What’s 2 similarities and 2 differences between the Earths layers and the atmospheric layers?

Given: circle a externally tangent to circle b. how many possible common tangents to circles a and b can exist? 2 3 4

This is a 2017 topographic map of puerto rico in the united states, and i'm sorry that people there have suffered such a disaster. i want to ask, what do the yellow dots and areas represent on this graph? and the blue area and the little blue circle, and the little blue sign that looks like a signal tower, what do they stand for?

Horizon a is also sometimes called a. topsoil b. subsoil c. bedrock d. weathered bedrock