The Himalaya Mountains are an example of ________ plate boundary
A) a continental transform
B) a continental-continental convergent
C) a continental-continental divergent
D) an oceanic-continental convergent
E) an oceanic-oceanic convergent
B
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Victims of ________________ must be permanently isolated from the rest of society
a. AIDS b. hepatitis B c. multi-drug resistant tuberculosis d. measles e. SARS
In the 19th century, the famous physicist Lord Kelvin estimated the age of Earth to be much much less than its present estimate. What information did Kelvin not have to account for his error?
A. Lord Kelvin was not aware of radioactive decay, a source of energy to keep Earth warm for billions of years. B. Lord Kelvin knew only classical physics and had no knowledge of anthropological dating. C. Lord Kelvin never gave any estimate of the age of Earth. D. Lord Kelvin had no knowledge of radio waves for measuring distance and age of planets since they have not yet been introduced into science.
How did the early atmosphere develop on Earth?
What will be an ideal response?
Why does a plume of contamination spread out (become wider) away from the source of contamination?
A. because of diffusion of the contamination and mixing of contaminated and uncontaminated water B. it does not spread out away from the source C. it will only spread out if it is close to a cone of depression D. because the water flows faster and faster