Answer:
- the distribution of earthquakes
- certain fossil distributions
- the distribution of volcanoes
- the location of mountain chains
Explanation:
The plate tectonics are crucial for the processes that happen on the surface or near it on our planet, as well as the physical features of it. The movement of the tectonic plates causes lot of stress when they interact, and from that stress, the crust deep inside cracks and adjusts, which releases a lot of energy and causes earthquakes. Also, on the plate boundaries, because the crust is cracking and is not as tough, the magma from the mantle manages to rise up, and as it reaches the surface it lifts up the land in a cone shape, creating volcanoes, be it as island or continental arcs. When continental tectonic plates collide, they don't subduct, but push against each other, and that enormous pressure lifts up the area around the boundary, gradually giving rise to mountain chains. The fossils are n interesting example as well, as they are one of the best clues about the movement of the tectonic plates. There are lot of fossils that are identical, from the same species, but found on different continents that are not connected in the present, indicating that in the past the continents had different positions and were connected.
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Answer: Choice (4) in the bottom right corner</h3>
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Explanation:
The sun warms up the land and the air adjacent to the land. The earth/rocks aren't a very good heatsink compared to the water, so effectively the heat energy bounces off the land and into the air. The land-adjacent air is heated much quicker compared to the water-adjacent air. The warm air over the land rises because the air particles are more energetic to bounce around faster. The rising warm air spreads out not only vertically but also horizontally as the diagram shows.
As the warm air moves over the colder lake, the warm air cools down and sinks. The breeze from the lake moves toward the land, due to the pressure difference (wind moves from high pressure to low pressure), and this starts the process all over again.
All of this describes diagram (4) which is the final answer. This diagram is a very simplified view and actual weather patterns are much more complicated.
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Side notes:
- Choice (1) can be ruled out because the surface wind should flow from the water toward the land. Also, the lake acts like a heat sink, so not much heat energy will cause warm air to rise compared to air on the land (which isn't that great a heat sink).
- Choice (2) can be ruled out because warm air should rise, and not sink.
- Choice (3) can be ruled out because cool air doesn't rise.
Answer:what changed do you think would happen as a result of Earths orbit decreasing in size?
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