The surface temperature is 27 C and pH2O,Sat = 3.567 kPa. A parcel of air in an unstable atmosphere must rise how high before it can form a cloud?

Q: Explain water table aquifers and artesian aquifers (including a flowing artesian). Illustrate. Inclu...

A: An aquifer is a unit of rock or sediment that has the capacity to hold and yield a significant amoun...

Q: what elements exist in seawater?

A: Our planet consists of 71% water and 29% land. Out of this 71% water, the significant proportion is ...

Q: Why is an object that is further away from us in space older?

A: Space is the three-dimensional boundless extent where objects place themselves about time and direct...

Q: Differentiate between the types of strain: elastic, ductile and brittle.

A: Any deformation in rock, while it is under stress, can be explained as strain. When stress is applyi...

Q: How does genetic diversity help to improve a species ability to survive different conditions?

A: The process of generation of distinctive new species in the course of evolution is called Speciation...

Q: - The Canadian Space Agency. 1- In two points, provide an explanation of how Earth Scientists can pa...

A: The human-made satellites are being used to record and observe the various processes occurring on th...

Q: If the Gulf Stream warms Britain during the winter and keeps Baltic ports free of ice, why doesn’t i...

A: The movement of surface ocean waters in the form of gyres, driven by the Coriolis force created by t...

Q: Why were traditional views of the age of Earth an impediment to early understanding of Earth’s inner...

A: In the past, the complete understanding of the processes taking place on the Earth was obstructed by...

Q: The principle of uniformitarionism states that the present is the key to the past.In other words, th...

A: The principle of uniformitarianism assumes that the laws of nature and all the natural process obser...

Q: Write down the expression that results from the flow analysis to calculate the volume of water flowi...

A: In the year 1856, a French hydraulic engineer named Henry Darcy put forward a law which gives the di...

Q: SPOT Statellite Program 1- In two points, provide exaplanntaion of how Earth Scientists can particul...

A: The SPOT satellite programme is a commercial high-resolution optical remote sensing satellite system...

Q: Explain the dangers of water table depletion and conservation methods.

A: Groundwater is a valuable resource throughout the world. In the areas where the lakes or the rivers ...

Q: Thinking Critically What two processes contribute to longshore drift? What powers longshore drift? W...

A: Longshore drift or littoral drift is the movement of sediment material along a coast parallel to the...

Q: Define absolute and relative humidity (give equations)

A: The weather of an area is decided by many factors, including temperature, pressure condition, wind p...

Q: What is the center line of longitude? Write name of the ordinary line which divides the earth into 2...

A: A geographic coordinate system is a method to describe and locate any point on the earth.

Q: The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event was caused when an asteroid impacted Earth approximately 66...

A: A mass extinction is an event that leads to loss of at least three quarter of all species in existen...

Q: A boat travels on a course of bearing N 528 409 E for a distanceof 238 miles. How many miles north a...

A: The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object with true north is called...

Q: If pressure and temperature conditions are great enough to exceed the solid-state-transformation sta...

A: Rocks form a Major part of the earth's crust. Rocks are defined as the aggregation of minerals. Some...

Q: What did the Montreal Protocol aim to accomplish?

A: Montreal protocol is an international agreement made in 1987.

Q: When an oceanic-continental or oceanic-oceanic convergence occur, what do you call the series of vol...

A: Convergent plate boundary is formed when two tectonic plates converge.

Q: What is the classification of hazard?

A: Hazard can be defined as any potential source of damage. In geology these are the events caused by g...

Q: Assume that a crescent phase Moon is observed in the early evening in the western sky. Will the moon...

A: The Moon, a satellite of the Earth, gets illuminated by the sunlight. As its orbit around the Earth ...

Q: Will the sea always pull back before a tsunami comes ashore?

A: A tsunami is a natural phenomenon formed due to earthquakes or volcanic activity happening underwate...

Q: Can a storm surge be predicted?

A: Tropical cyclones are rapidly rotating systems having a low pressure at the center along with strong...

Q: Similarities and differences of ocean basins and continents

A: Crust is the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet, which is generally divided into oceanic and co...

Q: Why are few deep stream channels cutting across basin floors in the basin-and-range desert?

A: Several climatic zones are existing on the Earth. Arid regions are such climatic zones where the rat...

Q: What are the differences between earthquake magnitude and earthquake intensity?

A: An earthquake is the shaking of the ground due to the sudden release of energy in the lithosphere.

Q: Enumerate the cause and effects of global warming and climate change. (Note: Must provide 3 causes....

A: Global warming is a warming event that has impacted worldwide, causing climatic changes globally. Th...

Q: Draw a cross section of earth showing the main internal subdivisions,give the names, thickness, dens...

A: The interior of the Earth is divided into four layers depending upon their composition of different ...

Q: Weather Forecasting System (WFS) is the application of science and technology to predict the conditi...

A: Weather Forecasting System Weather forecasting is a computer program, which is based on numerical mo...

Q: Which radioactive isotope or isotopes would you use to date each of thefollowing objects? Explain ea...

A: The radiometric dating methods are based on the radioactive decay of specific isotopes that have ver...

Q: How do subsurface processes influence surface landforms in areas of karst topography?

A: Geomorphology studies the origin and evolution of topographic features present on the surface by var...

Q: Where does the heat come from that drives mantle convection and plate motion?

A: Division of the earth's interior is also done based on rheology. This division is different from the...

Q: Show where a meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite are most likely to be found in the diagram below. Use ...

A: Meteoroids are rocky cosmic objects that float around in the outer space. Meteors are the meteoroids...

Q: Gamma-Ray Bursts are now know to be found where? Solor System, distributed throughout Mily Way or in...

A: Gamma-ray bursts are short-lived fragments of gamma-ray photons. These are last from a few milliseco...

Q: 10. What is the mass? 70 20 200 300 tan 3 6. a. 272.5 cm b. 272.5 g c. 272.5 mL d. 272.5 cm 3

A: Mass in simple definition is the amount of matter in an object.

Q: Explain tectonics plate in detail.

A: A tectonic plate is a part of the uppermost layer of the earth. These plates move over the earth thr...

Q: Gabbro and basalt are composed of high temperature minerals. What two minerals in Bowen's Reaction S...

A: Gabbro is a mafic plutonic igneous rock composed chiefly of calcic plagioclase and clinopyroxenes.  ...

Q: Write a full explanation of the lava

A: Magma is present inside the terrestrial planet like the earth that expels to the surface. Lava is a ...

Q: What was the oxygen revolution? What caused it?

A: Ever since the formation of the Earth, it has experienced many changes in its system. One of the mos...

Q: as an individual or a student, write suggestions on how to minimize the pollution

A: Pollution is an unwanted switching in physical and chemical or biological features of air, water and...

Q: What is a coastal cell? Where does sand in a coastal cell come from? Where does it go?

A: Coastal cell is also called as sediment cell, littoral cell or coastal cell.

Q: During a field trip with your geology class you visit an exposure of rock layers similar to the one ...

A: A sill is a tabular concordant igneous body that cuts across older sedimentary rock layers. It is co...

Q: Explain the following; 1.designing of single and multiple openings in rocks. 2.what are factors infl...

A: Opening in rocks can be termed as fracture or voids. Fracture is a general term used for a surface i...

Q: Name the major layers of a Cloud?

A: Clouds are essential in that they can form precipitation and bring rain to crops and plants. Clouds ...

Q: Describe the behavior of rocks confined from the different stresses

A: Stress is defined as force applied per unit area. Strain is the change shape or size due to the appl...

Q: What is environment, compare and contrast how the two countries South Africa and Lesotho define the ...

A: Humans have a particular threshold for survival; that is, it needs a specific set of environmental c...

Q: Mafic color index (MCI, percentage of mafic mineral percentage of mafic mineral crystals): Mafic col...

A: Mafic colour index (MCI, percentage of mafic mineral crystals): 65% Would you describe the rock as m...

Q: - UAE Space Agency 1- In two points, provide exaplanntaion of how Earth Scientists can particularly ...

A: The United Arab Emirates Space Agency was established in 2014. This agency's primary purpose is to d...

Q: Discuss the environmental impacts of earthquakes

A: Earthquakes are the most destructive disasters to occur naturally on the surface. These earthquakes ...