Where are transform plate boundaries most common? on the margins of continents in rift valleys at mid‐ocean ridges in continental volcanic arcs

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Q: Suppose you are hiking in the mountains of Utah and find a fossil of an animal that lived on the oce...

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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: Lithosphere How are humans using these features (tourism, nature reserve, sacred lands, extracting r...

A: Tourism is defined as the leisure activity that is taken by people residing outside their usual envi...

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A: MEANDER: River flow with huge volume of water and load that makes the river flow slowly in the plain...

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

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

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

Q: How do measured values of weather and climate differ? Select one: Weather values are less reliable t...

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Q: Describe both the vertical distribution of water vapor in the atmosphere and its horizontal (geograp...

A: Atmosphere is a multilayered gaseous envelope surrounding the earth. There are three major constitue...

Q: Plate Tectonics What are the landforms (above and below water) that are associated with the differen...

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

Q: Since about 0.9 million years ago, what has been the length of the main (dominant) cycle of growth a...

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Q: Why are there active volcanoes along the Pacific coast in Washington and Oregon but not along the ea...

A: ACTIVE VOLCANOES: The volcanic mountain which is continuously erupted from its time of origin that t...

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A: The glacier is a moving mass of ice at average speeds of a few meters a day. There are three types o...

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: Explain why so few remaining samples of these early rocks remain

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

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Q: If we construct a globe at a scale of 1:1,000,000, what will be its diameter? (You may give your ans...

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Q: Why is chemical weathering faster in the Eastern Andes than in the Amazon lowlands?

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Q: Agriculture plays a crucial role in creating employment opportunities justify the statement with log...

A: Agriculture is a practice of growing crops and raising livestock. It provides food, fabrics and othe...

Q: True or False Vector maps lose their fidelity when their size is doubled or halved.

A: Vector Maps Vector maps are a form of GIS file format called vector data that provides a way to di...

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

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Q: The superposition principle states that a)in layers of rocks, the youngest are always at bottom. ...

A: Introduction Law of superposition, a significant standard of stratigraphy expressing that inside a g...

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