1. Day and night cycle - the rotation of the Earth results in the day and night cycle as different parts of it are exposed to the sunlight at different times.
2. In the Northern Hemisphere the winds tend to curve toward the right, which is caused by the earth's rotation.
Answer:
<u>North Atlantic Ocean</u>
Explanation:
- Gulf stream that forms the extension of the North Atlantic drift and is a warm ocean current that stretches through the tip of Florida and flows through the eastern coast of the United States and reaches the Newfoundlands before crossing the Atlantic ocean and is known to reach the Mexican gulf also.
- At 40°0′N 30°0′W, it separated into two streams as a northern stream, the North Atlantic Drift, and hence influence the climates of the eastern coast of North America and the climates of western Europe.
- This steam typically stretches from 100 kilometers and is 3,900 ft deep. And stream carries warm waters across Atlantic and this is a reason for the intensity of cyclones.
Answer:
D. Bosina and Herzegovina
Italy's northern boundary is covered with mountain ranges, one of them, the Apennine Mountains, runs the length of the peninsula.
Answer:
The Philippine plate moves toward the Eurasian plate.
Explanation:
A is not correct because the Australian plate is located south of the Philippine plate, and with its movment being in a north-western manner it is nowhere near in a direction toward this plate.
B is not correct because the Arabian plate is located west of the Philippine plate which is not its direction of movement, and on top of it, they do not share a boundary.
C is not correct because the Antarctic plate is a plate located very far away from the Philippine plate, and the direction of movement is not toward one another.
D is correct because, with its north-western movement, the Philippine plate is moving toward the Eurasian plate, forming a subduction zone, where it gradually subducts below the much larger plate it moves towards.
