Why do you think the geological time scale is usually not drawn to scale when shown on a single page
of a book? What will be an ideal response?
Since the Phanerozoic includes only 12% of the geologic time scale, most of the page would be taken
up by the Precambrian, making it difficult to draft the details of the Phanerozoic in a legible way.
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How could carbon dioxide gas cause so many deaths in Cameroon? What will be an ideal response?
If upper-level divergence exceeds surface convergence, the air pressure at the center of the low will ____, and the isobars will become ____ tightly packed
A) decrease; less B) decrease; more C) increase; less D) increase; more
Which of the following are needed to convert fructose 1-phosphate to fructose 1,6-bisphosphate?
A) only phosphofructokinase B) only phosphofructokinase and Mg2+ C) phosphofructokinase, ADP, and Mg2+ D) phosphofructokinase, ATP, and Mg2+
Which of the following is an example of a numerical date?
A) The Stone Age occurred before the Iron Age. B) John Adams was president of the United States after George Washington. C) A meteorite impacted the Earth sixty-five million years ago. D) Dinosaurs descended from reptiles, which descended from amphibians.