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About eight million people are reported to have died in the Cerro Rico since the year 1545. Reason being why the mountain has it second name to be popularly known as "the mountain that eats men".
It was also reported that four to five workers are being killed every month from mining accidents and mining related illness. Also, as miner numbers are increasing so the number of deaths.
Moreover, as more men are dying from mining accidents, another major causes of death in the Cerro Rico is silicosis. Silicosis is an incurable lung disease caused by inhaling large amounts of silica dust. It is was unfortunate that this is the biggest occupational hazard ever throughout the entire world.
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D. historical geology involves the study of rock strata, fossils, and geologic events, utilizing the geologic time scale as a reference; physical geology includes the study of how rocks form and of how erosion shapes the land surface
Explanation:
The geology can be separated into two sub-disciplines; physical geology and historical geology. The physical geology is the part of geology that has the present in its focus. It is examining the formation of the rocks, the volcanic eruptions, the earthquake activities, and even the effects of the pollution. On the other side, the historical geology is focused on the past. This part of the geology uses the geological time scale as its reference. It is examining the layers of the rocks, and through it tries to explain what happened in the past, how were the geological processes working. Also, the fossils are one of the main focuses because they provide lot of information about the environment in which they lived.
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[C]: Mercury and Venus.
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Mercury would be "Planet A"; and Venus would be "Planet B".
Answer:
The correct answer is D, the Himalayan Mountains.
Explanation:
The Himalayas is a high mountain system in Asia. It is the highest mountain range on Earth and lies between the Indian subcontinent in the south and the Tibetan highlands in the north. The mountains stretch for a length of about 3000 kilometers from Pakistan to Burma and reach a width of up to 350 kilometers. In the Himalayas are ten of the fourteen highest mountains on earth, the peaks of which are more than 8000 meters high, including Mount Everest, which is 8848 m above sea level being the highest mountain on Earth. With its southern location and the Tibetan highlands rising up in the back of the Himalayas as an extensive high plateau, the Himalayas have a great influence on the climate of South and Southeast Asia.
