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What happens at a convergent boundry

the plates move towrds eachother if im wrong dont blame me im 10

What is the point of a segment that divides the segment into two congruent segments

Midpoint
Midpoint.
midpoint

What energy source contributes least to global warming

Any renewable energy source contributes least, as they do not emit carbon dioxide pollution into the atmosphere:

  • Solar Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Geothermal
  • Hydroelectric, Wave, and Tidal Energy

Nuclear power, though not renewable, contributes very little carbon dioxide.

Of the fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), natural gas (methane) is the least-polluting.
Solar
Solar
Hydroelectric, wind power, Solar

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.

What theory about the spread of human beings seems to be supported most by modern evidence

Out of Africa theory

Overall how does the climate of the Cenozoic era compare to the climate near the end of the Mesozoic era

It is cooler

Humans have greatly increased the level of in the atmosphere

carbon dioxide

What is true about the most recent ice age

Land bridges the once existed now are underwater.

What turned out to be a hoax

A Fraud

When did the last mass extinction occur in years

65 million years ago

Life exploded for the first time

Paleozoic era

Creating alternate energy sources based on renewable natural resources resources is one way of making a what community

A green community.

A sustainable community.

A low-carbon community.

A campfire is started by a lit match The match provides

:// activation energy

Which of the following dod not occur during the Cenozoic era

Several periods of mass extinction

How many years ago was the largest mass extinction

Aproximatly 251 million years ago was the largest mass extinction (the permion mass extinction).

What does not occur During A Cenozoic era

Several periods of mass extinction

Why can't coal form in the arctic

Coal forms from peat, and peat forms in bogs. There is not enough organic material in the arctic to form coal.

What is an important characteristic of an index fossil apex

It must have lived for a short geologic period of time.

What is 6 divded by five

6 divded by five is 1.2.

Is coal or quartz form by inorganic processes

Quartz is and is also a mineral

What caused disappearance of land bridges

Shrinking of the polar ice caps

What is the midpoint of the segment shown below (-24) (6-4)

If you mean points of (-2, 4) and (6, -4) then the midpoint is at (2, 0)

How has the earth changed in our current era

dense forests developed

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