A large square slab of granite, 1 meter thick and 100 meters to a side, falls off an exfoliation dome. The density of granite is 2.7 grams/cm3 . Calculate the total mass of the rock that fell: _____ kilograms

Q: Soil particles that are 0.1 to 2 mm in diameter are called ________. a. sand b. silt c. clay d. loam

A: Soil is an abiotic component of the environment, it consists of a mixture of inorganic and organic c...

Q: 3. If I was to remove invasive species, add more habitat, and fix the stream bank of trotter creek (...

A: An invasive species also referred to as introduced species, foreign species, or exotic species, that...

Q: Why is the land surface rising in the Hudson Bay region of Canada?     accelerated heat flow...

A: Hudson bay is a large slat body of water in northeastern Canada has an area of 1,230,000 km2. It is ...

Q: Explain how colonization had Changed African continent. Had it fragmented or unified the continent? ...

A: The establishment of colonial rule over the interior of Africa (1880-1900) reinforced the developmen...

Q: How can one kind of magma (one kind of magma chemistry) produce two or more different kinds of igneo...

A: FORMATION OF TWO OR MORE DIFFERENT KIND OF IGENOUS ROCK DUE TO MAGMA: The molten rock such as magma ...

Q: Explain what is meant by the cation exchange capacity (CEC) of a soil.

A: Introduction Elements having an electrical charge are known as ions. Positively-charged ions are gen...

Q: Why is it important to have a “Hemispheric Perspective” of US-Latin American relations (both histori...

A: Advancements in the Latin America and also the Caribbean (LAC) had a tremendous influence on the eve...

Q: Most weather satellite images are “time-stamped” using UTC or “Zulu” time (UTC expressed using 24-ho...

A: UTC OR ZULU TIME: UTC is a 24 hour clock system that is used by entire world. Local time is the cloc...

Q: Oxbow lakes form where tributaries merge into trunk streams. there is internal drainage. there...

A: The oxbow lake begins as a curve, or meander, in a channel(fig 1). The lake is formed when the river...

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: What leads to ice ablation?     calving   incoming solar radiation   uptake of l...

A: The ablation area refers to the low altitude region where the glacier or ice sheet loss takes place ...

Q: In what ways have humans altered the composition of the atmosphere, such as by releasing chemicals t...

A: Humans have altered the physical and chemical composition of the atmosphere and the land surfaces. T...

Q: In terms of climate, how is an increase in elevation similar to an increase in latitude?

A: Altitude is that the height of some extent measured from the ocean level. Latitude is that the angle...

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: A country with one ethnic group is a     multinational state     stateless nation   ...

A: Monoethnicity is the presence of a single ethnic group within a given area or world. States where on...

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: What are the three heat zones on the Earth? Explain any one of them with the help of a labelled Heat...

A: Introduction As we all know that the Earth is Geoid or in common spherical in shape. This results in...

Q: How do tectonic uplift and orbital variations combine to affect the long-term intensity of monsoons?...

A: The combined effects of external forces (orbital and solar parameters) and internal forces (boundary...

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A: ASIA: The latitudinal extension of the continent is from 1° 16'S to 77° 43'N and latitudinal extensi...

Q: The area of fastest flow in a stream is called the trunk stream. plunge pool. meander. thalw...

A: If the water runs straight along the highest, the fastest flow would be in the middle of the stream ...

Q: Why geographers interested in paleography

A: Paleogeography is an ancient study of the surface of the earth, which is constantly changing. As the...

Q: What is the importance of geography? Explain why we should learn and teach geography.

A: According to National Geographic, geography is the "study of places and relationships between people...

Q: Witch of these meridians intersects Maine

A: This chart displays the latitude and longitude grids of North America. In the Northern Hemisphere,...

Q: What is the relative temperature of the ocean current flowing along the west coast of a continent in...

A: The mid-latitudes are known as tropic of cancer and Capricorn they are affected by the hour's daylig...