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Q: Use the CER framework to answer the following: Is the flow of Carbon through biological system…

A: Flow of carbon through biological system is linear and unidirectional while through environment the…

Q: 19 () In the space below sketch the visible reflectance spectra of a carbonaceous chondrite parent…

A: Most carbonaceous chondrites are assumed to be produced from low-albedo, C-type asteroids, which are…

Q: Briefly summarize how stalactites, stalagmites, and flowstone form.

A: Stalactites Speleothems are cave structures created by the deposition of minerals, often known as…

Q: Parasites are mostly: specialists generalists uncommon restricted to only vertical transmission

A: Answer) Parasites are those organisms that lives on the other organisms and benefit from them. Most…

Q: Think of a topic of interest to you within the subject of Earth and Space Science. How might the…

A: Palaeontology is a subject of Earth and Space Science which is solely learning about fossils of…

Q: Part A The first article that you'll analyze is from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

A: The important three conclusions drawn about human involvement in climate change are deforestation,…

Q: Question 13 What global warming scenario results in the highest global mean temperature according…

A: Question 13 : There are five scenarios according to IPCC's AR6 report which are SSP1-1.9, SSP1-2.6,…

Q: QUESTION 4 As mentioned in Lab 8, Galaxy Morphology and Structure, the Galaxies are compared in…

A: The universe is composed of billions of galaxies. Into the galaxies, stars. interstellar gas,…

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A: Density is represented by the greek symbol ρ and is given as mass (M) per unit volume (V). The…

Q: A parthenogenetic species is a reproductive strategy that usually involves: development of a female…

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Q: In Figure 3, notice the area on the upper left-hand corner where the land slopes downward from three…

A: 4. The given map possibly indicates ridge systems. Ridges are long crest lines of chain of hills…

Q: Which of the following is NOT considered a heterotroph? Mushroom Dandelion Zebra Barnacle

A: Answer) - Heterotrophs are the organisms that relies on the other organisms to get their food and…

Q: A scientist is studying a piece of cloth from an ancient burial site. She dete what is the…

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Q: As mentioned in Lab 9, Hubble Redshift Dis O blue shift brightness of a star O red shift O…

A: Hubble an astronomer has compared the distances to galaxies to their redshift and studied that the…

Q: The annual temperature range (difference between maximum and minimum temperatures over the year…

A: The annual temperature range (difference between maximum and minimum temperatures over the year)…

Q: Why does the rainshadow desert form on the downwind side of the mountains? O The air mass has…

A: Rainshadow desert forms on the downwind side when mountains block the moist air on the upwind side.

Q: Of the list of terms and phrases below, select the ones that describe either formation areas or…

A: A growing mid-latitude cyclone's warm sector The region between the primary warm front and the…

Q: If I were able to dig a hole from the U.S. through the center of the earth, what part of China would…

A: The U.S. is in the northern hemisphere. If you went straight through the earth's center, you would…

Q: Which among the following is not a gaseous form of air pollutant?   a) Ozone   b) Helium   c)…

A: the correct option is " d " . Flumes are not a gaseous form of air pollutants. Flumes contain solid…

Q: How is the elevation of water table related to the surface topography? O its shape usually follows…

A: Introduction The land surface above it has an impact on the water table's height and shape; it rises…

Q: On a phylogenetic tree, a node may represent either a speciation event, a split in the ancestral…

A: A phylogenetic tree is a diagram that depicts the degrees of evolutionary relationship among a…

Q: The following image shows pH for different farm soils in Montana. Activity: What is the key message…

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Q: How long does the first discovered extrasolar planet take to rotate around the 51 Pegasi? Select one…

A: Answer: The correct option would be (b) 4days.   Detailed Explanation: The first exoplanet…

Q: (ii) Explain your calculation. (e) Many people suggest that it would be wiser for humans to eat…

A: A visual depiction called an ecological pyramid is used to display the bio-productivity at every…

Q: Based on its morphology, which type of delta is pictured above? O river-dominated

A: Delta: Delta is a triangular wetland and usually flat land shaped that forms when rivers enter into…

Q: Ques 39 which of the following options is not a traditional farming method ? A. contour or terrace…

A: There are various traditional methods of farming are in uses like contour of terrace, reduce tillage…

Q: In an article published by the New York Times, it is stated that Stalin "used propaganda to create a…

A: Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Russian political figure and Georgian communist who headed the…

Q: Part A Begin by reflecting on what you already know about global temperature trends. What trends do…

A: Though climate warming has not been uniform, the rising trend in globally averaged temperature…

Q: Our sun is ... compared to other solar systems

A: Our sun is an average-sized star compared to other solar systems

Q: Which kind of weathering physically breaks apart rocks?

A: Weathering is the outcome of different mechanical, chemical or biological processes that cause…

Q: The earth went from being a ball of ice, to a lush hot house. Currently, we are in the period of…

A: The latest cooling period, or the ice age, ended about 11,000 years ago. A change from a…

Q: Which of the following statement is false? O Tidal flats are formed from the fine-grained sediments…

A: Ans:Option C *Tidal flats are places where mud or sand are left behind by tides or runoff from…

Q: A new star has been discovered. It has a mass of 1.5 Mo and a radius c the Earth's radius is about…

A: Star: A star is the most commonly recognized astronomical objects having massive self-luminous body…

Q: At a regional scale in the state of Oregon, dry climate conditions can be found on the east side of…

A: 2. Elevation and sloping play a crucial role to understand the vegetation at local level in case of…

Q: A paleoecological proxy is preserved material that is usually climates or environments.…

A: Paleoclimatology is declines of geology which deals with the study of past climates. As we know it…

Q: Question 3 List the following for the Marianas Trench: What type of plate boundary is this What…

A: Ans. The Mariana Trench is located in the Pacific Ocean region and is perhaps the deepest part of…

Q: Edwin Hubble found a formula to relate the speed of a galaxy, v, and the distance, d, as v= Hd,…

A: The Hubble-Lemaître law, sometimes referred to as Hubble's law,is the finding in astrophysics that…

Q: 1. Measure the diameter of the hole in a 5 yen coin. 2. Try changing the distance between the eye…

A: 1. Here if we want to measure the diameter of 5 yen coin.  The diameter of moon is = 3475km rmoon =…

Q: • If you were to walk along the bank of this stream from point A to point B, you will have walked a…

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Q: From the following list, choose an example of a physical process causing precipitation to form a…

A: a) Partial melting occurs by transforming a fraction or small portion of rock body into liquid magma…

Q: What causes the water going down a drain to swirl clockwise in the northern hemisphere and…

A: Water swirling down a drain does not always go a certain direction. You can get the same sink to…

Q: What similarities do you notice about the high and low tides in Woods Hole, Seattle, and either…

A: INTRODUCTION TIDES :           Tides are very long-period waves that move through the ocean in…

Q: Of the following statements about mineral cleavage, which is not true: a.Micas are sheet silicates…

A: Cleavage is defined as the prefered orientation of the minerals which are in equant. Mineral have…

Q: TASK THREE Part A A galaxy is a system of millions or billions of stars, combined with gas and dust,…

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Q: Coming into contact with a contaminated individual is an example of: a. Horizontal transmission Ob.…

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Q: Prokaryotes were the major life form on Earth for about three Centuries Million years Billion years…

A: The prokaryotes fossils are known from almost 3.5-3.4 billion years of age. These are the cellular…

Q: In an unstable air mass:     a. Thunderstorms frequently develop     b. Haze or smog frequently…

A: Ans 1. In an unstable air mass, there will develop thunderstorm and hence the correct option is (A)…

Q: How does industrial livestock farming contribute to the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria?…

A: 9. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria develops immunity from drugs invented to eliminate them and keeps…

Q: In the early 1950's, Stanley Miller and Harold Urey conducted a series of pioneering laboratory…

A: Introduction Miller and Urey's experiment won NObel prize and it found out that the Earth's…