The Earth's rocky outer crust solidified billions of
years ago, soon after the Earth formed. This crust is not a solid
shell; it is broken up into huge, thick plates that drift atop the soft,
underlying mantle.
The plates are made of rock and drift all over the globe; they move both
horizontally (sideways) and vertically (up and down). Over long
periods of time, the plates also change in size as their margins are
added to, crushed together, or pushed back into the Earth's mantle. These plates are from 50 to 250 miles (80 to 400 km) thick.
Answer:
Mercury has the widest variation in surface temperatures between night and day of any planet in the solar system.
Explanation:
A river's width and depth increases as more water is added from tributaries.
1. Which observation supported Wegener’s theory of continental drift?
<span>d. (The earth’s rotation could provide enough force to move the continents apart. )
</span>But this is not true. we know today that continents are present on the surface massive slabs called tectonic plates.
2. Which feature do you usually see when tectonic plates move apart?
b. <span>earthquakes
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3. What happens in a convection cell?
b. Cold, dense material moves horizontally, while hot, less dense material moves vertically.
Rural settlement means people living in rural areas, that is, not in the cities (which are urban areas).
Less and less people live in rural areas because there are less jobs there than in the city as our farming becomes more and more industrialized - before more people had to work on the farm, as more things had to be done by hand.
