GEOGRAPHY HIGH SCHOOL

What is the technical name for a thunderstorm cloud?

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Answer 1
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Cumulonimbus clouds are menacing looking multi-level clouds, extending high into the sky in towers or plumes. More commonly known as thunderclouds, cumulonimbus is the only cloud type that can produce hail, thunder and lightning.

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Where can you find glacially scoured landscapes in Europe? What are these landscapes like?

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In the alps. They have been moulded by ice through the movement of glaciers. Through glaciation, glacial valleys, lakes and other features are formed.

Deciduous forests can only be found in North America.
a. True
b. False

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No, this is false! (b).

Deciduous forest can be found all around the globe in both Southern and Northern Hemisphere.
For example, much of Europe and the European part of Russia is covered in the deciduous forest.

Also parts of Australia and New Zealand are covered in it. 

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it's false

Explanation: hope it helps ^w^

English settlers were barred from exploring the Australian interior early on because of what two geographic regions?

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The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: Since those early explorations, the Chesapeake Bay has enjoyed a varied maritime history. Bay waters have been traveled by all manner of ships throughout the ages, often specifically designed or modified to sail the etc

Explanation:

Great dividing range

hope it is helpful to you ☺️

Which of the following is the most likely global climate change?a. a decrease in the overall temperature of the Earth
b. an increase in the overall temperature of the Earth
c. an increase in the number of cold climates
d. no change to global climate

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B. an increase in the overall temperature of the Earth 
I say this because the polar ice caps on the poles are melting (which is why the polar bear is now endangered.) and are a result of global warming.

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B.) an increase in the overall temperature of the Earth

Explanation:

Thought to be because of all the Greenhouse gases/pollution

Describe how the hawaiian islands formed in the pacific ocean?

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Answer:

Hot spots and moving tectonic plates.

Explanation:

The earth crust is made up of moving tectonic plates. Sometimes at the point where these plates come together, volcanoes form there, but also forms at the middle of the tectonic plate. The volcano erupts and the magma rises and erupts on the seafloor in a spot called the "the spot hot".

The hawaiian islands were formed on the concept of the hot spots in the pacific ocean, where the hot spot are fixed, but the tectonic plates still moves. As the plates move over the hot spots, the hawaiian islands are formed.

Large Shia Muslim populations are mainly found inA. Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman.
B. Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Yemen.
C. Qatar, Yemen, and Kuwait.
D. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Iraq.

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The biggest Shia Muslim country is Iran (but it's not on the list). There is also a large minority in Iraq, Azerbaijan and Bahrain. Saudi Arabia has some small communities, but Yemen is divided almost in Half among the Shia and the Muslims - so the best answer is  B! (but Kuwait also has a sizeable community and Quatar  has about 5% of Shia Muslims)

Answer:

B

Explanation:

Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Yemen.
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