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pycnocline : zone of rapid change in density due to changes in temperature and salinity
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Seismic waves travel through Earth's layers at different speeds depending on the what?
Density and the composition of the different layers affect the behavior of seismic waves.
What scientific principles causes the different layers of the Earth?
gravity
Why is the earth in layers?
Its in layers because of the density of the compounds in the earth
Liquids that do not mix form into layers when they have densities?
When the liquid on top is less dense than the one underneath it stays on top. If the liquid on top is more dense it will go through to the bottom. density = mass/volume.
Why does the density of the atmosphere decrease with the height?
ice floats on top of water due to its lower density.... similarly, the gases with lower density lies in the upper atmospheric layers and the ones with larger density lie on the lower most atmospheric layers. so the overall density of air decreases with height.
Seismic waves travel through Earth's layers at different speeds depending on the what?
Density and the composition of the different layers affect the behavior of seismic waves.
What is a mixture that separates into layers?
water and oil
What scientific principles causes the different layers of the Earth?
gravity
What is the reason you categorize the atmosphere into different layers?
Density of air decreases on increasing height, hence we categorize the atmosphere into different layers from Troposhere to Ionosphere at particular kilometers respectively.
Which mixture separates into layers into layers over time?
suspension
What happens if you mix liquid that have different densities?
The liquid with the higher density will stay down while the one with the lower density will rise up, thus stratifying the liquids into different layers.
How does density change between the different layers of earth?
The deeper you get into the earth, the more weight you have above you. This results in pressure that increases the density of the material below.
What property does separation by density rely on to separate out parts of a solution?
Substances with different densities will separate into layers.
If you pour different liquids into a graduated cylinder the liquids will form layers based upon differences in their?
Density.
What is a heterogeneous mixture that separates into layers over time?
Suspensions
What is supention?
is a heterogenous mixture that separates into layers over time
What happens if you mix together liquids that have different densities?
The liquid with the higher density will stay down while the one with the lower density will rise up, thus stratifying the liquids into different layers.
