverty levels can be ameliorated

A: Zambia's least developed province, with the poorest population, lies in the northwest.

Q: Select TWO projected scenarios describing what climate change may bring Select 2 correct…

A: Climate change refers to the long-term change in weather pattern. This is mainly due to to several…

Q: Refer to Figure 8.9, which shows the historic angular unconformity at Scotland’s Siccar Point that…

A: The geological feature known as unconformity can be explained as period of erosion or…

Q: This satellite image from February 4, 2013, shows a plume of dust moving from the southern Arabian…

A: This study explores the temporal and spatial patterns of different cyclone track aspects in the…

Q: How is a scientific hypothesis different from a scientifictheory?

A: Remember that a scientific hypothesis is distinct from other theories.

Q: If divergence in the jet stream above a surface low-pressure center exceeds convergence at the…

A: Jet streams are ebbs and flows of air high over the Earth. They move toward the east at heights of…

Q: The number of tornado deaths in the United States in the 2000s was less than 40 percent the number…

A: The natural disasters are the results from the natural processes of the earth which can be extremely…

Q: What two roles do ring moons play in the nature of planetary ring systems?

A: Planetary ring system refers to the ring system orbiting the planet. The ring system, which is a…

Q: The Sun shines continually at the North Pole for 6 months, from the spring equinox until the…

A: INTRODUCTION: We have a different season because of the tilt of the earth's axis, Earth's axis is…

Q: Large cumulonimbus clouds like the one shown in Figure 12.21H areroughly 12 kilometers tall, 8…

A: Volume of the cloud = Length x Breadth x Height                                   = 12 km x 8 km x 8…

Q: Prepare a diagram with isobars and wind arrows that shows the winds associated with surface cyclones…

A: In meteorology, a cyclone is a massive air mass that, when observed from above, rotates…

Q: Discuss temperature, salinity, and density changes with depth in the open ocean.

A: Salinity, temperature and density of ocean water are all interrelated.

Q: Briefly explain why is Earth considered a “system.”

A: The Earth system is made up of these intricately linked processes.

Q: Briefly describe how the Coriolis effect influences air movement.

A: Coriolis force is the apparent deflection in the path of the moving object due to the rotation of…

Q: In your own word; Explain the precautionary principle. Describe a situation related to climate…

A: Precautionary principle explains that if something like an activity, a policy or an outcome has an…

Q: In addition to being important time indicators, how else are fossils useful to geologists?

A: FOSSIL :       Fossils are the remains or traces of past organisms that have been preserved by…

Q: Tutorial Questions and Exercises 1. Describe in short paragraphs, with specific examples, how…

A: We will answer you first 3 since the exact one wasn't specified. Please submit a new question…

Q: How do you chacterize the weather in the first half of the 20th century?  Question 4 options: lots…

A: In this question we need to characterize weather in the early 20th century.

Q: On what basis are air masses classified?

A: The air masses are formed over large surface with respect to the uniformity in the temperature and…

Q: Determine which statements refer to weather and which refer to climate. (Note: One statement…

A: Weather is the short-term atmospheric conditions of a region while climate is the average daily…

Q: During what time of day would you expect to experience a well-developed valley breeze— midnight,…

A: Climatology is a branch of atmospheric science which studies the earth climatic conditions averaged…

Q: Distinguish between the eye and the eye wall of a hurricane. How do conditions differ in these…

A: Hurricanes are defined as a storm system which rotates around an area of low pressure and produces…

Q: What is a beach?

A: The coastline is the line separating the land from the ocean water. There are different kinds of…

Q: 1. List two ways in which streams erode their channels.

A: Runoff from parking lots and farm fields, as well as water releases from dams, all contribute to an…

Q: List the basic cloud types and describe each based on its form (shape) and height (altitude).

A: In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol made up of a visible mass of tiny liquid droplets, frozen…

Q: Why are temperatures in the thermosphere not strictly comparable to those experienced near Earth’s…

A: Earth’s atmosphere is divided vertically into four layers on the basis of temperature, the four…

Q: write your reaction paper about what are the environmental impacts of tourism that we all need to…

A: Tourism is travel for delight or business; likewise the hypothesis and practice of visiting, the…

Q: pros and cons for Montreal Protocol

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Q: Explain why the terrestrial planets have meager atmospheres compared to the Jovian planets.

A: A planet is an enormous, adjusted cosmic body that is neither a star nor its remainder. The most…

Q: Explain how snow that formed high in a towering cloud might produce rain.

A: Droplets of water make up clouds. Water droplets become larger when they condense onto one another…

Q: Contrast catastrophism and uniformitarianism.

A: Georges Cuvier, who was motivated by biblical readings and thought that all significant geologic…

Q: The graph in the upper right shows the temperatures at various distances from the Sun during the…

A: INTRODUCTION  Assume that planets are formed roughly at their current distance from the sun.…

Q: Why does the wet adiabatic rate not have a constant value?

A: LAPSE RATES: The lapse rate is the rate at which the temperature, changes with height in the…

Q: Unlike winds aloft, which blow nearly parallel to the isobars, surface winds generally cross the…

A: The pressure gradient force causes winds to blow. Winds blow from high pressure to lower pressure;…

Q: Contrast the distribution of land and water in the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

A: The Northern Hemisphere contains North America, the northern piece of South America, Europe, the…

Q: QUESTION 5 The feature marked ‘’4”’ on the Tralfamadore map could most reasonably be described as…

A: In this question we have given a Tralfamadore map we need to answer the questions using the map.