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What is the most expansive layer of the Earth

The Earth's mantle comprises the bulk of the Earth.

Which of these have led to technologies involving force and motion that help us learn about weather and climate

rockets

How has technology changed people's belief systems

By providing scientific evidence for alternative beliefs.

Why were the laws of thermodynamics developed

to help improve the steam engine

What kind of basic scientific knowledge is vital to the production of medicines

chemistry

Which technological device is used by most scientists in the world

computer

What kind of basic knowledge goes into the technology of automobiles

All the answers are correct.

What kind of scientist does work involving water and its geochemical cycling

hydrologist hydrologist

Which of the following is true of a real image

it can be projected

How has basic knowledge about atomic nuclei been used in technology

Knowledge about atomic nuclei has been used to produce energy.

What is the term for an image through which light passes

real image

What type of volcano produced the caldera that covers most of Yellowstone National Park

The Yellowstone volcano is usually called a supervolcano.

What are the biggest machines in the world used for

Learning more about subatomic particles

Which characteristic of energy makes it so important to technology

Energy is ability to do work

What type of combustion fuels produces the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

All carbon based fuels produce carbon dioxide when burned. These include:

  • fossil fuels (coal. oil, natural gas)
  • alcohols
  • bio-fuels (wood, charcoal, waste burning including cremation)
  • specialty industrial fuels (acetylene etc.)
  • carbon monoxide

Coal and petroleum are the two primary fossil fuels. Oxidizing methane also releases CO2, but that is 25 times better than releasing methane, itself an even more potent greenhouse gas.
Which area of technology might be associated with this item weather instrument panel

chemical reactions

Which type of technology predates most of our knowledge of basic science

electricity

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