How much more luminous is the Sun viewed from Earth than from Uranus, 19.2 AU away? LSun from Earth LSun from Uranus

Q: The table to below gives the orbital periods T (in years) of the planets known to Newton as afunctio...

A: In a log-log graph, both axes are converted to a logarithmic scale. 

Q: How can you tell which lines are absorption lines in a photographic spectrum?

A:   Absorption lines are dark lines, or lines of reduced intensity, in a continuous photographic spect...

Q: What is sector collapse? What is a debris avalanche?

A: A sector collapse occurs when a portion of a volcano collapses due to gravity-driven movement of uns...

Q: 3. The velocity of sound in water is approximately 1,500 m/s. Calculate the depth from sea level to ...

A:   The sound velocity in water medium is about 1,500 m/s. Since the sound echo traveled to the bottom...

Q: A. Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent Plate Boundary 3. 1. What type of crusts are colliding in this figure?...

A: The figure shows an ocean plate colliding with another ocean plate.

Q: What is the habitable zone? Which planets are included in the habitable zone in the Solar System? If...

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

Q: If, due to external factors, the solubility of CaCO3 (s) in water is increased:A. What happens to th...

A: CaCO3 has low solubility in water. A saturated solution of CaCO3 consists of calcium cation and a ca...

Q: Volcanoes in the ocean tend to erupt peacefully, whereas volcanoes on continents tend to erupt explo...

A: Volcanoes in the ocean tend to erupt peacefully but continental volcanic erupt explosively.

Q: Why do people keep returning to a volcano, such as Vesuvius, and building new cities?

A: People live near volcanoes despite the risks of an eruption. Living in cities near volcanoes can pro...

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: Explain several lines of evidence indicating that the continents move about Earth.

A: The large-scale movement of continental landmass can be explained using the concept of continental d...

Q: Which two alternative energy sources could be used by single houses or schools?

A:   Solar Power Solar power is used extensively for energy production and power generation by single h...

Q: One earthquake measures 3.5 on the Richter scale and another measures 2.5.  How do the two quakes co...

A: The Richter scale measures the amount of ground shaking experience due to an earthquake event at the...

Q: 2. Rising seas inundate land, compounding coastal erosion problems outlined above. Calculate how muc...

A: The formula for solving this problem can be expressed as: Slope (decimal form) = change in elevation...

Q: 1. Sketch and label areas of erosion and deposition resulting from the groin (top), jetty (middle), ...

A:   Jetties are rock walls that are designed to protect the entrance of a harbor from sediment deposit...

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: Explain how base isolation systems can reduce the shaking of buildings during an earthquake.

A: Ground shaking at the surface associated with an earthquake can cause great damage to buildings. Typ...

Q: solve the problem given in the image.

A: BOD or Biochemical Oxygen demand gives the amount of oxygen taken by the microorganisms for decompos...

Q: Why are the western United States and Canada much more seismically active than the central and easte...

A: The western United States and western Canada lies along the boundaries of major tectonic plates of l...

Q: what is the charateristics cleavage of mica ?

A: The mineral made up of silicate sheets is known as mica. Mica is used in products like drywall, pain...

Q: We don't have many detailed photographs of Venus' surface, either from orbiters and/or landers. Expl...

A:   Venus has thick atmosphere with 96 % carbon dioxide. Venus is covered by an opaque layer of highly...

Q: What is the difference between a natural disaster and a natural hazard? How do economic losses diffe...

A: Natural disaster is a specific phenomenon of natural events episodes such as earthquake, flood, typh...

Q: Draw a box model depicting the greenhouse effect and the followingassumptions. Label the energy flux...

A: There are four boxes in the model: Space, Sun, Atmosphere and Surface. The exchange of energy takes ...

Q: is population growth natural or not?explain why we focus on population instead of consumption?How do...

A:   Population growth is the expansion of population by increase in the number of individuals in a pop...

Q: Draw a cross-section and describe the collapse of an oceanic volcano, such as Krakatau. What usually...

A: Krakatoa, a volcanic island present in Indonesia, was destroyed by the violent eruptions in 1883. Th...

Q: What is the partial pressure of each gas at 20.00degree C

A: Partial pressure can be calculated using the Ideal Gas Law: P = nRT/V Step 1: Calculate the number o...

Q: What is the fundamental driver of the Circumpolar Antarctic Current?   What is the effect of the C...

A:   The ACC flow occurs due to the combined effects of strong westerly winds across the Southern Ocean...

Q: Counting atoms assessment NaOH How many total atoms are there in the formula

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

Q: Example of population

A:   A population is a number of the organisms of a same group or species living in a particular geogra...

Q: Imagine you are looking at a major river that has 6-7 different major tributary systems coming off o...

A: Knick point is defined as the point at which the river experiences a sharp bend in a channel slope. ...

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...