Describe the major features of a passive continental margin: continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, submarine canyon, and deep-sea fans.

Q: Contrast the internal and external processes shaping Earth’s surface.

A:   Earth took millions of years to get the present shape, it went through various slow and steady pro...

Q: What age is the seafloor imeediately off the coast of NYC?

A: INTRODUCTION: The volcanic activity at the mid-oceanic ridges forms the new oceanic crust and then m...

Q: Why don’t most geysers erupt at regular intervals?

A: Fountain, natural aquifer that discontinuously rambles planes of steam and heated water. The term is...

Q: 19. The township and range States primarily because... it was the quickest and me farmers. all farme...

A: The township and range system of land division is an organization that is based on baseline definiti...

Q: Land bridges that are exposed during periods of cooling when Sea levels decreased have been importa...

A: Land bridges are the lands that are naturally formed, it is a narrow strip that connects two landmas...

Q: How does equilibrium theory differ from earlier theories of topographic development?

A: GEOMORPHOLOGY: Geomorphology is a significant branch of physical Geography. The word 'geomorphology'...

Q: What characteristics made Urban Decay an opportunity rather than simply an idea? Which of the five r...

A: CHARACTERISTICS THAT MADE URBAN DECAY AN OPPORTUNITY RATHER THAN SIMPLY AN IDEAS ROOT OF OPPORTUNITY...

Q: Land is considered a resource because it A) is used to produce things B) requires labor to be useful...

A: Introduction - Land is considered as resources as it provides habitat for various flora and faunas. ...

Q: Explain why no matter where you are in the ocean, if you go deep enough, you will encounter Oceanic ...

A: Ocean- Sea is huge scope of ocean, It is a waterway which makes much out of a planet's hydrosphere. ...

Q: Why are there no fronts in a midlatitude anticyclone?

A: The mid latitudinal anticyclone is contrary to the mid latitudinal cyclone The anticyclone winds rot...

Q: Is Valparaiso warmer, colder, or the same temperature as Sydney?

A: Valparaiso is a port city in the South American country, Chile, in the western hemisphere, and Sydne...

Q: What is the type of fault in picture -14 Horst and Graben fault O Parallel fault O

A: Faults:              When the earth’s crust cracks, faulting takes place. A fault is a planar fractu...

Q: Why does a map of worldwide earthquakes closely match the locations of worldwide plate boundaries?

A: Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer part divides into several plates that float over th...