Why are upper-atmosphere winds usually faster than surface winds?

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A: The Indo-Australian Plate could even be a significant tectonic plate spanning the continent of Austr...

Q: how does the examination of human-environment relationships in ecosystems serve to illustrate the ro...

A: One of the core contributions of the geographical discipline is the study of the relationships among...

Q: In what ways are the subtropical desert and the arctic tundra similar?

A: SUBTROPICAL DESERT: A subtropical desert is characterized by low precipitation, high temperature, an...

Q: Describe both the vertical distribution of water vapor in the atmosphere and its horizontal (geograp...

A: Atmosphere is a multilayered gaseous envelope surrounding the earth. There are three major constitue...

Q: What significant change in glaciation occurred around 13 million years ago?     Antarctic gla...

A: The last glacial period was at the end of 115,000-11,700 years ago. This was a part of a larger sequ...

Q: Explain why the winds in the middle and upper troposphere tend to blow from west to east in both the...

A: CORIOLIS FORCE: The Coriolis force acts of moving winds and changes its direction. In the southern h...

Q: Where are transform plate boundaries most common? on the margins of continents in rift valleys ...

A: Introduction Plate Boundaries are of three types: Convergent Plate Boundaries Divergent Plate Bound...

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: 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: What is the difference between litter and humus?

A: SOIL: A thin layer on the Earth's surface which is made up of weathered rock fragments (mineral part...

Q: What is not a characteristic of southern Mesopotamia geography

A: It is assumed that the Sumerian civilization first took shape in southern Mesopotamia approximately ...

Q: Question 1 Igneous rocks form from: crystallization - cooling of magma compaction - cementation of s...

A: CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS: The adjective 'clastic is derived from Greek word 'klastos, meaning 'brok...

Q: Directions: Select the word or words with the closest meaning to the underlined word. 12. The Caucas...

A: In 1958, the Soviet Geographical Society officially proposed that the border between Europe and Asia...

Q: What generally happens to the elevation of the treeline going from the equator toward the poles? Why...

A: Treeline is the extent or the point to which the habitat of trees is capable of growing. It is found...

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: What is meant by the term precipitation variability?

A: PRECIPITATION: Microscopic droplets join together and grow in size when they become heavy and clouds...

Q: Is it possible for a map to be both conformal and equivalent?

A: CONFORMAL AND EQUIVALENT MAP:  Conformal is a map or mathematical mapping it conserving the correct ...

Q: The United States is a ______________.     nation-state     multinational state     ...

A: A multinational state is a sovereign state made up of two or more nations or states. This compares w...

Q: Consider differential heating of the land and sea. For the same amount of solar radiation received o...

A: When consideration the differential heating and cooling aspect of the land and the ocean waters. The...

Q: Define sedimentary rocks. Name and explain any three types of sedimentary rocks?

A: Introduction There are three distinct types of rocks found in nature, viz. Igneous rocks, Sedimentar...