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Q: One benefit Islam brought to Europe was the introduction of surgeons to perform operations.

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Q: Discuss the relationships between parks/reserves and biodiversity, the local environment and the loc...

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Q: Briefly describe the seven dominant controls of weather and climate.

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Q: Most weather satellite images are “time-stamped” using UTC or “Zulu” time (UTC expressed using 24-ho...

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Q: In a simple answer what makes the lithospheric plates move in different directions?

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Q: What characteristics on maps are shown by isotherms, isobars, and elevation contour lines?

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Q: Question 1 Igneous rocks form from: crystallization - cooling of magma compaction - cementation of s...

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Q: Lithosphere How are humans using these features (tourism, nature reserve, sacred lands, extracting r...

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Q: The tilt of Earth's axis is:       slowly decreasing.     slowly increasing.   ...

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Q: About how much would global sea-level rise if the ice stored in the Antarctic and Greenland ice shee...

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Q: Is ozone the most abundant gas in the stratospheric ozone layer? explain.

A: OZONE (STRATOSPHERE LAYER):  Yes, ozone is the most abundant gas in ozone layer or stratospheric lay...

Q: Geography Question

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Q: What was the general long-term climate trend the last 50 million years?

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Q: What is the central America land bridge

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Q: Suppose you are hiking in the mountains of Utah and find a fossil of an animal that lived on the oce...

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Q: How does a limited understanding of geography slow or prevent globalization?

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Q: What significant change in glaciation occurred around 13 million years ago?     Antarctic gla...

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