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Q: 1. What species native to Oklahoma went from billions of animals to extinction in just 82 years?

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Q: What causes the movement of lithosphere plates ?

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Q: Question-based on the scientific method. I have tried it but incorrect.

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Q: What do you think determines which of the two oceanic plates subducts? Why does one plate subduct at...

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Q: Suppose you had a friend who did not believe global warming was really happening now. Explain the th...

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Q: Is Earth's current polarity normal or reversed? What does normal polarity mean?

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Q: A loop of gas following the magnetic field lines between sunspots' poles is a     flare.     ...

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Q: What planetary forces is the liquid magnetic core responsible for?

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Q: What are the ecological problems in maritime industry?

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Q: 16. Typically a granule in the photosphere is about     the size of Earth, around 12,000 km acro...

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Q: 1. What is metamorphism?   2. What type of rock is a product of metamorphism?

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Q: Recovery takes time. Survivors may have to deal with the disaster aftermath for months or even years...

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Q: If the footprint decrease you would expect that the bio capacity increase. But in this graph it show...

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Q: A student found a diagram in a workbook that explains the phases of the moon. The student then corre...

A: Moon revolves around the Earth in an anti-clockwise direction. It takes 27.3 days to complete one re...

Q: Why do we need to consider Disaster prevention? Explain in detail the different problem areas in pre...

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Q: Aside from Australia what other countries that doesn't have active volcanoes?

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Q: Which method was primarily used to establish the Geogolical Time Scale?

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Q: Explain the concept of redox reaction that occured in the situation of the alternating red and white...

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Q: What is the layer where seismic waves tends to move slower due to its composition

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Q: What are the principles of radiometric dating methods?

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Q: If the modern carbon dioxide theory is correct, how will the rapidly ncreasing carbon dioxide levels...

A: The increase in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution has increase...

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Q: Discuss the sequential (and even cyclical) interrelation of the big bang, the black holes, and the e...

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Q: A student uses a graphic organizer to show the characteristics of an object in our solar system. Whi...

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Q: To refute Milankovitch's theory, modern scientists might best demonstrate that the periods of the ic...

A: Milankovitch cycle is the cyclic movement of the earth related to it's orbit around the Earth.

Q: Look at the map of plate boundaries. follow a convergent boundary from one end to the other. Do the ...

A: The tectonic plates are large rigid slabs of a certain thickness found in the lithosphere layer. The...

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A: The mid-oceanic ridge is formed in the divergent plate boundary. That is when the two plates are mov...

Q: The modern carbon dioxide theory for the causes of the ice because carbon dioxide actually traps hea...

A: The greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide levels have incr...

Q: Explain the water cycle. Further, discuss what happen to the water cycle process in the desert.

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Q: What is the process of circular motion in the Earths mantle that causes the plates of the lithospher...

A: Convectional Currents The theory of convection currents or cells was proposed by Arthur Homes in 193...

Q: make a list of variables that affect the concentration of solar energy reaching a particular place o...

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Q: If you want to represent geologic time with a 24hr clock,  how many years would be represented by a ...

A: The geological time scale represents the entire Earth's history. It indicates the climatic condition...

Q: Rank the following from longest distance to shortest distance. the distance from the Milky Way Galax...

A: Approximate distances are as follows: The distance from the Milky Way Galaxy to the Andromeda Galaxy...

Q: List the 6 factors that affect the strength of a typhoon and explain their effects

A: Between180° and 100°E the mature tropical cyclones develop in the northern hemispheres which are cal...

Q: Determine the temperature at location 2, given the following information: Altitude of location 1 = 5...

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Q: Suppose the relative humidity of air was 96% on a cold morning when the temperature was 20 degree Ce...

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Q: The Dowling family is looking at ways to reduce its solid waste footprint. Each of the four members ...

A: Total members in family, n=4 Waste produced by each member =3 lb/day Annual waste produced 3×365=109...

Q: is a large city point source or non-point source

A: Pollution is a very serious problem that has affected the earth very badly. Many pollution types are...

Q: Apart from the USDA soil taxonomy, mention any other two soil classification systems

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Q: A sandstone is exposed on the west slope of mountain. The sandstone strike 40 North and dips 46W, th...

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Q: Explain the diagram below about rock cycle.

A: The earth’s crust is made up of many rocks classified as igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks...