Explain at least one new discovery that has come from exploring the “deep hot biosphere”

Q: The graph below shows how the activity in counts per minutes (c. p. m) of 1.00g of processed carbon ...

A: if 100% of the activity in counts per minutes (c. p. m) of the processed carbon is 16, then 50% of t...

Q: What is metamorphism?

A: After the natural rocks are formed from the cooling magma or lava and get emplaced to some other pla...

Q: A satellite orbits eastward around the Earth once every 25 hours.  As viewed from the surface of the...

A: A geostationary satellite is an Earth orbiting satellite, revolves around the Earth in the same dire...

Q: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN 4 TO 5 SENTENCES EACH. 1. DESPITE BEING IN DEFINITION, HOW ARE HAZ...

A:   Hazard is defined as the possibility of experiencing a certain disaster like flood, earthquakes et...

Q: Compare and contrast Air pollution and fossil fuels environmental issue

A: Air pollution is defined as the deterioration in the air quality by the addition of contaminants or ...

Q: Why are humic substances and humus no longer viewed as being representative of organic compounds in ...

A:  Although humus and humic acid are a derivative from plants and are processed and transformed primar...

Q: How do you protect yourself from the sun?

A: Sun is the source of heat and light on the earth. There are many ways to protect ourselves from the ...

Q: The element uranium 23892U undergoes radioactivity to give an alpha particle and Thorium (Th).(i.) E...

A: Radioactivity is a phenomenon that can be found both in natural elements as well as in man-made sour...

Q: Solve the attached problem

A: Earthquakes worldwide occur naturally due to plate tectonics happening at the divergent, convergent,...

Q: What are the two main things that drive Earth's climate? In other words, what are the two main thing...

A: Climate is the long-term average of the weather of a particular place. And the weather is the temper...

Q: occurs when pressure is the main factor in the transformation process in addition to the heat due to...

A: Metamorphism is essentially a solid-state process, which occurs in a closed system. During metamorph...

Q: Compute the evaporation rate from a lake for June if the average water temperature is 80°F, measured...

A: Given, average water temperature 80°F =(80°F-32)×59+273.15=299.82K average air temperature = 74°F =(...

Q: Which of the following would be useful to determine the net mass balance of a glacier? Select one op...

A: Net balance is the sum of the positive and negative mass balances over a year.

Q: What is Original Horizontality?

A: The structural features of the rock-like folding, faulting, foliation, lineations, and joints develo...

Q: What are the characteristics of tropical biomes basing yourself on the altitude

A: A biome is defined as a particular type of ecosystem characterized by its own climate and vegetation...

Q: Global greenhouse gas emissions have increase by how much since the year 1990

A: Greenhouse gas are the one which have ability to trap or absorb the sun radiation or heat. These gas...

Q: What is the relationship between temperature, absolute humidity, and Water Vapor pressure?

A: Temperature, absolute humidity, and water vapor pressure are very important weather parameters. Thes...

Q: Why radioactive decay is spontaneously happening in all rocks?

A: Earth's interior has radioactive elements naturally such as rubidium, uranium, potassium , and thori...

Q: How can illegal fishing bombs cause a mass extinction? Explain in less than 5 sentences.

A: Fishing bombs is the practice of catching fish by creating an explosion underwater. This practice is...

Q: when do greenhouse gases cause global warning ?

A: The earth's surface temperature is maintained by a complex mechanism relating to solar radiation's i...

Q: How does weather differ from climate? Describe at least seven ways how weather and climate influence...

A: Weather and climate are two important parameters to determine the habitability of any geographical a...

Q: What makes the Moon completely dark during a lunar eclipse?

A: The natural satellite of the earth is termed as Moon and appears to be dark during the lunar eclipse...

Q: 4. Why do climatologists study ice cores from ancient glaciers? O To find out what the ancient glaci...

A: Ice sheets and glaciers have formed from many years of snow accumulation. With every year of snowfal...

Q: Activity A. Directions: Identify the geologic area and the respective type metamorphism that occur i...

A: Metamorphism is alteration or change in minerals or geological texture of pre-existing rock in a sol...

Q: I am made of rounded pieced of cobbles and pebbles,embedded in sand.What sedimentary rock am I?

A: The cobble and pebble are gravel size rocks. The size of the cobble ranges from 64-256 micrometers. ...

Q: Can someone answer this? Thanks!

A: One of the major objectives of geology is to determine the age of geologic structures and events. Th...

Q: Compare and contrast deforestation and tsunamis land environments issues

A: The environment defines the physical, chemical, and biological factors of the environment, which are...

Q: Question 10

A: Mountains can form due to orogenic activity like a continental collision. Like all other geologic st...

Q: Shaping the Planet Explain how the stretching of the Earth's crust (where magma is close to the surf...

A: The Earth's systems are in continuous motion and dynamics. The outer layer of Earth is broken into b...

Q: What does the future of hurricane prediction look like?

A: Hurricanes are one of the most destructive storms with winds reaching a speed of more than 74 mph. E...

Q: How does turbidity current work in graded bedding.

A: Graded bedding is characterized by systematic variation in grain size in bedding. Some beds have the...

Q: Explain the movement of the different plate boundaries and the crustal features that are formed at t...

A: Plate boundaries are the edges of the tectonic plates with different types of movement across them. ...

Q: 5. 117. A major event affecting global climate is the El Niño/La Niña cycle. In this cycle, equatori...

A: The water in all of the world's oceans are connected. The warm water from the equatorial regions tra...

Q: a. Discuss the environmental impacts of earthquakes b. With the aid of a diagram, describe the rock ...

A: Earthquake is the shaking of the Earth's surface due to the sudden release of the seismic energy by ...

Q: Why it is important to know the different kinds of meat?

A: Meat is a kind of animal flesh which is eaten as food. various animals are killed from ancient times...

Q: create a concept map about the process of metamorphism.

A: Deep burial of rocks results in a large tectonic force which creates folding of rocks under high tem...

Q: The following diagram shows bands of oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge. Which of the fol- lowing co...

A: The oceanic crust consists of mid-oceanic ridges, which are underwater mountain chains. These are th...

Q: state what would happen to the average summer and winter temperatures in new york if the tilt of ear...

A: Earth is always tilted 23.5o on its axis and this is the main reason for seasons.  During the Northe...

Q: How does the amount of dissolved carbon dioxide in seawater cause ocean acidification?

A: Seawater absorbs carbon dioxide from atmosphere. In ocean carbon dioxide reacts with water to form c...

Q: what can changes to the atmosphere cause and how?

A: When the energy coming from the Sun is absorbed by the earth system, the Earth warms. When the Sun's...

Q: Using information in the image and the graph find the distance of STN 2 from the epicenter of the ea...

A: From the information given, at station 2, the arrival of P waves occur 2 minutes after the earthquak...

Q: 2.what can cause the resistivity of a rock to increase (Choose two)

A: The resistivity of the rock is its ability not to conduct electricity. Resistivity is the inverse of...

Q: explain the glacial budget when the terminus of the glacier is advancing in terms of the zone of acc...

A: The glaciers occur near the piedmont zone, valleys, and continents. The glaciers contain a rich sour...

Q: Question My Answer Explain the evidence that supports the continental drift theory.

A: Continental drift theory suggests that all the continents initially were together as separated later...

Q: Create a mind map about rocks behaviour under stress

A: Rocks are hard, brittle natural materials that can deform in an essentially elastic manner when subj...

Q: _4. Which method was primarily used to establish the Geologic Time Scale? A. Archeological Dating B....

A: A geological timescale is the system of chronological setting in which the sedimentary layers are cl...

Q: when magma forms what happens first wether (storms) move wind and water or energy from the sun heats...

A: magma is hot semi solid to liquid material consting of minerals gases liquids and other volatile. th...

Q: What are the four properties of air that are important in driving atmospheric convection currents?

A: The air in the atmosphere contains several gases in different percentages. The air is essential as i...

Q: A. Planet Zindau has an equal distribution of land and water between both hemispheres. B. Planet Zin...

A: Milankovitch cycle explains how seasons in earth changes with changes in the earth's orbital paramet...

Q: I need to find a planet's nearest and farthest orbital distances from it's stars and the answer must...

A: Given, average distance of star from the planet= a=122 × 106 km =122×1061.5×108=0.81 AU eccentricity...