A drainage basin is a very important concept to understand in geography. Drainage basins can be huge or even small depending on the location of it. A drainage basin is an area of land where precipitation which is any kind of water that falls from the clouds gathers and drains into a body of water.
Question
Mid-ocean ridges are steeper and less broad than rises because:
Group of answer choices
A) the rocks of the mid-ocean ridges are composed of more dense mineral than the rises.
B) the rocks of the mid-ocean ridges are composed of less dense mineral than the rises.
C) The seafloor spreading rate of ridges are faster than rises causing the oceanic crust to subside closer to the ridge axis.
D) The seafloor spreading rate of ridges are slower than rises causing the oceanic crust to subside closer to the ridge axis.
E) Every ridge is composed of continental crust.
Answer:
The correct answer is D.
Explanation:
In volcanic regions, as the molten magma flows out onto the seafloor creating new beds, the faster it flows, the less steep the mid-ocean ridge is. If however, it is slow-flowing, then oceanic lithosphere formed cool closer to the ridge axis thus making it very steep.
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Seismic waves are sent through the earth during earthquakes, and those
energy waves are what cause the ground to shake as they travel through
it.Seismic waves travel at different speeds when they pass through
different types of material, so by studying seismograms, scientists can
learn a lot about Earth's internal structure.Body waves are seismic
waves that travel through Earth's interior, or its 'body.' Surface waves
are seismic waves that travel through Earth's surface.Surface waves are
important, but they don't provide much information about what happens
below the surface. For this, we need to study body waves so that we can
see what Earth's 'body' is like.
There are two types of body waves, called P waves and S waves. P
stands for primary waves because these waves travel the fastest and are
detected first. S stands for secondary waves because these are slower
than P waves, arriving second on the seismogram.
Energy production/acid rain<span>, nuclear power/waste, </span>air pollution<span>/climate, heavy metals, pesticides, water </span>pollution<span>, solid waste, and unforeseen accidents.</span>
A cliff is a rock exposure with a near vertical (or is vertical) facing. An escarpment is a long cliff, or steep slope. (causes faulting processes)
