The earth's surface properties and composition are different in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. If you plot one for the Northern Hemisphere for the same variables, you would find a lot of differences, although they may present similar patterns. How would you explain the differences? (Refer to the graph)

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Q: Distinguish between weather and climate.

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Q: How do ocean currents influence climate? Provide at least three examples.

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Q: What geological processes are associated with the upward and downward circulation in the mantle?

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Q: How is a crater different from a caldera?

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Q: Define air mass. What is air-mass weather?

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Q: Why does air expand as it moves upward through the atmosphere?

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Q: Contrast the physical characteristics of the asthenosphere and the lithosphere.

A: Lithosphere The uppermost layer of the earth’s surface consist of varieties of rocks within depth of…

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A: Ocean currents are the continuous movement of the surface water. The factors responsible for the…

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Q: List and describe the three categories of materials extruded during volcanic eruptions.

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Q: Are pyroclastic materials a significant component of shield volcanoes?

A: No, pyroclastic materials are not a significant component of shield volcanoes.

Q: How do a wave’s speed, wavelength, and height change as it moves into shallow water and breaks?

A: Near the shore, the wave height increases, whereas, the wave length and the wave speed decreases.

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

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Q: List the basic cloud types and describe each based on its form (shape) and height (altitude).

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Q: What is an established meteor?

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Q: Write a brief summary describing oceanic ridges.

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Q: What type of faults are associated with faultblock mountains?

A: Thrust faults are mostly associated with the fault-block mountains.

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A: The plate tectonic considers the idea that the earth lithosphere number of huge tectonic plates…

Q: How are joints different from faults?

A: After the inception of the earth around 4.5 billion years, there developed several features all…

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.

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Q: Briefly describe what happens when storm waves strike an undeveloped barrier island.

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Q: List the factors that cause land and water to heat and cool differently.

A: The specific heat capacity of water is much more than that of the land.

Q: How do lava tubes form?

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Q: What two factors influence seawater density? Which one has the greater influence on surface seawater…

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A: Both of them lies on the east end of the Pacific rim.

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

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Q: What distinguishes a continental volcanic arcfrom a volcanic island arc?

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Q: How is the stability of air determined?

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Q: Is the Mesozoic an example of an eon, an era, a period, or an epoch? What about the Jurassic?

A: The Mesozoic time is one of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.

Q: Refer to the accompanying diagram. Which of these features—the Galapagos Rise or the Rio Grande…

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