Define the following terms: latitude, longitude, parallel, meridian, and prime meridian.

Q: Which of the following has not been blamedon the destruction of the ozone layer?A. damage to cropsB....

A: OZONE LAYER: The ozone layer is a region of Earth's stratosphere which is the second layer of the at...

Q: In Earth's climate system, the term longwave radiation refers to:     the incoming solar radia...

A: The sun emits insolation in the form of incoming short electromagnetic radiation during the daytime....

Q: Briefly describe the seven dominant controls of weather and climate.

A: Weather and climate are important for understanding the importance of atmospheric phenomenon on eart...

Q: Which of the following has resulted in harm to the Mediterranean Sea's ecosystem? a. reclaiming seab...

A: The Mediterranean sea is located between southern Europe and northern Africa, the sea is connected b...

Q: Based on the plotted predicted data for the two days, the vertical distance between the highest high...

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

Q: In which environment does talus form? on land that is being farmed on flat vegetated landscapes ...

A: Talus is defined as a pile of rocks that is accumulated at the base of a mountain cliff or a mountai...

Q: What is a type of boundary that will cause a tsunami?

A: The word Tsunami comes from japan meaning harbor waves, they consist of a series of waves that lead ...

Q: ________________ in global sea level is ultimately the result of a ________ event.  Group of answer...

A: The global sea level is called the grand base level and it is shown by the sea or ocean bottom. The ...

Q: Witch of these meridians intersects Maine

A: This chart displays the latitude and longitude grids of North America. In the Northern Hemisphere,...

Q: What is the explanation for the thinning of the ozone layer that has been observed since the 1970s?

A: The ozone depletion or ozone disappearance consists of events that were observed in the late 1970s. ...

Q: What is the likely chain of events in which the dumping of raw sewage into the Mississippi River lea...

A: dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico The dead zone of the Gulf of Mexico is a region of hypoxic waters a...

Q: Several concepts that the society or human beings benefit from biodiversity. Enumerate the different...

A: The fewer animals we have the fewer humans we have. That's why biodiversity is so critical. The wide...

Q: While the earliest humans lived in East Africa, __________. While some historians think new technolo...

A: Early human migration is the first migration and spread of archaic and modern humans on the whole of...

Q: in 2014, china had 55 million metric tons of rare earth metals in its reserves and produced 95, 000 ...

A: Rare earth minerals are a suite of 17 elements mined in the earth's crust, with names such as cerium...

Q: Is there a single energy source, a “silver bullet”, that will take the US (and the world) beyond the...

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Q: What is not a characteristic of southern Mesopotamia geography

A: It is assumed that the Sumerian civilization first took shape in southern Mesopotamia approximately ...

Q: Explain how colonization had Changed African continent. Had it fragmented or unified the continent? ...

A: The establishment of colonial rule over the interior of Africa (1880-1900) reinforced the developmen...

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: When an oceanic and continental plate collide, why does the oceanic plate subduct? What ends up happ...

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Q: How does ice move?     It slips along its base.   It flows internally from regions of ...

A: The ice of the glacier moves under the impact of gravity that results in glacial motion. The ice slo...

Q: Compare the general topography in the NW corner of the state to the topography in the SE of the stat...

A: Topography of Ohio The topography of Ohio (80° 32' W to 84° 49' W and 38° 27' N to 41° 58' N) consi...

Q: The majority of earthquakes in the world occur under seamounts. far away from plate boundaries. ...

A: Earthquake is a phenomenon of shaking of the earth surface, it is generally associated with the volc...

Q: According to data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, from 2010 to 2015 the amount of lan...

A: The FAO represents the world food and agriculture organization formed by the U.N which acts as a spe...

Q: Why is the land surface rising in the Hudson Bay region of Canada?     accelerated heat flow...

A: Hudson bay is a large slat body of water in northeastern Canada has an area of 1,230,000 km2. It is ...

Q: Lets go a little further north in the Patagonian Andes.  In Google Earth Pro, navigate here: -46.859...

A: The Northern Patagonian glacial Field is a remnant of the Patagonian Ice Cap, an extensive ice sheet...

Q: What are the four elements of weather and climate?

A: WEATHER: Weather is the condition of the atmosphere over a small area, generally for 24 hours to one...

Q: How did the soil quality affect the Iives of the coahuiltecan

A: Coahuiltecans The Coahuiltecans were separate tribal, self-sufficient bands of native Americans liv...

Q: Despite Africa’s geographic diversity, African societies developed similar cultures?

A: Africa is known for the birthplace of the common man and it's here that civilizations first started ...

Q: Although the Koppen System is intended to create distinct climate classes its boundaries are based o...

A: The Koppe classification system is most commonly used for climatic classification. Developed in 1884...

Q: What are the latitude and longitude of the point on the earth that is opposite Beijing, china (40n, ...

A: An antipode is from another point on the opposite side of the Earth; the position one will finish by...