Explain the presence of red and orange at sunrise and sunset
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The larger solar angle at sunrise and sunset allows for less refraction at longer wavelength colors (such as red and orange) than for the shorter wavelength colors (such as blue and green).
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Describe the movement of water through the hydrologic cycle
What will be an ideal response?
With their up-and-down and side-to-side motions, S waves shake the ground surface and can do severe damage to buildings.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The trees that died in the Pacific Northwest after the great earthquake of 1700 were killed by ________.
A. seawater after faulting dropped the land below sea level B. a cloud of methane that was released from sediments during the shaking C. seawater after a tsunami rushed onshore D. the liquefaction of their underlying soils E. mass wasting events in the days after the earthquake
The ________ is a basic unit of distance in the Système International (metric system)
A) mole B) kilogram C) ampere D) degree Celsius E) meter