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From my observation, maps are pretty clear to understand. Some of the observations we all got pretty same observation. Maps are nicely outlined. Easy to understand  but some of the parts of the map are had to compare with the plate boundaries. For example, I had trouble finding unique plate boundaries for the map of Earth’s topography and…[Read more]

1. a) Volcanos are not present at all boundaries

b) V1- Volcanos are mostly occur near pacific plate, African plate and Australian plate.

V2- No linear pattern and They are scattered pattern, and some are clustered pattern.

V3- In some of the places many volcanos occur in small area and in some area, they are spread out.

V4- The boundary of…[Read more]

Hi Jonathan. Very good question and excellent research! I also agree to that, snowflakes are agglomerates of many snow crystals. Most snowflakes are less than one-half inch across. Under certain conditions, usually requiring near-freezing temperatures, light winds, and unstable, convective atmospheric conditions, much larger and irregular flakes…[Read more]

Hey Yussef. Very interesting research with so much information. I also agree, many times during winter in the northern hemisphere, the polar vortex will expand, sending cold air southward with the jet stream . This occurs fairly regularly during wintertime and is often associated with large outbreaks of Arctic air in the United States

I was walking to a neighborhood in The Bronx after a a couple of months. I noticed that there are so much traffic in that area. I had never seen that in that specific area. Some cars are double parked and people are honking from everywhere. It looked so frustrated to me.

My question: Why there is so significant change in population and…[Read more]

Hello Jonathan,

My name is Shaham. I am also majoring in Mechanical Engineering. It is always fun to learn about Earth Science to make the earth a better place to live in.

Hello Rosiris,

My name is Shaham. I also love learning about renewable energy and solar energy is one of the greatest source of renewable energy.

1. My name is Mohammad Shaham. I prefer to be called Shaham.
2. I am majoring in Mechanical Engineering
3. I am from Bangladesh, I love riding bikes and reading literature books in my free time.
4.  I am expecting to educate myself more about earth, sustainable energies, and way of reducing pollution. As a Mechanical Engineering I am expecting to…

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