Describe and explain the processes involved that can change a mesa into a butte or pinnacle.

Q: Describe and explain the major features associated with oceanic–continental convergence and oceanic–...

A: OCEANIC-CONTINENTAL CONVERGENCE BOUNDARIES: Convergent plate boundaries are accountable for quite a ...

Q: Explain how talus from rockfall is likely to look different from a deposit of alluvium

A: ALLUVIUM: Alluvium is defined as deposit of sand and mud by water flow in a stream. Deposits of allu...

Q: Why is it difficult to integrate nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into the nitrogen cycle of the bio...

A: Nitrogen is one of the most commonly found gas in the atmosphere. It is an important part of the bio...

Q: Construct a table listing the subdivisions of the pelagic and benthic environments and the physical ...

A: The pelagic environment is divided into distinctive life zones called as biozones. The benthic envir...

Q: Why are deep-focus earthquakes (those originating many hundreds of kilometers below the surface) ass...

A: The deep-focused earthquake re also called plutonic earthquakes, they have a hypocenter that exceeds...

Q: Describe the location, timeframe, and power generating capability of America’s first offshore wind f...

A: WIND FARM: A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind generation station or wind generation plant,...

Q: What is the difference between porosity and permeability?

A: Porosity: It is the ratio of voids or pore space in the soil or rock is known as porosity. Permeabi...

Q: Specify the forces involved in creating ocean tides.

A: Tides are very long-period of waves that move through the oceans in response to the forces exerted b...

Q: Explain why soil is the source of life and agriculture.

A: SOIL: The word soil has been derived from Latin word 'Solum' which means "floor". Soil is the thin s...

Q: Describe and explain the pattern of wind flow in the Northern Hemisphere around: • a surface high • ...

A: Winds Around Anticyclones pass around the middle of the northeasterly area Winds run in the clockwis...

Q: Describe the pattern of air movement within the Hadley cells.

A: Hadley cells are the general circulation of tropical atmospheric winds that features the ring of air...

Q: weathering and erosion

A: MECHANICAL OR PHYSICAL WEATHERING: Weathering and erosion are the two processes of degradation simul...

Q: What are the positive and negative implications of the Philippine geography? Explain your answer.

A: Positive Implications  In the West Pacific Ocean, the Philippine Archipelago is split into three se...

Q: Assuming that the long-term rate of displacement along the San Andreas Fault (about 3.5 cm/year) rem...

A: In the solution they given the rate of displacement of San Andreas Fault are 3.5 centimeters per yea...

Q: How did the Great Rift Valley get its name?

A: The Great African Rift Valley is named after a 6,000 km deep, continuing geological trench, which ex...

Q: Describe the spawning cycle of grunion, indicating the relationship among tidal phenomena, where gru...

A: SPAWNING CYCLE OF GRUNION: Grunion is that the specie of marine fish of the genus Leuresthes tenuis....

Q: how does the examination of human-environment relationships in ecosystems serve to illustrate the ro...

A: One of the core contributions of the geographical discipline is the study of the relationships among...

Q: What is albedo?

A: The earth and its atmosphere reflect part of solar radiation back of space. It has been estimated th...

Q: Which of the following could be reasons why population sizes may reach and maintain plateaus? Select...

A: Eventually, all population's geometrical or exponential growth (fig1) is limited by food production,...

Q: Briefly describe the location and general characteristics of the high­latitude components of the gen...

A: The atmospheric circulation are large-scale movements of air and water masses. It is distributed by ...

Q: What strategies exist to reduce future warming?

A: The human activities are reason for the increase in the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Differen...