1. The answer is B. the asthenosphere
Asthenosphere is a layer of the Earth situated below the lithosphere. It is a semi-fluid and ductile rock or partly molten rock. Due to semi-fluid state of asthenospheric rock, it behave like a plastic and flow gradually. Thus, causes movement of continents.
2. The answer is C. collision between tectonic plates
The Earth’s crust becomes unstable when tectonic plates meet. As the plates slide past each other and push against each other. This causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions at the edge between the plates.
Answer: Option (D)
Explanation: In the water cycle, water is transported from the oceans, seas and lakes to the atmosphere, which then again falls back due to precipitation.
Plants also absorbs water by their roots and releases back into the atmosphere by evapo-transpiration process. Some of the water gets percolated into the ground and gets mixes up with the groundwater.
Thus all the provided options fulfills the condition for water cycle except the last one, i.e dissolution of CO₂ in the ground water or the land surface is not considered to be a part of water cycle.
Hence the correct answer is option (D).
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Towns grew up along the rivers which had access to the sea. Rivers also provided protection from invaders. Farmers grew crops in the fertile fields that surrounded the towns. The lack of mountains was good for farming, but it made the towns easier to be invaded by enemies.
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My answers are according from the Wikipedia
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Spanish people, who in 2016 were ranked fourth in terms of life expectancy with 82.9 years, are projected to have an average lifespan of 85.8 years in 2040 — the longest in the world. They will relegate Japan — whose average lifespan of 82.9 years ranked them first in 2016 — to second place with 85.7 years.
I you are trying to find X. For the first triangle you want to do “x-9=5” and you should get x=14. For the second one you want to do “x+5=8” and you should get x= 3.
