Briefly describe the weather associated with the passage of a mature midlatitude cyclone when the center of low pressure is about 200 to 300 kilometers (125 to 200 miles) north of your location.

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A: Geological time scale is an arrangement of sequential dating which is utilized to relate…

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A: Jet streams are ebbs and flows of air high over the Earth. They move toward the east at heights of…

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A: The aneroid barometer consists of a closed, flexible capsule.

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Q: Which statements are true about atmospheric circulation patterns? Wind that moves from west to east…

A: Wind that moves from west to east is called a westerly. Atmospheric circulation patterns are often…

Q: Contrast index fossil and fossil assemblage.

A: Index fossil: They are the most commonly found fossil at a time period and are present widespread…

Q: Why are seafloor sediments useful in studying past climates?

A: Paleontology is the science which studies about the ancient lives along with studying about ancient…

Q: Discuss the major factors that influence the global distribution of precipitation.

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Q: Distinguish between weather and climate and name the basic elements of weather and climate.

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Q: Why does air expand as it moves upward through the atmosphere?

A: The layers of gases that envelop a planet or other celestial body are its atmosphere. About 78% of…

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Q: What is the primary driving force of surface-ocean currents?

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Q: Determine which statements refer to weather and which refer to climate. (Note: One statement…

A: Weather is the short-term atmospheric conditions of a region while climate is the average daily…

Q: What characteristic of a slab of oceanic lithosphere leads to the formation of deep-ocean trenches…

A: Oceanic trenches are formed when a continental plate and oceanic plates, or both oceanic plates…

Q: stream landform feature is found at the end of the Sandy River

A: Stream landforms like levees, braiding,deltas etc are found at the end of th

Q: How does frontal lifting cause air to rise?

A: INTRODUCTION: Air can flow, and be lifted through four main processes known as lifting mechanisms.…

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Q: Distinguish between the terms positive feedback and negative feedback. In developing climate models…

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Q: Describe elastic deformation.

A: Elastic deformation refers to a temporary deformation of a material's shape which is self-reversing…

Q: Explain why some volcanic eruptions are explosive and others are quiescent.

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A: Coastal upwelling promotes the growth of plankton and seaweed because the deep water pushed to the…

Q: Why does the adiabatic rate of cooling change when condensation begins?

A: The lapse rate is determined by the adiabatic process since it has a distinctive…

Q: Explain why an observer can experience two unequal high tides during one day.

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Q: What is a lahar?

A: Ever matter which exists in the universe try to attain equilibrium. Few of such equilibrium, which…

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Q: What role do condensation nuclei play in the formation of clouds?

A: Clouds are generated due to the condensation of water vapour into liquid water droplets.…

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Q: Why do isotherms shift north and south from season to season?

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Q: What type of volcanic structure is Shiprock, New Mexico, and how did it form?

A: Shiprock is a type of volcanic neck.

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Q: What factors, in addition to the distribution of wind and pressure, influence the global…

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Q: What is the average rate of seafloor spreading in modern oceans?

A: The computed spreading rates for all the ridges in the sea floor ranged from about 2.0 to 3.0 cm of…

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A: Effect: Less than even a minute's direct exposure may result in severe eye damage and additional…

Q: Explain what is meant by elastic rebound.

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Q: Refer to the accompanying map and the pairs of cities below to complete the following: (Boston,…

A: London and Boston are moving apart as a result of plate motion.

Q: What name is given to the region having the greatest concentration of composite volcanoes?

A: The name which is given to the region having the greatest concentration of composite volcanoes is…

Q: What is the primary driving force of surface-ocean currents?

A: Wind is the major driving force of the surface ocean currents.

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Q: Distinguish between neap tides and ebb tides.

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Q: Describe sleet and freezing rain. Why does freezing rain result on some occasions and sleet on…

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Q: Over the next billion years or so, the temperature on the Earth is projected to climb to about 373K…

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Q: Why does Florida have abundant mid-afternoon thunderstorms?

A: The Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico both border the southeasternmost state in the United…

Q: The accompanying diagram is a cross section of a hypothetical area. Place the lettered features in…

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Q: Describe how Fred Vine and D. H. Matthews related the seafloor-spreading hypothesis to magnetic…

A: At around 1970, age-dating as well as the paleomagnetic studies of basaltic lavas had produced a…