Answer:
They found evidence of an impact crater in Mexico
Explanation:
The K-Pg boundary is the boundary that separates two periods, but also two eras. The two periods that are separated by this boundary are the Cretaceous and the Tertiary, while the two eras are the Mesozoic and the Cenozoic. The boundary is marked by a mass extinction, and the scientists started to hypothesize as to why it happened. There were numerous different theories, but a clue in Mexico, or rather right next to the Yucatan Peninsula, shed new light on it. The scientists found an impact crater, formed either by a large asteroid or a comet. Such an impact would have easily caused sudden and drastic changes on the Earth, killing of the majority of the species. This impact released such a big amount of energy that it killed everything in the surrounding area in seconds. On top of that, it caused an extremely hot wave of air across the whole planet, killing many more organisms. It managed to trigger most of the volcanoes to erupt, as well as the earthquakes, causing also very large tsunamis. The sunlight got blocked for quite some time from all the aerosols in the atmosphere as well. This resulted in a mass extinction of the dominant species, like the dinosaurs, but it opened up the terrain for the evolution of the others, like the mammals.
Answer:
Lines of latitude measure north-south position between the poles. Lines of latitude are all parallel to each other, thus they are often referred to as parallels.
Lines of longitude, or meridians, run between the North and South Poles. They measure east-west position. The prime meridian is assigned the value of 0 degrees, and runs through Greenwich, England. Meridians to the west of the prime meridian are measured in degrees west and likewise those to the east of the prime meridian are measured to by their number of degrees east.
Answer: 120 - 240 kilometers per hour
Explanation:
Jet streams are narrow, fast flowing, air currents that are in the atmospheres of certain planets, which includes the Earth. Jet streams are air currents that are placed very high above the Earth and form where there are big differences in temperature in the atmosphere.
The jet stream has winds that blow up to 120 - 240 kilometers per hour which can greatly influence the impact of weather patterns over a continent.
<u>Basalt</u>
<em> </em><em>Formation</em> -basalt is (mineral) a hard igneous rock of varied mineral content formed when lava reaches the Earth's surface near an active volcano
<em> </em><em>Texture</em>- is fine grained so the individual minerals are not visible
<em> </em><em>Colour</em>- basalt being dark
<u>Rhyolite</u>
<em> Formation</em> -Rhyolite is a very fine-grained to glassy extrusive igneous rock. Formed in continental plates have volcanic eruptions.
<em> Texture</em>- very small than grains and are difficult to observe without using a hand lens.
<em> </em><em>Colour</em>- light in colour whether pink or grey
<u>Andesite</u>
<em> </em><u><em> </em></u><em>Formation</em>- Andesite is a fine-grained igneous rock that forms when the magma is rises up onto the surface and crystallized quickly
<em> </em><em>Texture</em>- higher than basalt and lower than rhyolite
<em> </em><em>Colour</em><em> -</em>- color is pale due to silica content
The answer is A. The government has cut agricultural production. China has established a one-child policy which allows a family to only have one child. However, because of the protests from countries around the world, China has considered increasing the limit to two children. All the other options are true. I hope this helps!
