A.Write a definition for the following terms. 1. ROCK 2. MINERAL

Q: What type of fault movement best characterizes the Basin and Range province? What are the highest ma...

A: Basin and Range (B&R) province of the western United States is an example of an active rift syst...

Q: How do tsunamis affect the atmosphere?

A: The ripple effect of a high-intensity earthquake-tsunami combo can cause disturbances in how the mol...

Q: Q.1 (a) Determine the magnitude (Mw) of an earthquake resulting from a fault having a rupture length...

A: The seismic magnitude (M0) depends on strength of the rock along the fault (μ), area of the fault th...

Q: What is the purpose for the creation of the agency responsible for the environment in New York City...

A: Creation of agency responsible for the environment in New York City focused on the public health pro...

Q: What is the Coriolis force, and how does it influence the movement of oceanic currents? Would the Co...

A: The Coriolis force refers to the tendency of objects (wind and ocean currents) to remain in their or...

Q: What are typical P wave velocities in hard rock? Water? Air?

A: A P wave is a compressional or longitudinal wave in which rock vibrates back and forth parallel to t...

Q: Catastrophic Plate TectonicsMatch the following statements on the left with the answers on the right...

A: This describes conventional Plate Tectonic Theory - B. Happened slowly over millions of years.  

Q: Explain how population density and distribution  affects the environment

A: Population density is the number of people living per unit area. High population density is associat...

Q: Identify the locations of the following features on the map: continental shelf continental slope sp...

A:   Based on the color elevation interpretation from the question and also Google earth image of the s...

Q: What are the four stages of formation of an ocean basin?

A: The shape and size of a tectonic plate vary, which implies that new plates form by breaking up or co...

Q: During an earthquake, you probably will be safest if you _____, _____, and _____.

A: Earthquake can be occur anytime. Be prepared at any time and make the life safe at any situation by ...

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: Sketch a Marina District (San Francisco) dwelling and explain why so many failed during the 1989 Lom...

A: The Marina district building was built over the landfill comprising of a mixture of sand, dirt, rubb...

Q: Propose an explanation for the nearly pure carbon dioxide atmospheres of Venus and Mars. (Select all...

A:   The thick carbon dioxide atmospheres of Venus and Mars is due to Carbon dioxide that was probably ...

Q: Why do deep earthquakes tend to occur within inclined bands?

A: The plate tectonics is the motion of plates above the surface of the earth which includes a point kn...

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: What are the population doubling times given these annual growth rates: Africa, 2.4%; world, 1.2%?

A: If the N0 , initial population at time, t = 0 is 1 then the N, double of population at time, t is 2....

Q: What evidence suggests that the eruption of the volcano Santorini led to the enduring tale of the lo...

A: Some evidences suggests the eruption of volcano Santorini led to the lost civilization of Atlantis.

Q: How do Earth’s movements affect the locations of mountains?

A: According to the theory of plate tectonics, there are three types of plate boundaries - divergent, c...

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: 1. A geologist has found an unknown mineral. She finds that a sample of calcite will not scratch the...

A: The hardness of a mineral is identified by scratching it with other substance of known hardness, if ...

Q: What common elements combine to form most igneous rocks?

A: Igneous rocks are formed from by the cooling of lava or magma that are coming from the eruption of v...

Q: Radiometric analysis for the GRANITE: Fullertonian 50 %,   Tuffyton 50 % How many half lives have pa...

A: Let the number of half-lives be n.  So, required time period, t= nT1/2  where T1/2 is Half-life of a...

Q: Are tsunami more dangerous along a straight coastline or in a V-shaped harbor or inlet?

A:   When crest of the tsunami wave hits the coastline, sea level rises. The rise in sea level varies d...

Q: What factors combined to cause the resonance in Mexico City that was so deadly in the 1985 earthquak...

A: The damage caused by the 1985 earthquake was a combination of two factors: resonance in lakebed sedi...

Q: What will happen if we run out of water? How we could minimise the impact?

A:   Water is used for drinking, washing, hydrating crops, livestock, harnessing electricity and variou...

Q: True or False The upper boundary of the vadose zone is synonymous with the elevation of the water ta...

A: The rainwater collected under the ground and stored as a source of freshwater on the earth surface i...

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: Which factors contribute to the motion of ocean gyres? 1) differences in ocean surface temperature...

A: An ocean gyre is a large-scale rotating current system that is comprised of the earth's rotation, co...