Explain the differences between an equivalent (equal area) map projection and a conformal map projection.

Q: In a simple answer what makes the lithospheric plates move in different directions?

A: Gravity is the main driving force for plate tectonics. When a plate meets another plate of the ocean...

Q: What is the central America land bridge

A:  EARLY PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND LAND BRIDGE:: Peoples have been living in central and south Ame...

Q: What is the difference between the atmospheres of Venus and Earth?

A: VENUS: Venus is the second from the sun, Venus traces an orbit that is closer to a perfect circle th...

Q: Plate Tectonics What are the different types of plate boundaries?

A: Tectonic plates are those plates or slabs orf rocks that are found on the surface of the earth and c...

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: Where are the areas of lowest elevation in Ohio?

A: Ohio's terrain is remarkably diverse and has been favorable to settlement and population growth in m...

Q: 2. During a La Niña the equatorial wind stress averaged across the Pacific is anomalously and the su...

A: LA NINA: After an El-Nino, weather conditions return to normal. However, sometimes trade winds becom...

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: On which day of the year is Earth closest to the Sun (perihelion)? Farthest from the Sun (aphelion)?

A: The perihelion denotes the distant point in the planet that is closest to the orbit or the planetary...

Q: About how much would global sea-level rise if the ice stored in the Antarctic and Greenland ice shee...

A: The Antarctica and Greenland ice sheets found in the north and the south polar region consists of th...

Q: xplain why the Eastern United States has relatively little tectonic activity compared to the western...

A: The eastern coast of the united states consists of the Atlantic ocean and consists of older rocks. T...

Q: Question:  Examine briefly one theoretical model whichattempts to explain the development of land us...

A: In 1925, Burgess introduced a descriptive model of urban land use that separated neighborhoods into ...

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: How much more nitrogen is in the atmosphere than oxygen?

A: The air is late of gases and its retained by the gravity of the planet, earth is surrounded by vario...

Q: Question 1 Igneous rocks form from: crystallization - cooling of magma compaction - cementation of s...

A: ROCKS: The most significant part of the outer crust of the earth is 'Lithosphere'. The literal meani...

Q: The ______ is the warmest time in Earth's 65+ million year climate history. Group of answer choices ...

A: The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) was an abrupt global warming period that took place at t...

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 melting of hot mantle into magma as a result of pressure changes but not temperature changes is ...

A: Decompression melts inside Earth as the rock body is kept at about the same temperature, but the pre...

Q: The tropics or countries at the equator receive the full amount of sunlight and energy available. Ho...

A: The tropics are places that lie in 23 degrees north and south of the equator. They are known to be t...

Q: Keeping in view the scientific methodology, sketch a scientific study about Evolutionof Earth. You m...

A: Origin of Universe: The Big Bang Theory is the most popular argument about the origins of the univer...

Q: Compare the similarities and differences between sand and boulders.

A: Sand is a granular aggregate resulting from rock erosion, varying in scale from 0.075 mm to 4.75 mm....