Explain why the Sun’s influence on Earth’s tides is only 46% that of the Moon, even though the Sun is so much more massive than the Moon.

Q: Why is there a chain of earthquake epicenters cutting across Guatemala and continuing eastward south...

A: EARTHQUAKE: An earthquake may be a sudden shaking of the surface that always causes tons of injury. ...

Q: What other international agreements have been established to reduce human emissions since the Kyoto ...

A: The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement that is based on industrialized nations to reduce c...

Q: What special conditions and factors influence landform development in deserts?

A: WHAT IS DESERT- A desert is a vast area of flat land covered with sand, where little precipitation o...

Q: Briefly describe the worldwide extent of ice cover during the peak of the Pleistocene glaciations.

A: The period of time that started approximately 2,6 million year earlier and last until approximately ...

Q: Explain the formation of terminal moraines and recessional moraines

A: MORAINES: Moraine are accumulation of rock debris (till) carried or deposited by a glacier. The mate...

Q: Describe the important events in oceanography that occurred during the Age of Discovery in Europe.

A: Ocean exploration is a part of oceanography and most of the oceanic exploration was done by greeks, ...

Q: Solve this managementwhat are the barriers to our collective learning in the age of information

A: Since globalization allowed knowledge to be extended, the right of all to studying in this new techn...

Q: What are the positive impacts of population growth?

A: Population increase may also take on derogatory connotations, for example in third-world nations whe...

Q: What are the major differences between the conditions and biocommunities of hydrothermal vents and c...

A: Hydrothermal vents and cold seeps are ocean floor landforms.

Q: If the natural recharge rate of an aquifer is 1 centimeter per year, but the rate of groundwater pum...

A: Given that natural recharge rate of an aquifer is 1 cm per year and rate of groundwater is 15 cm per...

Q: Question 4 After 1991, political geography in Eastem Europe changed because of O he end of the Austr...

A: Before 1991, The Soviet Union which was officially named as USSR( Union of Soviet Socialist  Republi...

Q: A moraine is made from what kind of glacial material?

A: A moraine consists of a collection of unconsolidated debris that may be a rock or a regolith and is ...

Q: What is density stratification, and how did it change proto-Earth?

A: Earth's present form is a layered structure, where there are multiple layers with different and char...

Q: In what ways can rainfall expedite mass wasting?

A: During the tectonic platforms, the forces of constructing immense mountains and other ecosystems are...

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: Describe and explain the formation of landforms that result from strike-slip faulting (such as linea...

A: Faulting occurs at areas of weaker crust. In these places the rock breaks and either one side of the...

Q: Why are deep-focus earthquakes (those originating many hundreds of kilometers below the surface) ass...

A: The deep-focused earthquake re also called plutonic earthquakes, they have a hypocenter that exceeds...

Q: If the birth rate continues to fall what will happen to population size by 2041?

A: The conventional projection of the world population is about 7.7 billion which will increase o about...

Q: What is distinctive about badlands terrain? How did it become that way?

A: BADLAND TERRAIN: Badland terrain or topography means they seem to be a quite dry terrain where sedim...

Q: What were the major drawbacks with cotton?

A: Cotton is one of the major cash crops produced and exported by the Indian subcontinent. Cotton has e...

Q: Why is the Arctic one of the locations where the effects of global warming are being most keenly fel...

A: The impact of climate change and global warming is felt in the arctic due to the rising air and the ...

Q: How is it possible for entrenched meanders to form?

A: An entrenched river or a stream flows through a narrow trench or a valley to cut into a plain. Due t...

Q: How do sedimentary rocks form on Earth’s surface?

A: SEDIMENTARY ROCK: Although three-fourths of the earth's surface is covered with sedimentary rocks, t...

Q: Antarctic Intermediate Water can be identified throughout much of the South Atlantic based on its te...

A: Antarctic intermediate water (AIW) is the oceanic water present at depths between 500-1200 meters wi...

Q: What puzzled scientists about Earth’s ancient magnetic field? How was the apparent dilemma resolved?

A: Not that the position of our  poles on the Earth (also known as a geomagnetical field) allows for a ...

Q: Specify the characteristics and coastal features that differentiate erosional and depositional shore...

A: Erosional shores: 1) These shores are  with minimum or no sedimentation. 2) They show high relief an...

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: define subtropical desert

A: The subtropical deserts, that extends from 15° to 30° northern and southern latitudes, are based on ...

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: Using the paleogeographic reconstructions shown in Figure 2.31, determine when the following events ...

A: The theory of Paleogeography explains well the reasons behind the movement of continents and the con...

Q: How does a plateau differ from a mesa?

A: A plateau is also called a tableland or a high plain, it consists of a flat terrain that sharply ris...

Q: What is an alluvial fan and why are they so prevalent in the basin-and-range desert area of North Am...

A: Throughout the course of a river, it erodes numerous geological features and carries the minerals an...

Q: What kind of storm symbol can be found off the coast of Virgina and North Carolina

A: