A student takes granite, a sample of igneous rock, and masses it. She records the initial mass. She then places the rock into a rock tumbler, which mechanically tumbles the rock on a continuous cycle. After two weeks, the student removes the rock from the tumbler
and takes its final mass. She makes observations that the rock seems smoother and has lost 8% of its mass over time.
Select the independent variable in this experiment and the step of the rock cycle the student is most likely modeling.

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it would affect precipitation by causing flooding in some areas of the world due to climate increasing, causing the glaciers in the northern and southern pole of our planet to melt.

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answer:

convection currents in the magma drive plate tectonics. heat generated from the radioactive decay of elements deep in the interior of the earth creates magma (molten rock) in the aesthenosphere. the aesthenosphere (70 ~ 250 km) is part of the mantle, the middle sphere of the earth that extends to 2900 km.