Draw and describe each of the three stages of coral reef development. How does this sequence tie into the plate tectonic model?

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A: The study concerned with the past climates is called paleoclimatology, while the proxy climates pres...

Q: Explain why lithogenous sediment tends to become finer-grained with increasing distance from shore.

A: The Lithogenous or the terrigenous sediments consist mainly of small pieces of pre-existing rocks th...

Q: How does geology help explain why the pacific realm is so wildely scattered?

A: The Pacific Ocean emerged from of the Panthalassic Ocean which was originally created about 750 Mya ...

Q: Which of the following shows the necessary elements for the formation of rain? Coud droplets lce Clo...

A: RAIN: Rain is a liquid form of water droplets that have condensed from the atmospheric water vapor a...

Q: Through which processes do streams deepen, widen, and lengthen their valleys?

A: Over time the landscapes on the earth's surface have formed with streamflow and erosion and depositi...

Q: Describe the advantage a top carnivore gains by eating from a food web, as compared to a single food...

A: The food chain and food web are ecological energy models of the food movement in an ecosystem, from ...

Q: What is a large almost landlocked arm of the Atlantic Ocean touching Europe Asia and Africa

A: MEDITERRANEAN SEA: The Mediterranean could also be a sea connected to the Atlantic , surrounded by t...

Q: Describe how excess heat energy absorbed by Earth’s low-latitude regions is transferred to heat-defi...

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Q: what is the biggest continent in the world

A: AISA: Being an extremely large landmass, Asia has 90 parallels of latitude running across it. As a r...

Q: Describe the difference between vertically mixed and salt wedge estuaries in terms of salinity distr...

A: Earth hosts a variety of liquid water based on its salinity. So, estuaries are those water 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...