What does isotropic mean?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An isotropic medium is one that has the same mechanical properties in all directions, so that it reacts identically to stress regardless of its orientation.
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Alfred Wegener's continental drift hypothesis states that: a. the continents are stationary but the ocean basins move
b. all of the Earth's land was once joined into a single supercontinent. c. the continents are pushed around on the surface by mantle convection. d. the continents are stationary with respect to each other.
The landform produced when a stream enters into a lake, reservoir or sea is called a
A) alluvial fan. B) sand bar. C) delta. D) gravel deposit.
An increase in the rate of seafloor spreading along this ridge would cause
A. the ridge to become broader. B. a rise in sea level. C. seawater to be displaced out of the ocean basin. D. All of these choices are correct.