Which idea best describes why the volume of water in earth’s oceans changes? large amounts of ocean water are lost to the mantle within rifts. new water is constantly added to earth’s oceans by space objects. ocean water is lost to the earth's atmosphere. ocean water is lost to space through evaporation.

Match the following. match the items in the left column to the items in the right column. 1. foreshocks process used to locate the epicenter of an earthquake 2. magnitude newer magnitude scale that measures the amount of moved (displaced) rock along a fault to determine the strength of an earthquake 3. mercalli intensity scale measure of the total amount of energy released during an earthquake 4. moment magnitude scale areas on active faults where a major earthquake hasn't occurred in a long time 5. richter scale mini-quakes that usually occur before a major earthquake 6. seismic gaps scale that measures the effects or severity of an earthquake 7. triangulation scale of magnitude based on the size of seismic waves produced by an earthquake

Which of the following statements is true of enzymes? a)they dont provide an active site for substrates to bind in a reaction b)they act on a specific type of substrate in a reaction c)they unusable after a reaction d)they change shape after a reaction

Drag each description to the correct location on the image. not all descriptions will be used. describe the parts of a comet. the frozen part of the comet the atmosphere of gases and dust formed when the nucleus vaporizes tail made of small, solid dust particles tail made of ions that appears to point away from the comet's orbit