What processes are involved in warming and cooling Earth’s surface and atmosphere?

Q: What makes the Pacific Plate Rim a ring of fire? Explain why the most powerful earthquakes happen on...

A: Pacific Ring of Fire (Circum Pacific Belt) The Pacific plate rim is called the Ring of Fire(fig 1...

Q: Geography Question

A: The glacier is a moving mass of ice at average speeds of a few meters a day. There are three types o...

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: in 2014, china had 55 million metric tons of rare earth metals in its reserves and produced 95, 000 ...

A: Rare earth minerals are a suite of 17 elements mined in the earth's crust, with names such as cerium...

Q: which contains information about average temperatures in Brazil a atlas a history book or a science ...

A: The atmosphere in Brazil, which ranges considerably from the predominantly warm north (the equator c...

Q: How do tectonic uplift and orbital variations combine to affect the long-term intensity of monsoons?...

A: The combined effects of external forces (orbital and solar parameters) and internal forces (boundary...

Q: Where are the areas of highest elevation in Ohio?

A: Ohio's landscape is surprisingly diverse and has been conducive to settlement and population develop...

Q: Looking at an Urban Heat Island profile, where would the highest temperatures typically be located? ...

A: Urban Heat Island(UHI): Urban heat Island (UHI) is the condition of an urban area or a commercial ar...

Q: Most weather satellite images are “time-stamped” using UTC or “Zulu” time (UTC expressed using 24-ho...

A: UTC OR ZULU TIME: UTC is a 24 hour clock system that is used by entire world. Local time is the cloc...

Q: Question 1 Which one is easier to predict?  Weather Climate Both weather and climate Neither weather...

A: 1. The daily operating conditions of the environment at the location, with regard to temperature, pr...

Q: How much more nitrogen is in the atmosphere than oxygen?

A: The air is late of gases and its retained by the gravity of the planet, earth is surrounded by vario...

Q: If you’re at the North Pole and you travel 1 degree east,  you will actually move ___ miles.  If you...

A: 1˚=69.172 miles(east to west_ longitude) 1˚=69 miles(north to south _latitude)

Q: Magnetic lineations on the ocean floor:     match the pattern of magnetic-reversal history f...

A: Magnetic lineation was discovered by Mars Global Surveyor, it lies on a plane of foliation which is ...

Q: Explain in your own words the entire life cycle of oceanic crust, starting with why rocks in the man...

A:  The earth’s crust: The crust is the outer most layer of the earth. It is a very thin layer the thic...

Q: What would be the classifications of the air masses that form over Siberia?   a. Maritime arctic b. ...

A: There are generally four types of air masses such as tropical, arctic, and polar along with the equa...

Q: According to data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, from 2010 to 2015 the amount of lan...

A: The FAO represents the world food and agriculture organization formed by the U.N which acts as a spe...

Q: Based on the predicted tides for Pensacola during the two-day period, the vertical distance between ...

A: Pensacola Beach is a Florida tourist community situated on the Gulf Coast Barrier Island of Santa Ro...