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Which of the following is a reason for the location selected for the first English settlement in the New World, Jamestown, VA? - Answer Deep water port If our ability to predict floods has improved significantly, why does economic loss continue to rise? - Answer Increased urbanization and increased population What are/is not a potential outcome(s) or condition(s) resulting from too much nitrogen running off from agricultural fields? - Answer Decrease in crop production Which is...

According to the website, which of the following factors does not influence the occurrence of landslides? - Answer Time since last landslide Other than the rock material, what are the two most important factors in chemical weathering? - Answer Water and temperature How are caves and cavities, once underground, now visible on the surface in a mature tropical karst environment? - Answer erosion of surrounding material What does the presence of lichen and moss on boulders tell sci...

Which of the following statements about relative and absolute age dating is correct? A. Relative age dating places rocks and events in chronological order, but does not provide information about absolute age. B. Relative age dating does not provide information about absolute ages, nor does it place rocks and events in chronological order. C. Relative age dating provides information about absolute ages, but does not place rocks and events in chronological order. D. Relative age dating place...

Select the correct option among the following: - Answer Streams only carry water and nothing else Streams never overflow their channel -----Streams define all water moving within a channel on the Earth's surface Streams are the main contributor to the Earth's hydrologic budget The area of the Amazon river basin is 7,154,582.4 square kilometers while the Mississippi river basin is 2,981,076 square kilometers. How many times bigger is the Amazon river basin than the Mississippi? - A...

plate tectonics - Answer the starting point for understanding the distribution and formation of many collections of landforms around the world divergent (midoceanic ridge) - Answer what boundary indicates most likely a location of a midocean ridge? age of ocean floor increases away from band of shallow earthquakes - Answer what evidence shown on a map indicates it is a divergent boundary? convergent (oceanic-continental) - Answer what boundary is most likely a location of a ...

Flooding - Answer It refers to the overflow of water onto land that is normally dry How does flood rank among other hazards in term of cost for the United States? - Answer On average, floods cost the American economy approximately 2.4 billion dollars per year. How many flooding disasters have been declared for Georgia between 1953 and 2020? - Answer Since 1953, 9 flood disaster declarations have been declared for GA. Hydrology - Answer It is the science of water and its glob...

Geography - Answer study of the earth's surface, climate, continents, people, products, etc. Biogeography - Answer study of the distribution of organisms around the world Zoogeography - Answer Study of the distribution of animals phytogeography - Answer study of the distribution of plants Autotroph - Answer An organism that makes its own food Heterotroph - Answer An organism that cannot make its own food and eats autotrophs (ex: Humans) Decomposer - Answer ...

What are some uses of freshwater from glaciers? - Answer All of the above What is the semi-circular feature at the far left of the infra-red satellite image? - Answer Terminal moraine Do colder temperatures result in higher or lower concentrations of light oxygen (16 O) in Greenland and Antarctica? - Answer higher What happened to the Peterman Glacier on Aug 5, 2010? - Answer A large mass of the glacier broke off the main glacier What was the peak discharge on August 14, ...

Which of the following is not a reason people live near or on the coast? - Answer Access to fresh water What is the tidal difference of a normal high tide and low tide in the Gulf of Mexico? - Answer 0.5 meter Which of the following is not a structural methods humans use to protect a shoreline? - Answer Vegetation Why are the Banks Peninsula headlands not eroded as intensely as other headlands? - Answer The other headlands are made of soft material According to the websit...

Which US state or territory has the most volcanoes? - Answer Alaska What is the name of the cinder cone volcano located in New Mexico? - Answer Carrizozo How would you describe the spatial patterns of earthquakes in the US? - Answer Predominately low magnitude along the west coast Globally, what was the highest magnitude recorded during this month? - Answer 7.9 Estimate the width of the Flood basalt fold using the scale bar - Answer 35km Why aren't there many fau...