A. it moves freshwater more than 100 miles into the ocean
The lithosphere is the outermost sphere of the solid Earth, consisting of the crust and the upper part of the mantle. The lithosphere is largely important because it is the area that the biosphere (the living things on earth) inhabit and live upon.
If it weren't for the tectonic plates of the lithosphere there would be no change on Earth. Tectonic plates shift due to convection currents lower down in the mantle, and this can cause the formation of mountains, the eruption of volcanoes, and earthquakes. While this can be devastating in the short-run, long term benefits are the formation of new plant life, the creation of new habitats and encouraging adaptation.
It is also the source of almost all of our resources, and is rich in elements like iron, aluminium, calcium, copper and magnesium, which humans have used for tools and machinery for millennia.
When the biosphere interacts with the lithosphere, organic compounds can become buried in the crust, and dug up as oil, coal or natural gas that we can use for fuels.
In combination with the atmosphere and hydrosphere (water), it provides a stable source of nutrients for botanical life, which produce glucose that higher organisms use for sustenance.
A two-column proof contains a table with a logical series
of statements and reasons that reach a conclusion. It is commonly present
in geometry. Two column proofs always have two columns: statements and reasons.
The other choices don’t fit in the definition of two column proof.
<span>The rock layers must have formed at different times because they contain two different biozones.
The rock layer containing the trilobites must have formed before the one containing the ammonites.
The key thing to note here is that the Trilobites only lived from 540 to 248 million years ago. And that the Ammonites were from 245 to 65 million years ago. So there's a 3 million year gap between these 2 different creatures where neither of them existed. So the dig where the trilobites were found has to be at least 3 million years older than the dig where the Ammonites were found. So with that in mind, let's look at the options and see what makes sense.
The rock layers must have formed at the same time because they both contain biozones.
* This is nonsense no matter what dates you're speaking of. In effect it claims that all rocks that indicate life were created at the same time. So this is definitely a bad choice.
The rock layers must have formed at different times because they contain two different biozones.
* This is technically incorrect since it assumes that all biozones represent an unique period of time which is incorrect. However, since the biozones represented by the presence of Trilobites and Ammonites don't overlap, it is true that these these rock layers were formed at different times. I would have preferred if this option said "non overlapping biozones". But on the balance, I'd consider this option to be true, so it should be selected.
The rock layer containing the trilobites must have formed before the one containing the ammonites.
* This is definitely true since the last Trilobite died about 3 million years before the first Ammonite lived. So this is a correct choice.
The rock layer containing the trilobites must have formed after the one containing the ammonites.
* This is the opposite of the previous option. And since the previous option was true, this option must be false. So this is a bad choice.</span>
