Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Denise
What causes the Navy to become "good stewarts" of the land at Point Mugu?
the environmental awareness of the 1960s
it was easier than the public scandal dying wild life would create
the local residents protested until something was done
legislation came into effect that required more protective measures
1 AnswerMilitary10 years agoRecent research has shown that, as a result of tidal friction the moon is?
increasing its speed of rotation
decreasing its speed of rotation
moving closer to earth
moving away from earth
7 AnswersAstronomy & Space10 years agoTsunami are seldon detected by ships at sea because?
a - is has a long wavelenght
b - it has a long period
c - it is surrounded by wind waves
d - all of the above
1 AnswerEarth Sciences & Geology10 years agoThe movement of successively lower water layers at an angle to the one above it sets up a pattern called:?
(a) Coriolis effect
(b) geostrophic gyre
(c) Ekman spiral
(d) pressure gradient
1 AnswerHomework Help10 years agoBy analyzing the traces of magnetite in marine sediments, scientists are finding that earth's magnetic field?
is:
(a) decreasing
(b) stable
(c) increasing
(d) widening
1 AnswerEarth Sciences & Geology10 years agoWegener's theory of continental drift was based primarily on:?
(a) the collision of the indian subcontinent with Asia
(b) similarities between fossil plants and animals on either side of the Pacific
(c) Maps of South America, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean
(d) seismic evidence from especially sentsitive seismographs invented in Japan
4 AnswersEarth Sciences & Geology10 years agoThe main reasons American geologists opposed Wegener's theory of continental drift included their differing?
views of:
(a) paleomagnetism and the mechnism of plate motion
(b) the importance of deep earthquakes in defining plate boundaries
(c) the reliability of radiometric dating in determining the ages of rocks and sediments
(d) Isostasy (mountains were anchored to the continents and deep into the earth and could only move up and down) and scientific methodology.
3 AnswersEarth Sciences & Geology10 years agoMany geologists consider _____ to be a major force driving plate movement?
(a) Lateral slide over mantle plumes
(b) push from the extrustion of magma at the trenches
(c) slab sinking at Divergent boundaries
(d) slab sinking at convergent boundaries
2 AnswersEarth Sciences & Geology10 years ago