List and describe the three main problems that floating plastic trash presents to marine organisms.Of the three, which one is potentially the most serious threat? Explain.

Q: Examine the World Health Organization’s definition of pollution. Why does it need to be so specific?

A: The World Health Organization is part of the United Nations, which supervises global health issues a...

Q: What is a sinkhole and how does one form?

A: A sinkhole consists of depression into the ground that is caused by the falling of the surface layer...

Q: Why are polar climates both so cold and so dry?

A: POLAR REGION: The incoming insolation Decreases from lower latitudes towards higher latitudes (polar...

Q: What is the largest savanna in the world?

A: SAVANA: A savanna may be a combination of woodland-grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees be...

Q: Describe the pattern of air movement within the Hadley cells.

A: Hadley cells are the general circulation of tropical atmospheric winds that features the ring of air...

Q: What is the difference between porosity and permeability?

A: Porosity: It is the ratio of voids or pore space in the soil or rock is known as porosity. Permeabi...

Q: Between India and East Asia, the navigation-time and distance can be greatly reduced by which of the...

A: The establishment of a new channel in Kra Isthmus will minimize time, distance and navigation. Malac...

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A: FAULT: A fault may be a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. Faults allow the b...

Q: plss answer 2. or 5. plss Objective: Describe the three types of fault and relate the types of stres...

A: FAULT: A fault may be a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. Faults allow the b...

Q: What is albedo?

A: The earth and its atmosphere reflect part of solar radiation back of space. It has been estimated th...

Q: Of the changes that are occurring in the oceans as a result of global climate change, which ones are...

A: The impacts of climate change and global warming affect sea levels, coastlines, ocean currents, surf...

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: What is a glacial erratic?

A: The rocks that were taken away by ice or positioned elsewhere are glacial erratic, also simply calle...

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 are the conditions and weather effects of the “warm” phase and the “cool” phase of the Pacific ...

A: Introduction Pacific Decadal Oscillation is considered as a long-term ocean fluctuation in the Pacif...

Q: What are the positive and negative implications of the Philippine geography? Explain your answer.

A: Positive Implications  In the West Pacific Ocean, the Philippine Archipelago is split into three se...

Q: Which of the following could be reasons why population sizes may reach and maintain plateaus? Select...

A: Eventually, all population's geometrical or exponential growth (fig1) is limited by food production,...

Q: How do glaciers erode, transport, and deposit rock?

A: About 10% of land region around Earth's poles is occupied by glaciers and they are located in high m...

Q: 2 The main contributions, potentials, characteristics and problems of Ethiopian agriculture.

A: Ethiopia is one of the atypical sub-Saharan countries known for its agricultural livelihood and uniq...

Q: 8. Complete the following table: Koppen Climate Zone Special Information Temperature Patterns Precip...

A: KOPPEN'S CLASSIFICATION CLIMATE: Dr. Wladimir Koppen (1846-1940) was a German botanist and climatolo...

Q: Discuss the characteristic weather associated with the ITCZ and the characteristic weather associate...

A: The Intertropical convergence zone is known as doldrums are winds of calm which is due to the motion...

Q: Can anyone describe a geological timeliness they are very confusing to me I'm in 8th grade by the wa...

A: Earth's evolutionary history is divided chronologically in the form of a Geological Time Scale. In s...

Q: Explain why soil is the source of life and agriculture.

A: SOIL: The word soil has been derived from Latin word 'Solum' which means "floor". Soil is the thin s...

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: explain political-geographic regions in detail.

A: POLITICAL-GEOGRAPHY: Political geography deals with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes ...

Q: Why do Cs climates have dry summers, but Cfa climates have precipitation all year?

A: In Koppeans climatic classification, the C is defined as the temperate climate and has the coldest m...

Q: Why do we say that evaporation is a cooling process and condensation is a warming process?

A: The process of evaporation takes place by an increase of temperature when the molecules gain energy ...