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A:   In the compound NaOH, there is Na, O, and H element. If there is no subscript shown with an elemen...

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A: A habitable zone refers to the area around a star that has the right temperature profile to sustain ...

Q: Draw a cross-section and explain why an ocean wave breaks as it nears the shoreline.

A:   As the waves reaches shallower water, the growth in wave height occurs in a wave shoaling process....

Q: If all the fungi on Earth were suddenly to die, how would the surviving organisms be affected?

A: Fungi are ubiquitous in the natural world. They play a vital role in a wide variety of habitats and ...

Q: “Stable” central and eastern North America have earthquakes clustered in distinct areas. What is a l...

A: The clustering of seismic activity in the central and easter United States depends on the nature of ...

Q: If the moon orbits the earth north to south, will there still be lunar and solar eclipses?

A: At the point when the moon comes in the middle of the sun and the earth the sun and the earth its sh...

Q: Most of the water that sinks to the bottom in the ocean does so near the poles. Do you think that te...

A: The oceanography involves the study of the ocean or seawater that includes properties of seawater wh...

Q: What would be the effect of having the water in Lake Erie remain warm for a longer period of time du...

A: The unusually warm waters, reliable with environmental change patterns ongoing from many years, coul...

Q: Give two examples of how rock composition/characteristics affect soil properties during the early ph...

A:   Soil with coarse grain texture develops on parent rock material that is coarse-grained and its min...

Q: Define paleogeography. Why are geographers interested in this topic?

A:   Paleogeography is the study of the ancient geography of the surface of the earth, especially physi...

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A: The ecosystem and environment are composed of varieties of life forms or species, which is known as ...

Q: As wavelength increases, what happens to wave velocity? Which change causes wind-blown ocean waves t...

A: The waves causing the water flow in oceans is a wind wave generated due to the wind blowing on the w...

Q: Why are invasive species such a concern in chaparral systems? List three common invaders in our loca...

A: Chaparral is type of biome found in temperate region. Which is also known as Mediterranean forest fo...

Q: Ice is melting in the Arctic (this is fact). Do you think that the melt water is salty or fresh?

A:   When saline ocean water freezes into ice, only the water part (H2O) freezes.

Q: What is the volcano formed?

A: The volcano formation process shown in the image shows how the volcanic island of Kauai was formed. ...

Q: can you help me cite the "veldt" by Ray Bradbury and "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson in MLA8 Format...

A: Bradbury, Ray. The Veldt, The Saturday Evening Post, 23 Sept. 1950, repositorio.ufsc.br/bitstream/ha...

Q: 1. What might happen when flour is mixed with cold water? A. The flour will dissolve completely in w...

A: Answer to Question 1: B The flour will only partially dissolve in cold water because the temperature...

Q: What does the sweeping beam of a light house have in common with a neutron sta Include an explanatio...

A:   The rotating neutron star acts similar to lighthouse. Its beam sweeps in a circle and gives a puls...

Q: You analyze a sample of a meteorite that landed on Earth and find that  7 8  of the uraniu...

A: The sample contains 0.125 or 1/8 grams of U-238 and 0.875 or 7/8 grams of Pb-206. Given that we know...

Q: While on a geologic expedition, you unearth a large, dark stone with an excellent print of a fossil ...

A:   Fossils are the remnants or petrified remains of organisms living in the earth geologic past. Thes...

Q: which physical characteristics best describes the rock phyllite

A:   Phyllite has fissility or foliation planes due to the parallel alignment of platy mica minerals. I...

Q: Which would be the better of two bad choices for an urban area: a magnitude 6.5 to 7 earthquake ever...

A: On the Richter Scale, a magnitude 8 earthquake releases 10 times more energy than a magnitude 7 and ...

Q: Explain what a seiche is. How could you create a small one?

A: A seiche is a hydrological phenomenon occur in a fully closed or partially closed water body as a st...

Q: Which of the following techniques is least likely to improve your ability to detect a trend in a cli...

A:   Using accurate instruments and techniques to collect data, analyzing temperature anomalies instead...

Q: The melting and crystallization of rockMatch the following statements on the left with the answers o...

A: Based on seismic data, the A. Outer Core was discovered to be liquid.

Q: Calculate the average speed of the Pacific plate for the last 43.4 million years. Note that you don’...

A:   As location of hotspot remains fixed relative to plate motion and also Hawaiian big island is loca...

Q: If you are in an airplane over the epicenter of a great earthquake, what will you experience?

A: During earthquake, pressure and shear waves move in all directions. If the pressure waves leave eart...

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A: Africa is a continent that is made from the other five Archean cratons. These are Congo, Kaapvaal, T...

Q: 5. Which type of beach litter is biodegradable? 1) soda cans 2) plastic bottles 3) nylon fishing lin...

A:   5. Which type of beach litter is biodegradable? 4) driftwood   6. Which factor is a major or signi...

Q: Which of the following is (are) external drivers of Earth's climate? atmospheric greenhouse gas l...

A: External drivers of climate are those that influence the climate from outside the Earth's climate sy...

Q: Mount Vesuvius is one of the world’s most active volcanoes, yet it has quiet intervals lasting how l...

A: Mount Vesuvius is an active volcano, which means it will erupt again. The first recorded evidence of...

Q: Loihi is an active volcano located south of Kilauea (see Figure 2). Loihi’s peak is still below sea ...

A: In hot spot volcanism, the tectonic plate is moving relative to a fixed hotspot from where hot molte...