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Q: What are the four elements of weather and climate?

A: WEATHER: Weather is the condition of the atmosphere over a small area, generally for 24 hours to one...

Q: What is the explanation for the thinning of the ozone layer that has been observed since the 1970s?

A: The ozone depletion or ozone disappearance consists of events that were observed in the late 1970s. ...

Q: Monsoonal circulation is driven by:       seasonal changes in insolation.     differ...

A: Monsoon is the reversal in the direction of winds and the monsoon circulation consists of well defin...

Q: A large square slab of granite, 1 meter thick and 100 meters to a side, falls off an exfoliation dom...

A: Given Data : Square slab of thick 1 meter and side 100 meters,                       Density of gran...

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: OPEC is an intergovernmental organization consisting of 15 member countries, mainly in the Middle Ea...

A: Introduction OPEC OPEC or Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is a permanent, intergov...

Q: What happens to the temperature of rising air? Of descending air? Why?

A: When the air rises, it expands because of less air above it. The expansion of air results in the dec...

Q: Define the following terms: latitude, longitude, parallel, meridian, and prime meridian.

A: LATITUDE: In geography, the term latitude means a geographic coordinate; this coordinate specifies t...

Q: How does ice retain a record of past atmospheric gas composition?       in trapped air bubbl...

A: Ice sheets have one special property. They enable us to go back in time and take another time to sam...

Q: What characteristics on maps are shown by isotherms, isobars, and elevation contour lines?

A: The term iso means equal and therms means temperature. Hence isotherms are imaginary lines that are ...

Q: The primary economic activity in a peripheral region is based on     banking and finance  ...

A: PRIMARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY: Primary economic activities are those which involve direct utilization an...

Q: How does ice move?     It slips along its base.   It flows internally from regions of ...

A: The ice of the glacier moves under the impact of gravity that results in glacial motion. The ice slo...

Q: Why doesn’t subduction take place in a continental plate collision zone?

A: Subduction is the process of a collision between the two tectonic plates which are of the heavier an...

Q: Is the noon Sun ever directly overhead in Madison, Wisconsin (43° N)? If not, on which day of the ye...

A: Wisconsin is one of the US state and Madison is the capital of this Wisconsin and the countyseat of ...