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What is a contour interval

EDITED 1/8/16: A contour interval is a the elevation difference between two adjacent contour lines.

Previous person put some ridiculous answer. This one is the correct answer on APEX and does not need improvement.

How are the density and temperature of air related

Higher temperature air is less dense.
Less-Dense air has a higher temperature

Why do two-dimensional maps of Earth have distortions

Earth is three-dimensional, but maps are two-dimensional.

The farther a star is away from earth the more it is

red shifted

On a planimetric map the tells you the number of inches on the map for every actual mile that the map represents

scale

APEX(:

A large rock is weathered into tiny pieces which add up to the weight of the original rock This demonstrates the conservation of

matter

Which situation is an example of equilibrium

The amount of water in a cup does not change.

The property of ice that allows it to float in water is the ice's low

density

When a ball rolls down a hill what wasted energy conversion occurs

Potential energy to kinetic energy

The line of latitude found at 0 is call the

equator

Which type of maps would most likely show the elevation of the Andes mountain

Physical map

How are automatic car washes and self-serve car washes are the same

The car does get cleaned.

If you were testing how well different dish soaps cleaned your dishes the control group would be-

If you were testing how well different dish soaps cleaned the dishes the control group would be dishes washed in plain water.

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