Explain how excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affects the pH of seawater. Why is increasing ocean acidity such a problem in the ocean?

Q: Discuss the different components of glacial movement: plastic flow of ice and basal slip.

A: Glaciers are a form of cryospheric relief features on land, and it has great importance to Earth's h...

Q: What is the difference between a playa and a salina?

A: A playa is a pan, a flat and dry lake that has a bottom depression found in the interiors of the des...

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

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Q: Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?(2013) Geographical Feature Region (a) Abyssin...

A: ATLAS MOUNTAINS: The Atlas Mountains extends up to 2,500km across north-western Africa, crossing Alg...

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A: Rocks undergo certain kinds of bending, splitting or both in reaction to stress. Rock bending or spl...

Q: Discuss factors that help produce the world’s largest tidal range in the Bay of Fundy.

A: The Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia which is having the largest tidal range in the world. The length of ...

Q: What physical feature of a wave is related to the depth of the wave base? What is the difference bet...

A: The wave base is the maximum depth at which the water of the waves causes significant water motion. ...

Q: What is an example of a megalopolis?

A: The term megalopolis is called mega-region or super-city and defined in terms of two or more roughly...

Q: Why is it 5.30 p.m in India when it is 12.00 noon in London?

A: This is due to the rotation of the planet that is from the west to east direction. So the places tha...

Q: What are the differences among a hot spring, a geyser, and a fumarole? What causes these differences...

A: In regions with early age volcanism, geysers, fumaroles (also known as solfataras) and the hot sprin...

Q: What are non-native species? Why can they be so damaging to ecosystems?

A: The non-native species that occupy the land are called invasive species they may naturally or delibe...

Q: What is meant by stream discharge?

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Q: Describe the differences between oceanic ridges and oceanic rises. Include in your answer why these ...

A: Oceanic plates undergo different types of tectonic movements.  When two oceanic plates move away fro...

Q: Why is seawater desalination so expensive?

A: Seawater desalination:                                          The process of seawater desalination...

Q: What do settles use the Amazon rainforest for

A: AMAZON RAINFOREST-Amazon Rainforest is the world's largest rainforest in the world lies in the South...

Q: In which intertidal zone of a rocky shore would you typically find each of the following organisms: ...

A: The intertidal zone lies in between the low and high extremes. The conditions like the temperature, ...

Q: Choose the correct answer. 1. Which of the following plants thrive in a cool and moist habitat? A. C...

A: Cool and moist habitat:  In cool and moist habitats, the growth of plants and trees is very quick an...

Q: Assume that the dunes in a field of barchan sand dunes are moving at an average long-term rate of 30...

A: SAND DUNES: A hill of sand near an ocean or mainly in a desert formed by an aeolian process is known...

Q: Distinguish among weathering, mass wasting, and erosion

A: Land formation and degradation is a continuous and dynamic process on Earth. For this purpose, multi...

Q: Distinguish between an exotic stream and an ephemeral stream in a desert.

A: Desert Stream-  Desert stream only flow during rare but intense rainstorms and when they flow, only ...

Q: How does paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) differ from amnesic shellfish poisoning? What types of ...

A: The paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) occurs when a person eats a shellfish which are rich in Gony...

Q: Why is it common to use two different concepts—nation and state—to describe political entities?

A: A nation-state is an ideal in which the political and cultural boundaries match up with each other. ...

Q: How was proto-Earth different from Earth today?

A: A recent study by the Star and Planet Training Center (Starplan) at the "Globe Institute " in the "U...

Q: Question 10 Which of the following best defines balkanization? O Expulsion of an ethnic group from a...

A: DEFINITION- Balkanization is a process by which a state breaks down into small parts or areas due to...

Q: Question : Which one of the following factors is responsible for almost all the weather changes on t...

A: For millions of years, climate change on global basis has usually happened quite slowly. Analysis re...

Q: Discuss factors that cause the surface salinity of Chesapeake Bay to be greater along its east side....

A: The Chesapeake Bay is United State's largest estuary, found in the mid-Atlantic region.

Q: How is the concept of the cultural landscape related to areal differentiation?

A: Areal differentiation refers to the geographical inquiry of how one place differs in different param...

Q: Briefly describe the chemical weathering processes of hydrolysis and carbonation.

A: Chemical weathering is the process by which the rocks are broken down into smaller and finer particl...

Q: List at least five 5 sources of water and state what the factors that affect each specific sources w...

A: The water sources consists of - Rivers, Streams, Storms, Wetlands, Springs and Glaciers. The chemic...

Q: Economics A researcher is able to observe selection bias. True or False

A: Selection bias happens early in the epidemiology study, when subjects are enrolled and then in the r...

Q: Have the oceans always been salty? Why or why not?

A: The Earth's oceans have evolved to the current state through billions of years' geological and atmos...

Q: Describe and explain the formation of desert pavement and desert varnish.

A: Desert pavement (fig 1) comprises the interlocking pieces in arid areas, with rocks, gravel or bould...

Q: Describe how the half-life of radioactive materials can be used to determine the age of a rock throu...

A: The age of the rock can be determined with the help of radiometric dating by determining the half-li...

Q: What is the difference between a hypothesis and a theory?

A: Hypothesis is a proposition or set of propositions put forward as an explanation for the occurrence ...

Q: What is the problem about 'The Perfect Storm' ?

A: Human beings are frequently hit with geological and meteorological events, resulting in different in...

Q: Discuss the present importance and the future prospects for the production of petroleum, sand and gr...

A: Petroleum is a natural, mixture of hydrocarbons which were created from once living material by suit...

Q: How do fecal pellets help explain why the particles found in the ocean surface waters are closely re...

A: Fecal pellets are biogenic substances of amorphous nature. They float or are submerged in the ocean,...

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: Why do you think tools of demography are important? How does these concepts help us understand the c...

A: Demography is a branch of geography that deals with a specific population's characteristics and dist...

Q: Compare the causes and effects of tectonic versus eustatic changes in sea level.

A: Sea level changes or the change in volume of seawater is both temporally and spatially widespread ph...

Q: Describe alternatives to hard stabilization, including potential drawbacks of each.

A: Waves and wind erosion occurs in coastal areas. Hard equilibrium delays deterioration, disturbs the ...

Q: What is the importance of jointing and bedding planes to the development of hot springs and geysers?

A: HOT SPRINGS: The spring which emits hot water, is called hot spring. Ground water becomes hot under ...

Q: Which region of settlement is of Aztec's A/ Tropical Plains of the Yucatan Peninsula B/ Andes Mounta...

A: Aztecs, self-appointed Culhua-Mexicans, Nahuatl-speakers who controlled a large kingdom in central a...

Q: What is non-point source pollution, and how does it get to the ocean? What other ways does trash get...

A: The nonpoint source of pollutants is those that occur from no fixed source such as those that result...

Q: Explain the process of glacial plucking.

A: The glaciers undergo the process of erosion by different modes. One of the ways of erosion in glacie...