Compare and contrast the purposes of Landsat and commercial high-resolution satellites
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Landsat is in the public domain for studying Earth's resources. Commercial satellites also study Earth's resources but at a higher resolution, and the user is charged considerable money to do so.
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A major argument opponents to constructing new nuclear power plants use is that
A) construction costs are very low now but will increase in decades to come. B) there is a major problem in disposing of nuclear wastes and with possible terrorist attacks. C) there is no demand for nuclear power with coal and natural gas so plentiful and cheap. D) nuclear power plants are major contributors to global climate change.
How must the density of oceanic lithosphere compare to the density of asthenosphere in order for the subduction of oceanic plates to occur?
Give a complete answer and explain your reasoning. [Hint: note that oceanic lithosphere is the oceanic crust plus the immediate lithospheric mantle below it.] What will be an ideal response?
Why might an environmental problem, such as climate change, be considered a "wicked problem"?
What will be an ideal response?
Soils are formed by a series of processes commonly referred to as
A. weathering. B. diagenesis. C. lithification. D. sedimentation.