After watching the movie "Chasing Ice". Explain why glaciers are considered "Canaries in the Coal Mine" in the context of climate change and a warming earth. How will disappearing glaciers and rising snow levels in the Cascades affect the lives of Washingtonians living near this...
What is your go-to resource for weather information? This could be an app, website, social media page, TV channel, TV program, youtube channel, or other source. Describe your go-to weather information resource and why you have come to rely on it. Then, walk through how...
For project 2, please provide short answers for the following: 1. Briefly describe the rock cycle; be sure to define each rock type (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic) and briefly discuss the processes that lead to the formation of each; 2. Igneous rocks are classified...
PROBLEM 4–20 A mountain range can be represented as a periodic topography with a wavelength of 100 km and an amplitude of 1.2 km. Heat flow in a valley is measured to be 46 mW m−2. If the atmospheric gradi- ent is 6.5 K...
PROBLEM 4–20 A mountain range can be represented as a periodic topography with a wavelength of 100 km and an amplitude of 1.2 km. Heat flow in a valley is measured to be 46 mW m−2. If the atmospheric gradi- ent is 6.5 K...
glg110 150-250 words 1. Compare and contrast confined, unconfined, and perched aquifers. Assess the pros and cons of each as a water source, relative to the cost of extraction, long-term reliability, and vulnerability to contamination. 2. Describe and evaluate 10 actions that you and your family...
Part 1:Watch the following videos and look at the resources in the module 1 resources: Please give your response to the following: Which topic is of most interest to you and why? Which topic do you think is the most important...
What force causes glaciers to move downhill and how do they move? 2. (4 pts) Describe how Cirques and Horns are connected. 3. (5 pts) Match the photo to the Glacial Landform. Your options are: Moraine, Cirque and Tarn, Glacial Outwash Plain, Eskers, Horn, (a) (b) (c) (d)...
Geology Question As you research groundwater as your topic, I would like you to consider the following questions: 1) What is the history that has led to our current understanding of the topic you are researching? 2) Who are the main players involved in this research? -In...
#7 How does soil form? How is soil degraded (lost or sapped of nutrients)? How do the events that occurred during the "Dust Bowl" relate to this? #9 What controls the grain size, grain shape, and sorting of grains by size in a sedimentary rock? What...