What is El Niño? Define ii) How did this special current get its name? Explain. iii)  Why does the ocean become so warm during an El Niño event?

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A: The eastern coast of the united states consists of the Atlantic ocean and consists of older rocks. T...

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A: Ice sheets have a special property. They allow us to go back in time and take another time to sample...

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A: National parks are created for conservation purposes by the national government often act as a reser...

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A: Today the axial inclination of the planet Earth is around 23.5, which is a big aspect of our seasons...

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

A: Earth is tilted at about 23.4 degrees, and this is responsible for the seasonality on the planet. Th...

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A: ETHNIC GROUPS: Ethnic Groups are those community or population which are made up of people of same g...

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A: Given that a globe at a scale of 1:1,000,000, that means 1 inch on the map is equivalent to1,000,000...

Q: say whether the following statement about latitudes is true or false.    latitudes are invisible ho...

A: Latitude is an invisible continuous line that extends from East to West across the planet. It starts...

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A: ANSWER (1): The little ice age is a period between 1300 and 1870, as a consequence European faced co...

Q: Which midlatitude location will typically experience higher summer temperatures: a coastal area, or ...

A: The middle-latitude are places that are located away from the tropics and poles and they generally l...

Q: How does the San Andreas Fault system fit in with the theory of plate tectonics?

A: THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS: The plate tectonic theory is a comprehensive theory, which explains the o...

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

A: Geography is a field that studies earth in terms of its physical and human aspects. Being a branch o...

Q: Plate Tectonics What are the landforms (above and below water) that are associated with the differen...

A: Landforms found at Plate Boundaries  There are mainly four basic types of landforms located at the v...

Q: In what ways does the surface of earth warm the troposphere above?

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Q: What is the difference between the atmospheres of Venus and Earth?

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Q: What is the central America land bridge

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