What are the environmental consequences of the impact of a 10-km-diameter meteorite with Earth?
What will be an ideal response?
There are a number of disastrous environmental consequences, such as destruction of the ozone layer, secondary impacts from ejecta, wildfires, extremely high surface temperatures, low sunlight, and large tsunamis; and in the longer consequences would include drastically reduced solar energy and a subsequent lack of photosynthetic activity in plants and a lack of food for organisms higher in the food web.
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What is the process of wave separation?
a. Swells b. Wave trains c. Fully developed sea d. Dispersion
List three cycles that recycle material repeatedly and are part of the Earth system
What will be an ideal response?
The term overnutrition refers to ____.
A. obtaining too few calories per day B. energy intake exceeding energy use C. eating unbalanced meals D. eating poor quality foods E. eating too much protein
Why is the "four-corners country" of the United States dominated by the mesa-and-scarp landscape assemblage?
What will be an ideal response?