The direction system is useful, but imprecise. it is better to use a bearing. if you were standing at the washington monument, what bearing would you need to walk to go to the smithsonian national museum of natural history, which houses many important geological specimens (hint: many of the buildings on the national mall are part of the smithsonian – make sure you get the correct

Sandstones that form in aeolian (wind/desert) environments appear very different from other sandstones, such as those formed in a beach/ shoreline environment and in rivers on land. give three identifying properties for each of the three sandstones that would tell a geologist which depositional environment they formed in. consider things such as the relationship between transportation and grain size, shape, roundness, sorting, fossils and composition.

City 24-hr average yearly temperature in ºc total yearly precipitation in mm minsk, belarus (former ussr) (53° n, 27° e) shanghai, china (31° n, 121° e) baltimore city, usa (39° n, 76° w) helsinki, finland (60° n, 24° e) banff, canada (51° n, 115° w) kuala lumpur, malaysia (3° n 101° e) 26.5 2393.6 buenos aires, argentina (34° s, 58° w) jakarta, indonesia (6° s, 106° e) questions 1. what factor contributes most to the warm climate of kuala lumpur? 2. banff and minsk are located at similar latitudes. what could account for banff’s average yearly temperature being lower than minsk’s? 3. which city’s climate is most similar to jakarta, baltimore or kuala lumpur? explain your answer. 4. shanghai and buenos aires have located thousands of miles apart and in different hemispheres, yet their climates are similar. what reasoning could explain this?

Hurricanes a. usually form over land b. usually intensify over land c. gain strength from ocean heat d. usually form over the poles