What is the major difference between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere?
Answer: It flows, (Plate Tectonic Theory) recognition that the outer layer of the earth, the lithosphere, was broken into a set of plates that were separated from theinteriror of the earth by the asthenosphere. The asthenosphere would flow when a force was applied to it so it could act as a lubricant on which the lithosphere plates could move independently.
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The thickness of Earth's crust
A. on average is about 10 km. B. varies from about 5 km under the oceans to about 70 km under the continents. C. varies from about 10 km under the continents to about 60 km under the oceans. D. on average is about 60 km.
If a country is experiencing a negative net migration rate, then
A) more people are leaving the country than moving to it. B) more people are moving to the country than leaving it. C) a negative net migration rate does not tell us anything. D) more people are dying in the country than are being born. E) the number of people leaving the country is equal to the number moving there.
Where have infectious diseases impacted population trends and what are governments and aid organizations doing to fight this diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria?
What will be an ideal response?
How does generation time affect population growth rate?
A) the longer the generation time, the more stabilized the population growth rate B) the shorter the generation time, the lower the population growth rate C) the longer the generation time, the higher the population growth rate D) the longer the generation time, the shorter the population growth rate E) the shorter the generation time, the higher the population growth rate