What is the significance of the Tropic of Cancer, 23.5°N latitude?
The Tropic of Cancer is the northernmost latitude where the Sun's rays are vertical at some point during the year (at the June solstice). This occurs at 23.5° latitude because Earth's axis of rotation is tilted 23.5°.
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What texture is displayed by the igneous rock in this photograph?
A. breccia B. vesicles C. porphyritic D. glassy E. None of these.
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People living below Mt. Shasta should be concerned because of lahars and the tendency they have to flow down valleys.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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