Explain in terms of angle of incidence why equatorial rain forests experience more vegetative growth and a wetter climate than other parts of Earth.
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What is the "great pacific garbage patch"? (a) a large area of marine debris concentrated by rotating ocean currents (b) a large area around the pacific rim where debris collects from natural disasters such as tsunamis (c) an area in the pacific ocean where trash is intentionally dumped due to lack of landfill availability (d) a large trash dump located in hawaii

In the developed world, women are increasingly more likely to delay childbirth until their mid- to late- twenties or long because

If the distance between two points on the ground is 10 miles and the distance between the same two points on a map is 4 inches, what is the map scale expressed as a ratio?