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?

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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

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What conditions prevail across most of Europe that encourage many governments to pursue pro-natalist policies?

What will be an ideal response?

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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.

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