) What are the mechanical layers of the earth? (Please answer 1-5 if possible)

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A: Universe is all the space and time and all of its content which include galaxies, stars, planets, co...

Q: According to current evidence how might have platyrrhines (New World monkeys) originated in South Am...

A: The Earth was created about 4.54 billion years ago. The first life on Earth originated around 3.7 bi...

Q: 22) Please answer the question in the photo

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Q: Name and describe one management response that we could take to reduce the risk of future wildfires,...

A: Wildfire also termed forest fire is an uncontrolled outburst of fire in a forest or vegetated land p...

Q: 42) Please answer the question in the photo

A: The structure is a syncline as the dip of the beds are towards the trough part of the fold. 

Q: Define the term 'reference ellipsoid' in the context of mapping and coordinate systems.

A: The term Reference ellipsoid is the representation of actual spherical-shaped earth in the calculate...

Q: Of the following objects, the one that must be a spiral galaxy is a   a. radio galaxy.   b. ...

A: The spiral-galaxies are those galaxies that consist of flat rotating disks and consist stars, dust, ...

Q: The Crab nebula is   a. a planetary nebula.   b. a Bok globule.   c. an open cluster. ...

A: The term crab nebula can be at first immediately understood as a co-relation between universal conce...

Q: Astronomers now speculate that a galaxy’s shape depends on all of the following EXCEPT   a. the ...

A: The galaxy's shape depends on the rate of star formation. The galaxy's shape depends on the history ...

Q: Visit Stone Mountain. What type of rock is Stone Mountain made up of? Stone Mountain is is a large e...

A: The earth is made up of solid material and the topmost layer is called as Lithosphere. The earth’s c...

Q: What is the greenhouse effect? *       a. Certain gases in the atmosphere trap heat...

A: The atmosphere on and around the earth is made up of a variety of gases that are present in specific...

Q: The dark age ended   a. when the first supernovae occurred.   b. when the first stars were b...

A: The big bang theory explains the formation of universe and its expansion which state that the univer...

Q: 41) Imagine that a geologist sees two outcrops of resistant sandstone, as depicted in the cross sect...

A: The structure will be an asymmetric syncline. 

Q: Pulsars are believed to slow down because   a. they are converting energy of rotation into radia...

A: Pulsars are things in the space made up of blue red or mainly purple color. These are said to be of ...

Q: If a galaxy has a radial velocity of 700 km/s and the Hubble constant is 70 km/s/Mpc, then the dista...

A: The radial velocity, v = 700 Km/s The Hubble constant, H0 = 70 Km/sec/Mpc Distance to the galaxy, d ...

Q: Arctic sea ice has a large seasonal cycle in areal extent ranging from about 8 10° km2 in Septemb to...

A: The seasonal ice cycle in the Arctic, in which the ice melts seasonally according to the seasons, as...

Q: 10) The Earth goes through periodic warming and cooling cycles known as Milankovitch cycles.  What c...

A: Milankovitch cycles How relatively small changes in our planet's motion affect the planet's climate.

Q: How would the angles of the dance differ during the winter vs. during the summer? (hint: where does ...

A: The exact location in both summer as well as in winter varies for sun rise and sun set.

Q: 26) In general, the most destructive earthquake waves are the _____. A) P-waves B) S-waves C) ...

A: Firstly, let us discuss something about the earthquake, Earthquake: Shaking off the surface of the ...

Q: What is the area of Sólheimajökull rounded to the nearest whole number?   8 square miles ...

A: It is the largest glacier in Iceland, nicknamed the stinking river due to the presence of sulfuric a...

Q: Use the image to answer questions 4 through o. The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the driest plac...

A: On the east coast of South America, air is warm and moist due t the presence of warm Brazilian curre...

Q: In terms of major greenhouse gases (GHG) that alter climate, which 4 of these do we directly emit? t...

A: After the industrial revolution, the use of natural sources of energy such as fossil fuels has incre...

Q: 3) An aquifer with well sorted grains will have a greater porosity than an aquifer with poorly sorte...

A: Groundwater is the sub-surface water underlying below the earth's surface. The groundwater is trappe...

Q: Which type of pollution is the primary target of the Clean Water Act? A:Point B: Nonpoint

A: The clean water act is a U.S. federal law that controls the discharge of pollutants into the surface...

Q: The unified model describes active galactic nuclei using   a. a supermassive black hole at the c...

A: Active galactic nuclei or AGN is a type of galaxy which have very bright nuclei where the central lu...

Q: The most eastern province consists of younger, sedimentary units. What are the source of the sedimen...

A: A fossil is a preserved evidence of the pre-existing life form in the geologic past of the earth. A ...