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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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.
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.
What are the three types of stress? What will be an ideal response?
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.