Name two ways in which climate change affects the frequency and severity of floods.

Q: From memory, name and describe the different types of fins that fish exhibit. What are the five basi...

A: Fins :          They are the most distinct autonomous features of a fish. Sometimes, they are compos...

Q: What is the “dead whale hypothesis”? What other ideas have been suggested to help explain how organi...

A: The dead whale hypothesis describes the movement of larvae of hydrothermal vent organisms from one v...

Q: What factors account for the fact that most marine species inhabit the benthic environment?

A: Among all aquatic animals, 98 per cent exist on or on the ocean surface. These species are referred ...

Q: When it is 12 noon in London, what is the standard time in Chicago (42 N, 88 W)

A: Standard time is one of the times that is widely accepted and followed by different countries offici...

Q: Which of the following shows the necessary elements for the formation of rain? Coud droplets lce Clo...

A: RAIN: Rain is a liquid form of water droplets that have condensed from the atmospheric water vapor a...

Q: Using orthogonal lines, illustrate how wave energy is distributed along a shoreline with headlands a...

A: IMPORTANT TERMINOLOGIES (DEFINATION): ORTHOGONAL LINES: The line sgement i.e. two or more line which...

Q: The Texas state government decided to offer subsidies in 2020 for energy production by wind power in...

A: The energy demand in Texas is shifting. Low prices also helped to make natural gas the main source o...

Q: Describe how satellite measurements of the ocean surface allow oceanographers to create a map of the...

A: Satellites are used to provide the data of the earth's surface by revolving around the earth, by tak...

Q: Explain how and why global sea level fluctuated during the Pleistocene.

A: Pleistocene- Pleistocene is a time period is a geological epoch where ice sheets and glaciers are fo...

Q: Explain why lithogenous sediment tends to become finer-grained with increasing distance from shore.

A: The Lithogenous or the terrigenous sediments consist mainly of small pieces of pre-existing rocks th...

Q: Explaining Relative Location v is bordered by Arkansas to the north and Mississippi to the east. Sou...

A: There are 16 states in the southern region of the United States. 

Q: Discuss why some rivers have deltas and others do not. What are the factors that determine whether a...

A: The rivers carry the sediment to the ocean and deposit at their mouths. These deposits of the sedime...

Q: Describe the advantage a top carnivore gains by eating from a food web, as compared to a single food...

A: The food chain and food web are ecological energy models of the food movement in an ecosystem, from ...

Q: Explain why land cools faster and to a greater extent than water.

A: Land ( soil or rock) is not really a strong conductor of heat; the second is that heat potential and...