Answer: A scientific question is one which can be tested using a set of experiments and comparing with a control variable. Out of the given questions, the nonscientific questions are:
"Why do people in my neighborhood have more cats than dogs?"
"How can the position of the stars and planets be used to predict the future?"
Both of these questions can not be answered through the scientific method, so they are nonscientific.
Answer: nearer
Explanation:
Underwater, objects appear NEARER than they really are on the surface DUE to Total Internal Reflection.
This phenomenon is best explained by the bending of light wave as it travels from one medium to another, making the APPARENT depth differ from the REAL depth.
Well, I'm pretty sure it's the same reason as to why we call other people only by their first (or last) name: to simplify the name.
(e.x. someone called Sarah Wells would just be called Sarah.)
Bulk of trash will not decompose readily because industrial nations will have chemicals and plastics in there trash and they take millions of years to decay