I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is the second option. The <span> idea of plate tectonics was difficult for many scientists to accept for many years after it was first introduced because there </span><span>was no explanation yet for how it was happening. It was only to the recent times that these were proven. </span>
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Answer:
The rate at which energy is transferred is called power and the amount of energy that is usefully transferred is called efficiency.
Answer:
even if it all could be used, it wouldn't be enough
Explanation:
The land area of the US is about 5.45% of the world's area, so the amount of released heat over the area of the US is on the order of 2.4 Tw. Current technology for converting geothermal energy to electricity is about 12% efficient, so the available energy might amount to 0.29 Tw if it could all be captured.
Energy consumption in the US in 2019 was on the order of 0.46 Tw. This suggests that even if <em>all</em> of the thermal energy radiated by the Earth from the US could be turned to useful forms of energy, it would meet only about 60% of the US need for energy.
