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Freshwater accounts for how much of the earths water - ANSWER 3 percent where is the majority of the earths freshwater - ANSWER 3/4 of the earths freshwater is above ground in ice and glaciers A method has been implemented to reduce water use i dry climates to - ANSWER alternate days for households to water their lawn or wash their cars gray water is suitable for - ANSWER watering plants, washing cars gray water comes from - ANSWER baths, showers, sinks, and washing machines. volc...

What is the carbon cycle? Why is it important? - Answer The carbon cycle is the mouvement of carbon between species, the earth, the atmosphere and oceans. Without carbon, ecosystems would not function and persist over time. Most exchanges involve the ocean. What are the crucial processes in the carbon cycle? Why are they important? - Answer Cellular respiration and photosynthesis. They cancel each other out so that there isn't too little CO2 (causing a frozen earth) or too much CO2 (causi...

Earth and Environmental Science Final Exam Review Earths tilt along with its orbit around the sun is the reason for what happening on earth? Seasons What is the rotation of the earth? The period it takes for the earth to revolve on its axis which is 24 hrs. How long does it take the earth to make one revolution around the sun? 360 days or 1 year Is Earth A jovian or a terrestrial planet? Terrestrial What force caused the Nevula that formed the Earth to start spinning and condensing? ...

Centrifugation Question and answers 2023/2024 verified to passWhat is centrifugation? - correct answer Centrifuge instrument produces a force greater than earths gravity by spinning samples around a central axis. Particles sediment according to their size, shape, and density. The particles sediment at different rates, dependent on the speed of rotation and distance from central axis What is RPM? - correct answer The number of revolutions per minute What is RCF dependent on? - correct answe...

Most planets (like Earth) are chemically differentiated. This means that nickel and what are concentrated at the core and lighter elements make up the crust? - correct answer iron True or False. Most of the energy sources human society uses are the result of past life-forms that have died, decayed and become part of the Earth's crust. - correct answer True The processes of the rock cycle are typi...

apesWhich of the following shows the approximate concentration of CO2, N2, and O2 in dry air? - correct answer CO2<1% , N2 78% , O2 21% Which of the following is true about the region of Earth's atmosphere known as the stratosphere? - correct answer the highest concentration of naturally occurring ozone form in this layer Which of the following is the correct order of soil particles in order of increasing size? - correct answer sand - silt - clay Which of the following factors is fu...

Earth Science midterm review 2023 water when frozen... - expands most environmental changes are... - cyclic true shape of Earth - oblate spheroid the best model of earth is a... - sphere altitude angle of polaris above the horizon equals... - your latitude to determine the earths circumference the... - The altitude of the sun at two locations is needed latitude measures.... - distances north or south of the equator latitude lines run... - east-west longitude lines go... - nor...

APES Unit 4 AP College board Questions with solutions 2024 Which of the following is the best explanation for the formation of Hadley cells in the tropics, as seen in the diagram between 30 degree N and 30 degree S latitude? The sun warms the moist air at the equator and causes it to rise because of its lower density. As the warm air moves away from the equator, it cools, becomes denser , and then sinks. Which of the following is the best explanation for the deflection of the trade wind...

army aviation information test SIFT 2the three axes around which flight movement occurs are? - correct answer lateral, longitudinal, and vertical one way to state Bernoulli's principle is? - correct answer the faster a fluid is traveling, the less its pressure on the supporting surface the amount of airfoil's curvature is called its? - correct answer camber the earths atmosphere is composed of what? - correct answer 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases in a stabilized hover...

8.1. In Wikipedia, look up "Mercury (planet)", scroll down to "Orbit, rotation, and longitude", and answer this question: How many Mercury solar days (single day/night cycle) occur in a Mercury year (time to orbit the Sun)? - a. 0.5 8.2. In Wikipedia, look up "Mercury (planet)", scroll down to "Surface conditions and exosphere", and answer this question: Despite its extremely high temperatures, has frozen water (ice) accumulated on Mercury's surface? - a. It would appear that way ...