If changing variable A causes variation in variable B, then variable A is identified or described by researchers as what variable? More specifically, is variable A associated with the cause or the effect, the independent or the dependent variable?

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Count the number of each type of atom in the equation below, and then balance the equation. write in the numbers of atoms and coefficients. add a 1 if there should be no coefficient. cs2(l) + o2(g) → co2(g) + so2(g) c [ ] s [ ] o > c [ ] s [ ] o [ ] cs2(l) + [ ] o2(g) > [ ] co2(g) + [ ] so2(g)

Explain in detail of the four major scientific developments that spurred the formulation of the plate tectonics theory