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In what way has plate tectonic activity affected the geologic history of California's coastal

patriot [66]

Answer:

Much of California's landscape has been formed by plate tectonics. Compression has recently uplifted California's rugged mountains. The steep, rocky coastlines have been formed by uplift along the plate boundary.

Explanation:

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The largest mass extinction in earth's history happened at the end of the _____ period.

valkas [14]

Mass extinctions when at least half of all species die out. The largest mass extinction event occurred around 250 million years ago, when perhaps 95 % of all species went extinct. Now new ones appeared.

It was during Cretaceous.

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An area of wave-washed sediment along a coast is called a __________.

kakasveta [241]

An area of wave-washed sediment along a coast is called a beach.
Beaches are found near water, on the coast, and there are a lot of sediments there as a result of water which washes the beach constantly.

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Adult size basketballs have a radius of approximately 12 cm.

gulaghasi [49]

Answer:

The volume of air needed is 603 cm³.

Explanation:

In general, basketball has a size of a sphere, so you have to find the volume of sphere using the formula :

$v = \frac{4}{3} \pi {r}^{2}$

$let \: r = 12$

$v = \frac{4}{3} \times \pi \times {12}^{2}$

$v = \frac{4}{3} \times \pi \times 144$

$v = 192\pi$

$v = 603 \: {cm}^{3} (near. \: whole \: no)$

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Even Alfred wegener acknowledgement that the apparent fit of continents or matching of continental coastlines was cruel at best.

Sergio039 [100]

The matching coastlines of the continents of Alfred Wegener was not seen as serious as it was not a real proof of anything, and it also was very limited.

Explanation:

Alfred Wegener is the person that developed and promoted the continental drift theory. His theory was based around numerous evidence, and while some of those evidence were good indicators on their own, some were not, and they were not good enough on their own.

One of the evidence were the matching coastlines of the continents. This on its own wasn't good enough evidence, as it could have easily been just a coincidence that some coastlines match. Also, this was based on the matching coastlines of only two continents, Africa (its western part) and South America (its eastern part). The other continents didn't seemed to have matching coastlines as these two, which was just another reason for the other scientists to claim that it is a coincidence.

Some of the other evidence that Wegener used for his theory were:

fossils
mid-ocean ridge (spreading zones)
matching rock strata from different continents

Learn more about the problems the continental drift theory faced at first brainly.com/question/7435218

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