Physics teacher guide grade 9

How do scientists know the continents were once closer than they are today? Explain your answer in 2-3 complete sentences.

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Answer:

Continental drift describes one of the earliest ways geologists thought continents moved over time. Today, the theory of continental drift has been replaced by the science of plate tectonics.

The theory of continental drift is most associated with the scientist Alfred Wegener. In the early 20th century, Wegener published a paper explaining his theory that the continental landmasses were “drifting” across the Earth, sometimes plowing through oceans and into each other. He called this movement continental drift.

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A concave lens can only form a. A. real image. B. reversed image. C. virtual image. D. magnified image.

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A concave lens can only form a virtual image. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the third option or option "C". Concave lenses are mostly thinner in the middle compared to its edges. I hope that this answer has come to your help.

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Heat transfers energy from a hot object to a cold object. Both objects are isolated from their surroundings. The change in entro

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To develop this problem we will start from the definition of entropy as a function of total heat, temperature. This definition is mathematically described as

$S = \frac{Q}{T}$

Here,

Q = Total Heat

T = Temperature

The total change of entropy from a cold object to a hot object is given by the relationship,

$\Delta S = \frac{Q}{T_{cold}}-\frac{Q}{T_{hot}}$

From this relationship we can realize that the change in entropy by the second law of thermodynamics will be positive. Therefore the temperature in the hot body will be higher than that of the cold body, this implies that this term will be smaller than the first, and in other words it would imply that the magnitude of the entropy 'of the hot body' will always be less than the entropy 'cold body'

Change in entropy $\Delta S_{hot}$ is smaller than $\Delta S_{cold}$