In addition, large-scale climate events like El Nino and La Nina redistribute vast water masses among Earth's ocean, atmosphere and land. Scientists care because, to put movements of Earth's crust into proper context, they need a frame of reference to evaluate them against.
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An operand is a constant (text or number) or cell reference used in a formula. An operator is a symbol that indicates the type of calculation to perform on the operands, such as a plus sign (+) for addition. Table 4â1 shows the different mathematical operators you can use in formulas. Consider the formula =B3+5.