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Q: Why are temperatures in the thermosphere not strictly comparable to those experienced near Earth’s…

A: Earth’s atmosphere is divided vertically into four layers on the basis of temperature, the four…

Q: Unlike winds aloft, which blow nearly parallel to the isobars, surface winds generally cross the…

A: The pressure gradient force causes winds to blow. Winds blow from high pressure to lower pressure;…

Q: Describe the operating principles of the mercury barometer and the aneroid barometer

A: INTRODUCTION   The traditional Mercury barometer instruments is constructed as a glass tube which is…

Q: What are the recent trends in global energy use? How do these trends vary from place to place across…

A: The surroundings in which all the plants, animals and other living beings reside is known as…

Q: Why do mountain ranges close to the coast usually have high rainfall on the windward side at high…

A: In coastal areas generally the rate of evaporation is a bit on lower side due to high humidity which…

Q: Refer to Figure 12.2 to complete the following: a. In which state of matter is water the most dense?…

A: A material called matter is made up of several kinds of particles, occupies space, and has inertia.…

Q: You and a friend are watching TV on a rainy day, when the weather reporter says, “The barometric…

A: Pressure is defined as the force per unit area and air pressure or atmospheric pressure is the force…

Q: Why does the adiabatic rate of cooling change when condensation begins?

A: The lapse rate is determined by the adiabatic process since it has a distinctive…

Q: What is the source of energy that drives a hurricane?

A: A group of thunderstorms moving across the ocean's surface signal the start of the real process.…

Q: The accompanying map shows the locations of many of the largest earthquakes in the world since 1900.…

A: The type of plate boundary that is most often associated with the destructive earthquake events is…

Q: Define interface.

A: The formation of the earth can be dated back to around 4.5 billion years. In the initial phases of…

Q: Describe the ocean’s layered structure. Why does the three-layer structure not exist in high…

A: The ocean's layered structure consists of the three layers and they are, the surface mixed zone…

Q: Although soil is technically a renewable resource, because soils take so long to fully develop, soil…

A: True. *Soil is a renewable sourse but it takes a long time to form. *Because the formation of soil…

Q: How do the eruptions that created the Columbia Plateau differ from the eruptions that create large…

A: Eruptions that has created the Columbia Plateau ejected basaltic magma through fissures.

Q: Why does Florida have abundant mid-afternoon thunderstorms?

A: The Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico both border the southeasternmost state in the United…

Q: It is late afternoon on a warm summer day, and you are enjoying some time at the beach. Until the…

A: The breeze is more likely to be a cool breeze coming from the water, and is known as sea breeze…

Q: Describe the process of coastal upwelling. Why is an abundance of marine life associated with these…

A: Coastal upwelling promotes the growth of plankton and seaweed because the deep water pushed to the…

Q: How did each philosophy view the age of Earth?

A: There are various philosophies regarding the age of the Earth. The two main categories are…

Q: If divergence in the jet stream above a surface low-pressure center exceeds convergence at the…

A: Jet streams are ebbs and flows of air high over the Earth. They move toward the east at heights of…

Q: Define fossil and discuss the conditions that favor the preservation of organisms as fossils. List…

A: DEFINITION:  Fossils are the remains or traces of ancient life that have been preserved by natural…

Q: Describe the relative movement along a strike-slip fault.

A: The two tectonic plates slide past each other in a conservative plate boundary. The Ideal example of…

Q: What is the primary driving force of surface-ocean currents?

A: In the initial phases of the planet, all the oceans were known to be fused together to form a single…

Q: Name the scale commonly used to rate tornado intensity. How is a rating on this scale determined?

A: INTRODUCTION  Generally, tornadoes are visualized in many landmasses and continents, but due to…

Q: How are reverse faults different from thrust faults? In what way are they the same?

A: A fault can be generally described as the zone of fractures or simply fractures which happens to…

Q: This photo shows a portion of the Maine coast. The brown muddy area in the foreground is influenced…

A: The coastline is the line separating the land from the ocean water. There are different kinds of…

Q: what do you think are the reasons for such dismal state of social studies education in the country

A: In many public school districts in the United States, with the exception of a year or so of American…

Q: Compare the weather of a typical warm front with that of a typical cold front.

A: The climate describes the weather pattern of a place or region which may change its dynamic…

Q: List at least three volcanic hazards besides pyroclastic flows and lahars.

A: There have been several kinds of events which are caused due to volcanic action and can be harmful…

Q: The accompanying table lists the number of tornadoes reported in the United States by decade.…

A: Tornadoes are the columns of air which rotate violently and extend from ground to the base of the…

Q: Does a land breeze blow toward or away from the shore?

A: The sunlight warms both the land and the sea. Land and water, on the other hand, do not heat up or…

Q: How does hail form? What factors govern the ultimate size of hailstones?

A: Hailstones begin to develop as small ice pellets which grows due to addition of the supercooled…

Q: Why do waves approaching the shoreline often bend?

A: Beach is formed by mainly quartz sands, Beach sediments are super mature and are deposited in…

Q: The accompanying graph shows how air temperature and relativehumidity change on a typical summer day…

A: The weather can be explained as the physical condition of the air at any given time. It includes its…

Q: Contrast density variations with depth in the high and low latitudes. Why do high-latitude waters…

A: The water column is isopycnal at high-latitude zones, hence there is no pycnocline.

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A: Transfers of energy take place inside the atmosphere to keep the quantity of energy collected at the…

Q: The earth's surface properties and composition are different in both the Northern and Southern…

A: The distribution of the land and ocean plays an important role on the climatic characteristics of…

Q: b) EARTHQUAKE FOCI O c) O ● 0-70 km 70-300 km MAP LEGEND 300 + km Land area Ocean Volcano 1. U…

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Q: How does the area of Earth’s surface covered by oceans compare with the area covered by continents?

A: Two-third of the earth's surface is covered by water.

Q: How is the stability of air determined?

A: The combination of temperature along with moisture determines the stability of the air.

Q: Determine which statements refer to weather and which refer to climate. (Note: One statement…

A: Weather is the short-term atmospheric conditions of a region while climate is the average daily…

Q: Explain the seasonal change in winds associated with India. What term is applied to this seasonal…

A: Winds are defined as a natural geological agent that is developed by the horizontal difference in…

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A: Trading is an ancient practice, much older than the use of bronze, silver & gold coins. People…

Q: Why does the wet adiabatic rate not have a constant value?

A: LAPSE RATES: The lapse rate is the rate at which the temperature, changes with height in the…

Q: Which measure of humidity, relative humidity or dew point, best describes the actual quantity of…

A: The vapor in the earth's atmosphere is around 0.4%. The amount of vapor within the atmosphere is…

Q: Describe sleet and freezing rain. Why does freezing rain result on some occasions and sleet on…

A: Water droplets make up clouds. Water droplets within a cloud condense onto one another, which causes…

Q: Discuss the major factors that influence the global distribution of precipitation.

A: The global distribution of precipitation is mainly affected by the general circulation of the…

Q: Describe the temperature conditions in clouds that are required to form precipitation by the…

A: 60 percent of the total of the Earth is typically covered by clouds at any given moment, however, a…

Q: The accompanying sketch map represents a hypothetical continent in the Northern Hemisphere. One…

A: City B is more warmer than City A. This is because A is located near the ocean due to which it will…

Q: How does the plate tectonics theory help explain the existence of fossil marine life in rocks atop…

A: A fish when gets fossilized near a fault line, and if the two tectonic plates interact with each…

Q: The number of tornado deaths in the United States in the 2000s was less than 40 percent the number…

A: The natural disasters are the results from the natural processes of the earth which can be extremely…