What is the word used to describe the change in elevation for a given stream or river over a horizontal distance

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

Ascientist is explaining how background cosmic radiation gives evidence of the big bang theory. she says that radiation has been detected everywhere equally as heat in the universe and is increasing. this has been shown to be residual radiation from the big bang. what error did the scientist make?

Which two nations are doing the most to combat their environmental issues?