Solved by a verified expert:Exercise 1.10a (i b)If mountains rose by 1mm/yr, how high would they be after 1,000,000 years? (in meters)10 meters10,000 meters100 meters1000 meters4 points QUESTION 2Exercise 1.10a (ii a)Assuming a constant rate of uplift for the Himalayas, how fast did the Himalayas rise? (in km/yr)1.9 km/yr1.9 x 10^-4 km/yr1.9 x 10^-7 km/yr1.9 x 10^-1 km/yr4 points QUESTION 3Exercise 1.10a (iii a)If Earth were only 6,000 years old as we once believed, how fast would the rate of erosion have had to be for these mountains to be eroded to sea level in that amount of time? (in m/yr)1466.7 m/yr150 m/yr1.5 x 10-3 m/yr1.46 m/yr4 points QUESTION 4Exercise 1.10dAt a rate of 2mm every 10 years of erosion, how many years would it take to erode the Himalayas down to sea level?44,000,000 years440,000 years1,760,000 years44,000 years4 points QUESTION 5Exercise 1.11aWhy does lithostatic pressure increase more rapidly with depth than hydrostatic pressure?Because rock is less dense than water.Because there is a lot more rock on the Earth’s surface than there is water.Because there is a lot more water on the Earth’s surface than there is rock.Because rock is more dense than water.4 points QUESTION 6Exercise 1.11b (i)What is the lithostatic pressure at a depth of 8km below the surface of a continent?3.3Kbar8 Kbar2.4 Kbar24 Kbar4 points QUESTION 7Exercise 1.11b (ii a)What are the temperature and pressure conditions in the Earth at a depth of 3.5km?1.2 degrees C/ 80 Kbar1.8 degrees C/ 135 Kbar80 degrees C; 1.2 Kbar135 degrees C/ 1.8 Kbar4 points QUESTION 8Exercise 1.1aWhat is the rate of submergence of the pier?0.67 cm/yr0.0067 cm/yr150 cm/yr600 cm/yr4 points QUESTION 9Exercise 1.1bHow many years will pass before the high water mark is less than 30cm from the base of the pier deck?Approximately 30 yearsApproximately 13 yearsApproximately 120 yearsApproximately 75 years4 points QUESTION 10Exercise 1.2a (ii)Which of the following would be considered part of the atmosphere? (choose one)the air we breathethe plants on the Earth’s surfaceAnimals at the Earth’s surfaceAll of the water on the surface of the planetAll of the above are part of the atmosphere4 points QUESTION 11Exercise 1.2a (v)Which of the following would be considered part of the cryosphere? (choose one)plantsthe oceanthe gases that surround the planetglacial iceAll of the above are components of the cryosphere.4 points QUESTION 12Exercise 1.4b (ii)Using the graph you created on page 10, how hot could it be in the bottom of a mind that is 2km deep?between 50 degrees and 100 degrees celciusbetween 30 degrees and 50 degrees celciusbetween 30 degrees and 100 degrees Celciusbetween 15 degrees and 50 degrees celcius4 points QUESTION 13Exercise 1.6a (ii)How many times larger is the dog than the flea?10,000 times larger10 times larger1000 times larger100 times larger4 points QUESTION 14Exercise 1.6b (i)How many times larger than the geologist is the Earth?12,800 times larger1000 times larger6,400,000 times larger12,800,000 times larger4 points QUESTION 15Exercise 1.6b (ii b)How large would the drawing of the Earth have to be (in miles) if it were drawn at the same scale as the geologist?176.77 miles2121.2 miles933,333 miles709,632,000,000 miles4 points QUESTION 16Exercise 1.7a (i b)What distance does the Earth travel during a single complete orbit? (in miles)1,600,109.6 miles59,713,375.8 miles942,000,000 miles584,040,000 miles4 points QUESTION 17Exercise 1.7a (ii a)What is the velocity of Earth as it orbits the Sun? (in km/hr)22,608,000,000 km/hr19,625,000 km/hr107,534 km/hr95541401.3 km/hr4 points QUESTION 18Exercise 1.7b (i b)At what velocity would a person standing at the equator move due to our planet’s rotation? (in mi/hr)333.3 mi/hr166.7 mi/hr96,000 mi/hr1046.7 mi/hr4 points QUESTION 19Exercise 1.7cIs a person standing at a point halfway between the equator and the north pole moving faster or slower than a person who is standing on the equator? Why?Faster, because that person is traveling a shorter distance in the same amount of time.Slower, because that person is traveling a shorter distance in the same amount of time.Faster, because that person is traveling a longer distance in the same amount of time.Slower, because that person is traveling a longer distance in the same amount of time.4 points QUESTION 20Exercise 1.7d (i)How many sodium atoms would you need to span the period?20 sodium atoms80,000 sodium atoms500 sodium atoms20,000 sodium atoms4 points QUESTION 21Exercise 1.9 c (i)If you saved a penny a day, how many days would it take you to have $1 million?100,000,000 days99,999,999 days1,000,000 days273,972.6 days4 points QUESTION 22Exercise 1.9a (i a)If you want to represent the 4.57 billion years of geologic time with a roll of masking tape so that 1 inch represents 1 million years, how long would the tape have to be? (in inches)45,700 inches4,570 inches45,700,000 inches457 inches4 points QUESTION 23Exercise 1.9b (i c)If you wanted to represent geologic time with a 24 hour clock, how many years would be represented by a single hour?52,893.5 years190,416,666.7 years3,173,611.1 years86,400 years4 points QUESTION 24Exercise 1.9c (ii a)If you collected a penny a year for a hundred years, how much money would you have?$1.00$100$10,000$1,0004 points QUESTION 25The cold, black rock formed when lava flows are cool enough to stand on is called…MetamorphicExtra-terrestrialIgneousSedimentary
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