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

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

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

Q: Plate Tectonics Do Planet Earth’s tectonic plates really move at the speed of a fingernail?

A: The tectonic plates are slabs of rocks that tend to move at a very slow pace that is a few inches a ...

Q: Describe the Coriolis effect and its cause.

A: The Coriolis force is a fictitious force that acts on the object that is set in direction of motion....

Q: If we construct a globe at a scale of 1:1,000,000, what will be its diameter? (You may give your ans...

A: Given that a globe at a scale of 1:1,000,000, that means 1 inch on the map is equivalent to1,000,000...

Q: Are There Any Oil Resources in Ireland: 1. Mining History in Ireland 2. Where are the Major Deposit...

A: 1.Mining History in Ireland Ireland has a long tradition of mining operations. Records of mining g...

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A: OZONE LAYER: The ozone layer is a region of Earth's stratosphere which is the second layer of the at...

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: Compare and contrast the site locational patterns of Steel Mini-Mills and Integrated Mills in the U....

A: Comparison between the site location patterns of steel Mini-Mills and Integrated Mills in the U.S.: ...

Q: ________________ in global sea level is ultimately the result of a ________ event.  Group of answer...

A: The global sea level is called the grand base level and it is shown by the sea or ocean bottom. The ...

Q: Suppose global air circulation suddenly reversed, with moist air ascending at 30° north and south la...

A: Global circulation of air: Global circulation air theory was put forward by George Hadley who attemp...

Q: Witch of these meridians intersects Maine

A: This chart displays the latitude and longitude grids of North America. In the Northern Hemisphere,...

Q: Based on the plotted predicted data for the two days, the vertical distance between the highest high...

A: According to the tidal levels was observed at the Fernandina Beac, the town of Fernandina Beach is l...

Q: In what ways does the weather influence our daily lives?

A: Weather is defined as the state of atmospheric or ar conditions that tell us about the degree of hot...

Q: How are air masses classified? Explain the relationship between the characteristics of air masses an...

A: Definition of air mass: The term air mass, as used by a large volume of air which is mostly homogene...

Q: In what ways was life on Earth responsible for the composition of our modern atmosphere?

A: The earth is known to have been formed some 4.5 billion years ago. The earth at that time had a prim...

Q: One benefit Islam brought to Europe was the introduction of surgeons to perform operations.

A: In medicine history, Islamic medicine is the medical science that was founded during the Islamic Gol...

Q: Which are aspects of the geologic theory of uniformity? Select all that apply.     The Eart...

A: The term Uniformitarianism is often oversimplified when it is claimed in geological textbooks that t...

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: What is the difference between the atmospheres of Venus and Earth?

A: VENUS: Venus is the second from the sun, Venus traces an orbit that is closer to a perfect circle th...

Q: When can a total solar eclipse occur: (Give ALL correct answers, i.e., B, AC, BCD...) A) only in spr...

A: A solar eclipse occurs when the sun, moon, and earth are in a straight path, and the rays of the sun...

Q: Agriculture plays a crucial role in creating employment opportunities justify the statement with log...

A: Agriculture is a practice of growing crops and raising livestock. It provides food, fabrics and othe...

Q: What is meant by the scale of a map, and what are the different ways that map scale is described?

A: Introduction In simple words, Map is an interpretation of the whole Earth surface or a part of it on...

Q: if the canopy is removed from a Southeast Asian tropical rainforest site. (SEA has very different pr...

A: The canopy is a characteristic feature of tropical rainforest, which increases the ecological divers...

Q: Explain why so few remaining samples of these early rocks remain

A: The scraping of giant chunks of the Earth's outer layer responsible for swallowing volcanoes, crippl...

Q: Suppose you are hiking in the mountains of Utah and find a fossil of an animal that lived on the oce...

A: Mississippian Period The Mississippian period, also known as Lower Carboniferous or Early Carbonife...

Q: The tropics or countries at the equator receive the full amount of sunlight and energy available. Ho...

A: The tropics are places that lie in 23 degrees north and south of the equator. They are known to be t...

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: What is the likely chain of events in which the dumping of raw sewage into the Mississippi River lea...

A: dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico The dead zone of the Gulf of Mexico is a region of hypoxic waters a...

Q: What leads to ice ablation?     calving   incoming solar radiation   uptake of l...

A: The ablation area refers to the low altitude region where the glacier or ice sheet loss takes place ...

Q: Briefly describe the seven dominant controls of weather and climate.

A: Weather and climate are important for understanding the importance of atmospheric phenomenon on eart...

Q: Study the image. Which phrase describes this plate boundary? does not occur in oceans O may form rif...

A: Conservative/Transform plate boundary A conservative plate boundary, often referred to as the tra...