The existence of photosynthetic organisms, particularly the blue-green algae, are the organisms responsible for changing the early atmosphere of the Earth. These organisms came from rock formations found throughout Earth and are responsible for feeding off on the carbon dioxide that was abundant in its atmosphere. As they have learned to feed-off carbon dioxide, they in turn have transformed this compound and produced oxygen.
Scientists have also proven that rocks and other sediments contained abundant amounts of trapped oxygen. Through time when the rocks have withered and formed into sediments these oxygen gases are released into the air and got trapped within the atmosphere overpowering the levels of carbon dioxide.
This phenomenon is very important throughout the history of Earth because the Earth became a habitable planet where several species can thrive. This phenomenon has also led to the several geographical changes that the Earth has undergone to because it cooled-down its overall temperature.
Given the relation that 1 light year = 9.46 trillion kilometers, and the distance from Epsilon Eridani to Earth which is 10.5 light years, we can solve for the distance between the star and Earth in light years by multiplying both values together. This is shown below
Dsitance (in trillion km) = 9.46 trillion km * (10.5) = 99.33 trillion kilometers
Answer:
Because of inertia (Newton's First Law of motion)
Explanation:
According to Newton's First Law of motion:
"An object at rest (or in motion at constant velocity) will tend to stay at rest (or tend to keep moving with same velocity) unless acted upon an unbalanced force"
In this problem, the object we are analyzing is the coffee cup.
At the beginning, the cup is at rest, together with the car.
Later, the car starts moving when the light turns green.
If we apply Newton's First Law of motion to the cup, we see that the coffee cup tends to keep its state of rest: for this reason, as the car moves forward, the coffee in the cup will spill backward, into the rear seat. This property of an object to mantain its state of motion is also called as inertia.
