If the elevation of the head of a stream is at 900 feet, and the elevation of the mouth of the stream is 500 feet, and the distance between the two points is 20 miles, and the meandering stream flows 25 miles between those points, what is the gradient of the stream?

Is a  vector quantity  that refers to "the rate at which an object changes its position." imagine a person moving rapidly - one step forward and one step back - always returning to the original starting position. while this might result in a frenzy of activity, it would result in a zero velocity. because the person always returns to the original position, the motion would never result in a change in position. since velocity is defined as the rate at which the position changes, this motion results in zero velocity. if a person in motion wishes to maximize their velocity, then that person must make every effort to maximize the amount that they are displaced from their original position. every step must go into moving that person further from where he or she started. for certain, the person should never change directions and begin to return to the starting position.

Depending on how the continental plates move it can cause a continental scale shift.

The particles of the gas inside the ball heats up, bouncing off each other and spreading farther apart.hope my answer has you : )