d)International Date Line
The international Date Line is a longitude line.
It causes the seafloor and outermost crust (the lithosphere) to bend and form a steep, V-shaped depression.
Answer: A. Large earthquakes offshore of Portugal.
Explanation:
Large earthquakes in coastal areas can cause tsunamis, an example of which being the boxer day tsunami in 2004.
The statement is true.
As weird as it may sound, helium was indeed first discovered on the Sun, and after some time on Earth. The first evidence of helium was observed on August 18 1868, as a bright yellow line with a wavelength of 587.49 nanometers in the spectrum of the Sun's chromosphere. This line has been detected by a French astronomer by the name of Jules Janssen during a total solar eclipse in Gantur, India.
Answer:
C. P waves move matter back and forth, in a direction parallel to the direction of the wave, while S waves move matter up and down, perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
Explanation:
P and S - waves are both called seismic waves. They are produced during deformation within the earth.
Usually, P or Primary waves have the fastest velocity and arrives at the seismic station first. Secondary, Shear or S-waves follows P-waves.
- P-waves are body waves that propagates within a body. They cause movement internally.
- Secondary waves are surface waves. They move on the surface of earth.
- One way to also distinguish between these two seismic waves is that, P-waves are longitudinal waves that travels parallel or longitudinally to the source.
- Secondary waves moves in an up and down motion pattern. They propagate transversely to their source.
