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

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A: The Planet Earth has seasons since the axis is tilted. The planet's axis is still oriented in the sa...

Q: How do plutonism and volcanism differ from each other? How are they alike?

A: Volcanic rocks and plutonic rocks, both are igneous rocks. While both are igneous rocks, they vary i...

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

A: Ohio's terrain is remarkably diverse and has been favorable to settlement and population growth in m...

Q: It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 bill...

A: In demographics, the world population is the total number of people actually living and is expected ...

Q: Is ozone the most abundant gas in the stratospheric ozone layer? explain.

A: OZONE (STRATOSPHERE LAYER):  Yes, ozone is the most abundant gas in ozone layer or stratospheric lay...

Q: While the earliest humans lived in East Africa, __________. While some historians think new technolo...

A: Early human migration is the first migration and spread of archaic and modern humans on the whole of...

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: Explain the relationship between plate boundaries and the very powerful natural disasters, like eart...

A: The Relation between Plate Tectonics and Natural Disasters When Alfred Wegener first suggested the ...

Q: Choose the word that best fits the blank. The words in parentheses represent the choices for each bl...

A: The mantel plume is a mechanism of convection that is located in the interior of the earth in the me...

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: Explain the following chart in terms of Demographic Transition? Is it a viable model that can be app...

A: Demographic Transition Whether we believe that we are heading toward a global catastrophe and an end...

Q: Keeping in view the scientific methodology, sketch a scientific study about Evolutionof Earth. You m...

A: Origin of Universe: The Big Bang Theory is the most popular argument about the origins of the univer...

Q: List five main natural and five main anthropogenic sources of air pollution. List five examples of p...

A:  Air Pollution The lower portion of the atmosphere is known as 'air' which contains primarily nitrog...

Q: The majority of earthquakes in the world occur under seamounts. far away from plate boundaries. ...

A: Earthquake is a phenomenon of shaking of the earth surface, it is generally associated with the volc...

Q: Distinguish between Earth’s rotation and its revolution.

A: EARTH'S ROTATION: The earth spins on its own imaginary axis (6612° Inclined to its orbital plane) fr...

Q: What is a great circle? A small circle? Provide examples of both.

A: GREAT CIRCLE: A Great circle is a section of sphere and the plane of the section passes through the ...

Q: How does the mantle plume model explain the formation of the hawaiian Islands?

A: The mantel plume is a mechanism of convection where the hard molten rocks within the earth's mantel....

Q: One earthquake has a Richter scale reading of 5.4. Another is one-thousandth as strong. What is its ...

A: RICHTER SCALE: The Richter Scale was devised by prof. Richter, an eminent American seismologist. The...

Q: Explain how colonization had Changed African continent. Had it fragmented or unified the continent? ...

A: The establishment of colonial rule over the interior of Africa (1880-1900) reinforced the developmen...

Q: In Earth's climate system, the term longwave radiation refers to:     the incoming solar radia...

A: The sun emits insolation in the form of incoming short electromagnetic radiation during the daytime....

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 ...

Q: Use the “Living with Coastal Change and Coastal Basics” link) on MOODLE and lecture/book material to...

A: Sea-level Change during the Full Glacial Period During cold-climate periods, known as glacial epoch...

Q: Plate Tectonics What are the three types of convergent boundaries and how are they different?

A: Plate tectonics are plates or slabs of hard rocks that are found over the surface of the earth such ...

Q: Why is there greater changes in snow cover over the past century in Eurasia than in North America? W...

A: Seasonal snow is a significant component of the Earth's climate system. Snow cover tends to maintain...

Q: The number of currently described species on the planet is about ________. a. 17,000 b. 150,000 c. 1...

A: Biodiversity is a measure of the diversity of life on the planet of earth. It is understood as the t...

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A: The headlight of your new car turns yellow and foggy after five years due to Chemical Weathering.  C...

Q: In which of the following climates is chemical weathering usually the most intense? warm and dry ...

A: Weathering is the process by which the rocks are broken down on the surface of the earth into small ...