Explain how the global positioning system operates to locate your position within a few meters

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: GPS trilaterates your position by using the distance and direction to several polar orbiting satellites. The orbits are well known and a satellite is located via radio transmissions from the satellite.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Fluvial processes do more geomorphic work in arid lands than the wind does

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The disruption of sediment by feeding and burrowing organisms is called ________.

A. tilling B. respiration C. sediment exchange D. bioturbation

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