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What percent of the United States' energy is from geothermal

Geothermal electricity production in the US was 0.30 percent in 2006

A fault generally occurs at a transform boundary

A strike-slip fault generally occurs at a transform boundary

What best describes Earth's north magnetic pole

Wandering with no pattern

Which is a metamorphic process

The metamorphic process is the conversion of one mineral into another through heat and pressure over time. The metamorphic process is the conversion of one mineral into another through heat and pressure over time.

Which describes how a compass works

. The south magnetic pole of the compass points to Earth's north magnetic pole.

Which skeleton turned out to have parts of an orangutan

The Piltdown man
The orangutan

What is true about compasses

compass magnets can be deflected by earths magnetic field or other permanent magnets

What country receives the least amount of rainfall anually

Bahrain receives the least amount of rainfall annually with 77 mm of rain.

Why do scientists think Earth's core contains iron

Samples of Earth's crust contain less iron than found in meteorites, and iron is a comparatively heavy element that would have sunk into the planet when it was being formed.

Which type of fault is under compression

Reverse

Its Thrust!

Is the following is an intrusive igneous body Pyroclast Lava Flow Lahar Batholith

Batholith is an intrusive igneous body.

The continental crust is what

The continental crust is up to 70 km thick.

Which of he following is a characteristic of al minerals apex

Inorganic Apex

What evidence supports dynamo theory

Tidal heating supports the dynamo theory. Magnetized lunar rocks and asteroids are used for evidence of this.

http://phys.org/news/2012-10-evidence-dynamo-asteroid.html
Earth's outer core contains liquids that conduct electricity.

Earth's outer core is a liquid. Earth's core contains mostly iron and nickel.

What are Other than earth is also known to have magnetic pole reversals

Mars

New crust forms

At ocean ridges

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