Describe how satellite measurements of the ocean surface allow oceanographers to create a map of the sea floor.

Q: 5. What proportion of the earth's surface lies between the latitudes of 45° N and 45° S?

A:  The Earth is divided into many horizontal imaginary lines known as latitudes. These latitudes are a...

Q: Explain how excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affects the pH of seawater. Why is increasing oc...

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Q: List the components (reservoirs) of the hydrologic cycle that hold water on Earth and the percentage...

A: Hydrological or water cycle is the movement of different states of water through different reservoir...

Q: Define overfishing. When a species is overfished, what changes are there in the standing stock, the ...

A: Overfishing is the removal of species of fish from the water bodies at a rate that is not replaceabl...

Q: What were the effects of the Ice Age that ended about 10,000 years ago?

A: Glaciation event was the historical cooling events on the Earth. The ice age is the last documented ...

Q: Answer the following questions thoroughly ..... Earth is made of six layers  A. Draw a diagram of Ea...

A: The Layers of atmosphere:                                                                           ...

Q: Describe the differences in origin between the Aleutian Islands (Alaska) and the Hawaiian Islands. P...

A: Island is a small piece of land that is surrounded by water. Island form either by a collision of co...

Q: What processes are responsible for soil creep?

A: Soil creeps are a type of movement of material in a very slow manner.

Q: Is the Principle of Uniformitarianism still valid today? Give examples of why or why not. (See Chapt...

A: The theory of uniformitarianism is that the "present is indeed the key to past". This theory has a p...

Q: Explain how and why global sea level fluctuated during the Pleistocene.

A: Pleistocene- Pleistocene is a time period is a geological epoch where ice sheets and glaciers are fo...

Q: Explain why hydrozoans and scyphozoans (jellies) are classified as macroscopic forms of zooplankton....

A: Zooplankton:                        The word zooplankton is derived from Greek where zoon meaning an...

Q: 1. On a map with a scale of 1:62,500 g. A measured distance of 6.5 inches represents an actual dista...

A: The scale is mainly used to measure the distance. but in maps scale is used to describe the actual d...

Q: Geography Question

A: Mississippi is one of the states in the southern United States of America that has enormous relevanc...

Q: Describe the world’s largest accidental and intentionally released oil spills. How many times larger...

A: Exxon Valdez oil spill happened on March 24, 1989 in Alaska when an oil tanker named Exxon Valdez ow...

Q: How do physical features affect the growth of cities?

A: The cities are know to have appeared in the 6000 to 5000 BC, these were small and were found along t...