Why is it good to measure the magnitude, rather than intensity, of an earthquake?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: gives a quantitative rather than qualitative measurement, and easy for the public to understand
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Describe the Mohs hardness scale and list, in increasing order of hardness, the minerals of the Mohs
hardness scale. What will be an ideal response?
The most latent heat would be released in a ____ parcel of ____ saturated air
A) rising; warm B) rising; cold C) sinking; warm D) sinking; cold
What conditions prevail across most of Europe that encourage many governments to pursue pro-natalist policies?
What will be an ideal response?
A supercooled cloud droplet is
a. an ice crystal surrounded by air warmer than 0°C (32°F). b. a liquid droplet that is cooler than the air around it. c. a liquid droplets observed at temperatures below 0°C (32°F). d. a water droplet that has had all its latent heat removed. e. another term for ice crystal.