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Q: The Mississippi River in the U.S has about 56% of the drainage area of The Amazon River Basin in Sou...

A: STREAM DISCHARGE: Stream discharge or discharge is the volume of water moving down a stream or a riv...

Q: The five pertain to tools for studying any topic, while the five pertain to what geographers study.

A: The five theme pertain to tools for studying any topic, while the five subfields pertain to what geo...

Q: What processes are involved in warming and cooling Earth’s surface and atmosphere?

A: PROCESSES OF HEATING AND COOLING OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE AND ATMOSPHERE: practically all of the energ...

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

A: Note: Since we only answer up to three subparts, we will answer the first three. Please resubmit the...

Q: Total precipitation received by ground is usually expressed in?

A: Precipitation is a product of the atmosphere that falls under the impact of gravity. Precipitation c...

Q: In an egalitarian society, status is     achieved     ascribed     the same for ev...

A: Egalitarian Society, the concept is derived from the French word e'gal, which means 'fair.' Egalitar...

Q: There are more risk factors for adults then there are for minors as it relates to drug and alcohol u...

A: Drug and alcohol addiction is a chronic condition. But it often highlights another important factor ...

Q: Distinguish between GPS and GIS (geographic information systems).

A: A GIS is a geographic positioning system and a GPS is a global positioning system a GIS is used to r...

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: 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: 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: 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: Earth's seasons are caused by:       the movement of the Sun from north to south of the eq...

A: The Planet Earth has seasons since the axis is tilted. The planet's axis is still oriented in the sa...

Q: Which process is a type of biophysical weathering? frost wedging oxidation salt wedging root...

A: BIOPHYSICAL WEATHERING: Biophysical weathering or Biological weathering caused by biological element...

Q: How does ice retain a record of past atmospheric gas composition?       in trapped air bubbl...

A: Ice sheets have a special property. They allow us to go back in time and take another time to sample...

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 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....

Q: Which of the following characteristics would you expect at convergent plate margins that contain oce...

A: The convergent plate boundaries are characterized by the moving of plates towards each other. his le...

Q: Read the statement. Then identify which sub-field of geography the statement concerns. Grocery store...

A: The statement that grocery store sales will be the same regardless of which side of the street they ...

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...

Q: Why is there greater changes in snow cover over the past century in Eurasia than in North America? W...

A: Seasonal snow is a significant component of the Earth's climate system. Snow cover tends to maintain...

Q: The United States is a ______________.     nation-state     multinational state     ...

A: A multinational state is a sovereign state made up of two or more nations or states. This compares w...

Q: In what ways does the surface of earth warm the troposphere above?

A: ATMOSPHERE: Our Earth is surrounded by a blanket of air. This layer of air is called the Earth's atm...

Q: Why are fossils a useful tool in relative dating?

A: A fossil is the body or remains of a dead animal or plant that was preserved due in soil or rock whi...

Q: What climate region is found in Churchill, Canada?

A: Location of Churchill, Canada: Churchill (58˚46ˊN to 94˚10ˊW) is the town in northern Monitoba, Cana...

Q: Plate Tectonics What are the three types of convergent boundaries and how are they different?

A: Plate tectonics are plates or slabs of hard rocks that are found over the surface of the earth such ...

Q: Which are aspects of the geologic theory of uniformity? Select all that apply.     The Eart...

A: The term Uniformitarianism is often oversimplified when it is claimed in geological textbooks that t...

Q: How does a limited understanding of geography slow or prevent globalization?

A: Geography is a field that studies earth in terms of its physical and human aspects. Being a branch o...