1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
LekaFEV [45]
3 years ago
11

Tectonic plates move ________. A. about a kilometer per year B. at different speeds C. about one yard per year D. at the same sp

eed all over the world E. about one meter per year
Physics
1 answer:
Alona [7]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

B. at different speeds.

Explanation:

Tectonic plates are able to move because the Earth's lithosphere has greater mechanical strength than the underlying asthenosphere. Lateral density variations in the mantle result in convection; that is, the slow creeping motion of Earth's solid mantle. Plate movement is thought to be driven by a combination of the motion of the seafloor away from spreading ridges due to variations in topography (the ridge is a topographic high) and density changes in the crust (density increases as newly formed crust cools and moves away from the ridge. These average rates of plate separations can range widely. The Arctic Ridge has the slowest rate (less than 2.5 cm/yr), and the East Pacific Rise near Easter Island, in the South Pacific about 3,400 km west of Chile, has the fastest rate (more than 15 cm/yr).

You might be interested in
Which of the following is not a sedimentary structure?A) Magma emplacementB) Mud cracksC) Ripple marksD) Cross beds
lawyer [7]

Answer:

A) Magma emplacement

Explanation:

Sedimentary structures forms during deposition of sediments. It can also form after sediments have been deposited. Sedimentary structures can only be found in sedimentary rocks. Some examples include mud cracks, ripple marks, cross stratification, potholes, etc

Magma emplacement is an igneous process which describes the different mechanisms by which magma can be emplaced. It is only typical of igneous rocks.

6 0
3 years ago
A 29.0-kg block is initially at rest on a horizontal surface. A horizontal force of 71.0 N is required to set the block in motio
Julli [10]

Answer:

(a) \mu_s=0.25

(b) \mu_k=0.20

Explanation:

According to Newton's second law:

\sum F_y:N=mg\\\sum F_x:F_a=F_f

Recall that the frictional force is related jointly with the coefficient of friction and normal force F_f=\mu N. Replacing in the above equation, we get the coefficient of friction:

F_a=\mu N=\mu mg\\\mu=\frac{F_a}{mg}

(a) The  coefficient of static friction is related with the force required to set the block in motion:

\mu_s=\frac{71N}{29kg*9.8\frac{m}{s^2}}\\\mu_s=0.25

(b) The  coefficient of kinetic friction is related with the force required to keep the block moving with constant speed:

\mu_k=\frac{56N}{29kg*9.8\frac{m}{s^2}}\\\mu_k=0.20

3 0
3 years ago
When a ball increases in speed by the same amount each second its acceleration?
MAXImum [283]
Its acceleration is constant. 
5 0
3 years ago
Calculate the impulse imparted when a 3,000-kg car hits a wall at 60 . m/s and comes to a stop.
Pani-rosa [81]

Impulse = change in momentum


The answer is 0.

7 0
3 years ago
Which of the following is a positive statement? Question 4 options: A) A humidity level of 90 percent is too high. B) Summer eve
nika2105 [10]

Answer:

A) A humidity level of 90 percent is too high.

Explanation:

A humidity level of 90% is too high . It reflects real or possible situation .

Atmospheric temperature between 20 -  30 degree makes comfortable weather.  70 or 80 or 90 degree atmospheric temperature is impossible to achieve on the earth in normal case. The maximum temperature upto which

atmospheric temperature has  gone  is 55 degree .

So all the other statements appear to be false.

6 0
4 years ago
Other questions:
  • A car Excel accelerates from the rest to a velocity of 5 m in four seconds what is the average acceleration
    8·1 answer
  • When discussing magnetic fields we could say that
    12·2 answers
  • A projectile is launched horizontally east at a speed of 29.4 M/s towards a wall 88.2 m away. What is the velocity of the projec
    14·1 answer
  • How are electrons arranged in an atom
    6·1 answer
  • Can anybody help me with this?? (Picture included.)
    10·1 answer
  • How many g3p’s are needed to generate a molecule of glucose?
    6·1 answer
  • What happenes to our body temperature on a cold winter day or a hot summer day
    5·1 answer
  • How many cups are in 4 gallons
    9·1 answer
  • What is potential energy ?
    6·2 answers
  • Explain how a compass works using scientific terminology.
    13·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!