Loess is a soil formed by A.
a mixture of sand and clay at the bottom of a melt water lake.
B.
wind-blown deposits of out wash silt.
C.
glacial advances over previously deposited moraines.
D.
melt water deposits of sand and gravel.

Select the correct text in the passage. the moving continents affect all subsystems on earth. which sentence identifies a potentially negative consequence of shifting continents? the supercontinent pangaea began to break up about 175 million years ago. [during this process, more coastline was exposed as the landmasses separated]. [the rearrangement and displacement of these huge landmasses resulted in the diversity of plants and animals we see on earth today]. [the movement of the plates sometimes leads to earthquakes and tsunamis]. however, over the long course of earth's history, their effects are usually minimal. in oceans, the plate movements usually lead to seafloor spreading. [seafloor spreading often results in the formation of underwater ranges of mountains].

Which of the layers of the earth has the following three characteristics? i. it is made of molten rock. ii. it has currents that are constantly moving. iii. earth’s plates float on top of its currents.

From where does the solar winds generate