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Q: Over time, coastal erosion tends to produce a straight shoreline. Why?

A: Coastal erosion is the process of sea waves erode the rock at the shore and elsewhere with which it ...

Q: The ____________________________ is the nuclear fusion of three helium nuclei to form a carbon nucle...

A: Proton-Proton chain or p-p chain is a nuclear fusion of hydrogen to helium. The Carbon-nitrogen-oxyg...

Q: 1. Find the elevation of the contour lines furthest east, west, and south 2.what is the elevation of...

A: Contour- The contours are imaginary lines joining places lying at the same height above the mean sea...

Q: What can you say about our Planet today? Introduction, Body and Conclusion

A: The planet is an astronomical body possessing its own mass which accounts for the virtue of its grav...

Q: The Schwarzschild radius of a 2-solar-mass black hole is approximately   a. 6 km.   b. 4 km....

A: There are various systems functioning in the outer space. These include celestial bodies and also ma...

Q: Describe the difference between a reflection nebula, an emission nebula, and a dark nebula and what ...

A: A nebula is a gaseous and dusty interstellar cloud. It is located in the dense region of interstella...

Q: Convection is important in stars because it   a. increases the temperature of the star.   b. ...

A: Convection or stellar convection consist of movement of plasma inside a star which forms the circula...

Q: ___________________ is the thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen to form helium operating in the cores of...

A: Thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen is the mixing or colliding of two different atoms. when these atoms...

Q: Why weather forecasting important?

A: Let us discuss something about the weather, Weather: The state of the atmosphere like hot or cold, w...

Q: When the radio signal of a pulsar was first discovered, it was thought to be from   a. little gr...

A: The discovery of radio and radio signals enlighten modern science. These radio signals can travel a ...

Q: The escape velocity of an object depends on   I. the mass of that object.   II. the mass of the obje...

A: Escape velocity is the minimum speed which is required for a free object to escape from the gravitat...

Q: Buried in Ash  When a volcano erupts violently, everything nearby is in danger. A volcano can spew l...

A: STEP 1 Volcanoes are openings, or vents where magma, tephra (little shakes), and steam emit on to th...

Q: How does the process that turns clay into shale differ from the process that turns sand into sandsto...

A: Geomorphology is the study of the landforms, structures, features, how they have formed, the sedimen...

Q: ich of the foll- object is a fossil? O Biogenicity O Synchroneity

A: Antiquity is the term among the given terms which is not used in the determination of fossils.  

Q: What are the three general categories of marine resources?

A: Marine resources are physical and biological components found in seas and oceans that hold importanc...

Q: What is the difference between ambient and stratospheric ozone? What is destroying stratospheric ozo...

A: Ozone is a compound made up of three oxygen atoms that is naturally present in the atmosphere. Altho...

Q: ANALYZING. GIVEN THE FOLLOWING SCENARIO, ANSWER WHAT IS ASKED.  1. Bert is an engineer and was curre...

A: A hazard is any agent that can cause harm to humans and the environment. Risk is the possibility of ...

Q: What is the relative order (from oldest to youngest) of the layers in this cross section?

A: Relative dating is finding age of rock relative to other event or fossils or structure present near ...

Q: Is Earth’s magnetic field a constant? That is, would a compass needle always point north?

A: On the basis of rheology, Earth can be subdivided into lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, fluid...

Q: Which stars produce energy using the proton–proton chain?   a. Low-mass main-sequence stars. ...

A: Nuclear fusion is a process in which 2 or more atomic nuclei are combined to form one or more differ...

Q: Thinking Analytically Imagine that you set your watch at local noon in Kansas City on Monday and the...

A: Earth is nearly a sphere. It experiences day and night effects due to its revolution and rotation.  ...

Q: When material expanding away from a star in a binary system reaches the Roche surface,   a. the ...

A: Ever since the beginning of the Universe, matter and energy were created. These matters and energy e...

Q: What feature is unique to cnidarians? Name some cnidarians.

A: Large communities of organisms live in the ocean. Most of them are not known yet. The organisms pres...

Q: The wavelength region of the electromagnetic spectrum in which protostars are most easily observable...

A: Protostar is a very young star which has still to form or gather mass from the cloud or gas from whi...

Q: What is the greenhouse effect? *       a. Certain gases in the atmosphere trap heat...

A: The atmosphere on and around the earth is made up of a variety of gases that are present in specific...

Q: The blue arrows represent the force of ?

A: In the given figure, a small body (represented by a small black dot) is orbiting around a large body...

Q: Interstellar dust makes up what percentage of the mass of the interstellar medium?   a. 1%   ...

A: Interstellar medium is matter and radiation that exist in between stars in galaxy . This include gas...

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A: The average temperature over Alaska has increased over the past many years. Alaska experiences stron...

Q: A farmer planted three wheat varieties viz. Borlaug, Zincole-2016 and Pakistan 2013. During threshin...

A: Wheat is the crop that is grown at large all over the world. It is the crop that helps in formation ...

Q: What are the three main types of nebulae

A: Nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust and gases such as hydrogen and the helium. The cloud is form...

Q: Why do you think the mid-ocean ridges are higher than the surrounding seabed?

A: Earth is a terrestrial planet, meaning it has a rocky surface primarily made up of silicate rocks an...

Q: What arguments favor the idea that little atmospheric oxygen existed on Earth until slightly before ...

A: Our planet's atmosphere has, throughout history, contained much less oxygen than has been assumed un...

Q: I read that there was a second earthquake near Sumatra on 28 March 2005. It measured 8.7—nearly the ...

A: The surface of the earth is divided into about a dozen large pieces, called tectonic plates that mov...

Q: What causes glacial advances and retreats during an Ice Age?

A: A glacial period is a time interval marked by colder temperature and glacial advances. It lasts for ...

Q: Earthquakesa. If an earthquake has an intensity of 1000 times I0,what is the magnitude of the earthq...

A: Earthquake is violent shaking of the ground. This is caused by energy released by the lithosphere wh...

Q: How can mountain chains form without continental collision?

A: Mountain Formation refers to the topography that undergoes mountain formation. These processes are a...

Q: What are the classes of living fishes? Which class of living fishes is considered most primitive? Th...

A: Earth is the third planet in the solar system. It formed almost 4.5 billion years ago. It is the onl...

Q: Observations from the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory showed that gamma-ray bursters were located thro...

A: The gamma ray bursters are associated with black holes and neutron stars. They generates when two ne...

Q: How are volcanoes and mountain ranges related? What forms both? 4. How did volcanic activity influen...

A: As you have not mentioned which question to answer, we are answering first question for you. The pla...

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A: The warm-air mass consists of light air and the cool air-mass consists of the heavier and denser air...

Q: Gamma-ray bursts are thought to be caused by   a. a young neutron star spinning down.   b. m...

A: Gamma-ray bursts are the extremely energetic explosion that are caused by hypernova explosion.   

Q: Thinking Analytically How much heat is required to melt a quart of ice resting at 0°C?

A: Water is the only substance on the earth that exists in all three states of matter, i.e., ice, liqui...

Q: Giant and supergiant stars are rare because   a. they do not form as often as main-sequence star...

A: A star is an extra-terrestrial astronomical body that radiates its own energy due to the nuclear rea...

Q: Millisecond pulsars that are very old are   a. believed to be the result of mass transfer from a...

A: A pulsar is a spinning compact neutron star or white dwarf with strongly magnetized magnetic poles t...

Q: What is a trophic pyramid? What is the relationship of organisms in a trophic pyramid? Does this hav...

A: The energy is transferred from one level to another in a trophic pyramid. The energy at the lowest l...

Q: List five to ten effects of changing climate.

A: The average weather of any location which is affected by its attitude, altitude as well as oceans an...

Q: How are strontium isotopes useful in dating rocks?

A: Geology is the branch of science that studies the Earth. Geology studies the past, present, and futu...

Q: The lower edge of the main-sequence band is known as ______________________ and represents the locat...

A: Main sequence is a continuous distinctive band which is plotted of a visible star on a graph by comp...

Q: The series of processes in which rock changes from one type to another is called the

A: Rock is solid substance naturally occurring aggregate of mineral or sediments matter. Different rock...

Q: Do most sediments consist of a single type? (That is, are terrigenous deposits made exclusively of t...

A: Earth's surface is composed of different types of rocks. The primary types are igneous, metamorphic,...