Geography

Write a description of what happens to the water when it rains in your neighborhood. In your writing you should answer the following questions: Where does the rainwater go once it hits the ground? Where do you see that the rain is absorbed? Where does runoff occur? Where do you think most of the water ends up?
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What causes magma in the lower mantle of Earth to rise up toward the crust?
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Scientist have been able to evaluate changes in ocean temperature profiles over more than 100 years by comparing modern instrument float records to data obtained during the:________
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The Milankovitch cycles describe the change in ________ because of changes in the ________ of Earth relative to the Sun.
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Where else in the bay area or elsewhere do you think would be an important place to dedicate as a wildlife corridor? Explain why?
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Which of the following statements is correct? Which of the following statements is correct? Only fossils of microorganisms are found in geological strata older than the Cambrian. The Cambrian explosion is evidence for the instantaneous creation of life on Earth. There are fossils of animals in geological strata that are older than the Cambrian. The Cambrian explosion marks the appearance of filter-feeding animals in the fossil record.
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Rainfall that contains too much sulfur or carbon dioxide is called__________, which is making the ocean too acidic for many types of life.
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According to the map, which of the following statements is true? Russia remains heavily interdependent with nations of both Europe and Asia. The nations of Africa are heavily dependent upon one another for trade. Economically speaking, the nations of Europe operate independently from one another. The nations of South America have a high level of interdependence.
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On a geologic map, if the contacts between sedimentary rock units form a bulls-eye pattern of concentric circles, with the oldest unit in the center, the underlying structure is a(n) ________.
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Understanding how to recognize landslides and other styles of mass wasting is important for homeowners! An earthflow is best described as:a. The movement of soil downslope along a planar surface of ruptureb. A non-cohesive soil flow made up of sand to boulder sized sediments that is triggered by intense rainfall or rapid snow meltc. A cohesive soil flow made up of mostly fine grained sediments (e.g., silt, clay and sand) that is triggered by intense rainfall or rapid snow meltd. A landslide induced by the liquefaction of sediment during an earthquakee. a mass of rock dislodged from a steep slope that free falls, bounces or rolls downslopef. The gradual movement of soil downslope over the course of years or even centuriesg. The rotational movement of soil downslope along a rotational surface of rupture
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Compare and contrast a perceptual region and a formal region
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You live in the northeast US, and over the course of a particular winter, you experienced frequent snow, poor weather, and well below normal temperatures. Your friend, who lives in the southwest US, experienced mostly fair weather and average (mild) temperatures through that same winter. Based on the discussion of mid-latitude cyclone formation in chapter 12, explain why this pattern of winter weather in each location would likely persist every winter. View keyboard shortcuts 12pt Paragraph
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What is latitude and what is longitude *a simplified definition of both*
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how many biomes are there?
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The world population changed relatively little between the years 1200 and 1400. Which of the following statements about this time period is likely true?A. The birthrate and death rate were about equal.B. The death rate far exceeded the birthrateC. The birthrate was much higher than the death rate.D. This question cannot be answered using the given information.
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Which is an example of a divergent boundary? Great Rift Valley Himalayan Mountains Peru-Chile Trench San Andreas Fault
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How can you combat the danger of a single story?How can teachers?How can politicians?
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1. What term describes the average weather conditions in ageographic area? A. WeatherB. ClimateC. PrecipitationD. Temperature
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Solve for x: 2 ( x+5 ) = 0
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Geologists estimate that the Earth is 4.54 billion years old, based on:______.a. radiometric dates on rocks from the Canadian craton. b. isotopic dating of meteorites from the first differentiated bodies of the Solar System. c. age estimates of Moon rocks. d. relative age dates on clastic zircons from Australia.
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3 physical factors which determine the type and density of forests.
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Which of the following are characteristics of the Coriolis effect? Choose one or more: It has a maximum effect at the equator. It is caused by the Earth's rotation. It deflects surface water to the right in the northern hemisphere. It deflects surface water to the left in the northern hemisphere. It influences the surface ocean currents.
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What major geographical advantage does agriculture in the Coastal South have over most other regions of North America
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What rock-forming process occurs when hot magma forces its way into rock?
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