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The Short Answer: Some of it was here when the earth was made (but locked into the rocks as hydrates ... much of that released as...
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The equatorial circumference is about 40,075 kilometers (24901 miles). The polar circumference is about 40,008 kilometers (24860...
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The melting point of materials varies depending on the applied pressure. As pressure increases so to does the melting...
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The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
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in Pakistan 73,276 died.death in the muzaffarabad district was 33,724.17,000 children were killed14 people died in...
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Auroras are caused by radiation from the sun, called solar wind, interacting with Earth's magnetic field. Since the magnetic...
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The particles are to heavy for the air to carry them. I hope this answer your question:)
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What caused this obliquity (axial tilt) is still not clearly understood - and probably never will be. During the early periods...
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Fluorite is a non-silicate mineral.
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The temperature of Earth's crust can range from -70 degrees Fahrenheit to +750 degrees Fahrenheit depending on location and...
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tectonic plates
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His ideas where not generally believed because he was an astronomer and meteorologist. Also scientists believed the earth was...
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The inner core is believed to be composed of a solid iron and nickel alloy (mixture) along with some other minor elements. It is...
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no. earthquakes are set off by sudden movements in the earths crust
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you will die just saying
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The lithosphere is the solid, rocky layer covering the entire surface of the planet, composed of the crust and the hard uppermost...
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Continental Drift is the name of a theory, developed by German meteorologist and geologist Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), asserting...
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A bachelor's degree is adequate for a few entry-level positions, but most geoscientists need at least a master's degree in...
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Wegener proposed the continental drift theory, and provided scientific evidences for such, but couldn't explain the mechanism or...
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A storm surge is slight rise in the ocean associated with a tropical cyclone, which manifests itself as a large rise in water...
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Sedimentary rock can be formed in various ways, and is classified by the method of formation or content. Broadly, sedimentary...
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Sunlight that has been reflected [or re-directed] from some-where's else.
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Continental drift referred to the concept that the Earth's continents were once part of a large supercontinent and had...
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Methods of Sedimentary Rock Formation #1. The classic route begins with the weathering and erosion of sedimentary, igneous, or...
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Most fossils are preserved plant or animal bodies living in or near water. There are no animals or plants which can live in...
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The second most abundant element in the Earth's crust is silicon, comprising 27.8% of the crust by mass.
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No. Only the outer core is molten.
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AnswerTemperature can range from 0-700°C; average temperature is 25°C
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The inner core is composed of an iron and nickel alloy (mixture) along with some other minor elements. It is not made up of...
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Earth's lithosphere, its rigid outer shell, generally represents the solid state of matter.
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Earnings are dependent upon occupational specialty in this field. According to the U.S. Occupational Handbook, earnings can...
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The temperature of Earth's core can only be estimated using mathematical and geophysical models, and the current (2011) estimated...
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Its a company in India that collects and interprets data related to the earth's surface and the soils and rocks beneath and...
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No, there are billions of tons of basalt throughout the world.
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The asthenosphere is variously estimated as being from fifty to several hundred miles (eighty-five to several hundred kilometers)...
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Three types of plate boundaries are convergent, transform, and divergent.
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No, all sedimentary rocks can be eroded and shale is characterised by very fine laminations. Hence the shale breaks easily along...
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The most accepted theory is that it came from space in metheors, there's no way to know for sure since none of us where alive...
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The aurora is a glow observed in the night sky, usually in the polar zone. For this reason some scientists call it a "polar...
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its means when rocks mix
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Switzerland has come up to the top of all countries only because they do more vast studies of avalanches and are more prepared.
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It depends, of course, in where you dig. You are probably going to hit both, but in what order and at what depth is dependent on...
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can range from 3982 degrees Celsius to 5000 degrees
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Center of the earth? Mercury? The Sun?
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Hurricane Katrina started on August 23 2005 and ended at August 30 2005.
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The pressures from surrounding material is so intense that despite the high temperatures, the metals of the inner core cannot...
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1. The classic route begins with the weathering and erosion of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic rocks. Through these...
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Consisting of over seven thousand islands, experiencing near daily earthquakes, and being located on the Ring of Fire, the...
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The inner core is hotter. The outer core is composed of liquid iron and nickel along with small amounts of lighter elements,...
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His idea was not accepted because people back then did not believe that the plates could move. They also thought you could fall...
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Urbanisation is when the flood water cannot go through the concrete because it is impermeable and deforestation is when trees are...
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That's a great question, and a very important one, because it's so widely mis-understood. Imagine a gigantic dinner plate ... I...
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Lots of ammonia, methane, nitrogen, sulfur oxides, and CO2, but little oxygen. *Eventually the blue-green algae (cyanobateria)...
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Island arcs and chains, sedimentary fossils at the top of the Himalayas, rift valleys, mid-oceanic ridge, ages of rocks in...
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cold and warm fronts occludede and stationary fronts
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Because he didnt have enough "scientific" eviedence
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relief is the difference in elevation of a land form from it's lowest point to it's highest point.topography is the combination...
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Gemstones are mineral crystals that have the desirable characteristics of hardness, color, and clarity, and are usually formed...
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D. Magnetic reversals
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Fluctuations in the magnetic field cause the Magnetic North Pole to constantly move in an irregular path around its average...
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If the Earth were flat, we would expect a curvature rate of zero inches per mile. As it is, the Earth is not flat, and it's...
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By measuring the difference in arrival times at a seismometer station they can be used to determine the distance to the epicentre...
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Continental drift refers to the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other. The theory was first proposed by Frank...
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In drought conditions or where the supply of groundwater is cut off, a geyser will become inactive or extinct.
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The convection currents are a result of heat from the interior of the Earth. The rock of the upper mantle known as the...
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The winter solstice (and the summer solstice) ocur for a very interesting reason. The sun 'moves' around the earth in a path that...
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The deepest man-made hole in the Earth is located in the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia. The depth achieved from the...
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Mudflows could very well be an agent of erosion. Their massive weight will move anything in their path. Rocks right up to...
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how the continents move
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The earth (and other planets) are spherical because the force of gravity organized them and they took this form as a preference....
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The similarity between colliding and separating tectonic plates is that both are areas of geologic instability. Also, the two...
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Oxygen is most abundant in rock, as an elemental component of minerals.
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Seismic crews create hundreds of small earthquakes using explosives and other energy sources. These vibrations are precisely...
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Because the Analyzed waves converted into the constant force of Consulted Created forces which Escalated into Formatted and...
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The three types of Earth faults defined in the plate tectonics theory within Earth Science are: 1) Normal, or convergent...
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I am assuming that you meant 'If Earth's magnetic field collapsed for a few seconds' If that's the case then nothing much would...
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A geothermal source is, quite literally, a source of heat from the earth. (Geo means the earth, and thermal means heat.)
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the variety of soils and the climates in which they are found
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long shore drift goes in the direction of the prevailing wind and only happens if the prevailing wind is blowing into the coast...
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A little background first. When an earthquake wave arrives at a seismograph station, the first wave to hit is called the P wave....
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Tornado's over water are referred to as Waterspout, and are far weaker than their land based counterparts, but are still classed...
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The Aurora Borealis is a display of colored lights in the sky, also called northern lights, caused by the interaction of...
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The idea that the continents were once one super-continent and subsequently moved apart is the basis of the theory of continental...
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The temperature of Earth's crust can range from -70 degrees Fahrenheit to +750 degrees Fahrenheit depending on location and...
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How "FAR" a stream runs has no bearing on the purification factor! Too many variables to consider.
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distance to the epicenter of an earthquake. [:
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