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A: Estuaries are partially enclosed water bodies consisting of brackish water. They are coastal water b...

Q: 12- Moh's scale is used to measure---- of a mineral; a) O hardness b) strength () toughness d) stiff...

A: Minerals are naturally occurring solid inorganically formed which have a definite chemical compositi...

Q: What causes the greatest loss of life and property when a tropical cyclone reaches land?

A: The Earth essentially exists in a dynamic state. Many processes operate in its system, such as const...

Q: How does the rate of growth of coral reefs on atolls compare to the rate of sea-level rise?

A: Coral reefs can be described as colonies of corals held together with CaCO3. Coral reefs present an ...

Q: List several goals or aspects of sustainability.

A: The environment encompasses all the living and non-living organisms in an area. This term is often a...

Q: What best describes the geologic process of subduction? a. when convergent plates collide and ...

A: Earth is the third planet in the solar system. It has a rocky surface primarily made up of silicate ...

Q: explain how the rotation of Earth causes night and day

A: The earth is a celestial body like other planets and along with that the rotation of earth is the pr...

Q: BASIC SKILLS & CONCEPTS 9-14: Earthquake Magnitudes. Use the earthquake magnitude scale to answe...

A: The amount of energy, E(in ergs), an earthquake release is related to its Richter scale magnitude, M...

Q: Are there enough resources in the world for 8 or 10 billion people to live decent, secure, happy liv...

A: Natural environment is composed of all the living and non-living things that are occurring naturally...

Q: Compare and contrast two solutions of ocean overfishing please.  Recommend a solution to the problem...

A: A fishing industry is the one which include activities concerned with taking, culturing, processing,...

Q: How does an increase in efficiency alter the GHG Intensity-Demand Diagram?

A: Greenhouse gas are gases which are absorbs and emit the sunlight or solar radiation causing the gree...

Q: What is a gyre? How many large gyres exist in the world ocean? Where are they located?

A: The rotating ocean currents involving movements of large winds are called a gyre. The force that cre...

Q: Question A: Which animals today have characteristics similar to those of dinosaurs from the Mesozoic...

A: We all have seen many times about the dinosaurs that existed on earth many years ago. Just like othe...

Q: How is the pycnocline related to the thermocline and halocline?

A: Earth is the third planet in the solar system. It is a terrestrial planet, meaning it has a rocky su...

Q: Why are there many volcanoes and earthquakes along the “ring of fire” that rims the Pacific Ocean?

A: Volcanoes are ruptures on the earth's crust through which hot lava, volcanic ash, pyroclastic materi...

Q: A spokesman states, "El Nino will have no effect on world food prices."  Why is the speaker probably...

A: El nino is a weather phenomenon which normally occurs in the pacific ocean. This is caused due to se...

Q: Solve Q15, 16 explaining detailly each step

A: As this is multiple type question, according to the Bartleby Answering Rule, only first question is ...

Q: (3) Temporal variation. The temperature and salinity data provided below are meridional contour plot...

A: The temperature of water increases at the surface due to sun heat as the temperature increases densi...

Q: What types of organisms are likely to increase greatly during times of rapid seafloor spreading? Wha...

A: The sea-floor spreading is a concept associated with continental drift theory. On divergent plate bo...

Q: “A mineral is a homogeneous, naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite chemical compositi...

A: The rocks are made up of minerals. Many minerals together in definite proportion form a rock. The cr...

Q: Thinking Critically Can you suggest any ways humans might be altering biogeochemical cycles?

A: Cycling of same atom from one location to other called biogeochemical cycles . An atom can be presen...

Q: Give at least two keystone species, what their contribution to the environment is, and what would ha...

A: The lion and the Sea Otter are the two keystone species. Keystone species are those who define an en...

Q: Identify several costs associated with expansive urban growth

A: Urbanization is the shift of the human population from rural to urban areas. This causes a reduction...

Q: 16.2 CLIMATE CHANGE: SERIOUS EFFECTS Directions: Read pg 544-552. Fil in the graphic organizer. Effe...

A: Climate is the long-term average of weather also it measures the variability of mereological factor ...

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A: The Earth is made up of four spheres known as lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. A...

Q: 113. Keeping Up with the Sun How fast would you have to travel on the surface of Earth at the equato...

A:  we need to find out how fast earth rotates at a given latitude. to find this there is a formula i.e...

Q: How human disturbance affects ecosystems?

A: An ecosystem is a geographic area or community where living organisms interact with the non-living c...

Q: Q.5 If the total ocean bottom depth is 5,000 ft and the first layer depth is 12,000 ft and the secon...

A: given temperature gradient= 1.5° F/100 fttotal ocean bottom depth is 5000 ft Therefore the temperatu...

Q: Where is the Marcellus Shale, and why is it important?

A: Marcellus Shale or Marcellus formation is a Devonian aged Lithostratigraphy unit. Its lithology pred...

Q: Please help fill in the blank those are the options

A: The air front is known as the boundary inter alia 2 air lumps or it is the transmutation area inter ...

Q: As a result of conventional approach to nature ......  a) we have been experiencing record levels of...

A: Since last several decades people are exploiting the nature because of which we have been experienci...

Q: How does ozone depletion contribute to atmospheric warming? How does atmospheric warming hinder ozon...

A: The ozone depletion was caused by the emission of harmful gases into the atmosphere. All process in ...

Q: Why does Sun appear red at sunrise and sunset?

A: The solar system is the gravitationally bound system of planets, moons, and other celestial objects ...

Q: What happened to air haze and secondary pollutants? A: Secondary pollution increased and there w...

A: Option A is the most appropriate one.

Q: How long does a sunspot cycle typically last? What percentage increase or decrease in solar radiatio...

A: Sunspot are the areas of dark color in the sun . They appear dark as the temperature of that region ...

Q: Seismic waves are waves of energy that: (a) plastically distort the material that they pass through,...

A: Firstly, let us discuss something about the seismic waves, Seismic waves: These are waves of energy ...

Q: What is the purpose of indicator species in measuring water contamination? Answer in 2-3 sentences.

A: Indicator species are organic species that are used for monitoring environmental changes. These spec...

Q: Define the Unified Soil Classification System ?

A: The basic component of the earth’s crust is the soil. Soil is made of organic substances on the eart...

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

Q: Quasars are known to vary in brightness by just a few hours or days. What can we say about the size ...

A: Quasar stands for quasi stellar radio sources , are the brightest object in the Universe. These are ...

Q: How climate patterns resulting from atmospheric circulation influence the latitudinal distribution o...

A: Climate is the long-term average of weather also it measures the variability of metrological factor ...

Q: Hot springs are heated geothermally by underlying:   A) water B) magma C) mitula D) None of the abov...

A: The springs form by the interaction of the groundwater with magmatic liquid is called hot springs. T...

Q: What stimulated the rise of oceanographic institutions?

A: The earth surface is dominated by oceans and our daily lives are greatly affected by them. oceans ar...

Q: Describe in detail waste management in Bangladesh

A: The activities that are required for waste management from its inception to its disposal comes under...

Q: Complete the concept map below.

A: Planets are celestial object which orbit around a star in a given time and specific orbit. In the so...

Q: Which of the following is a renewable source of energy A) Natural gas B) Coal C) Wind D) Oil

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

Q: How does increased carbon dioxide impact or change Arctic sea ice?

A: To make life habitable in Earth, the temperature of the Earth has to be maintained. Currently, the a...

Q: Draw a cross-section through the atmosphere that defines troposphere, tropopause, and stratosphere.

A: The atmosphere is divided into several layers. After each layer, there is a pause where the temperat...

Q: What is the difference between crust and lithosphere? Between lithosphere and asthenosphere?

A: According to the plate tectonics theory, the surface of the Earth is made up of various hard lithosp...

Q: 3. The region of initiation of seismic energy within the Earth is called the: (a) epicenter, (b) hyp...

A: The sudden and short-term shaking created on the earth surface that assorted from a tiny tremor to a...