Which of these conditions would likely cause the tectonic plates of earth to stop moving? a) earth’s crust and mantle reach thermal equilibrium. b) earth stops receiving energy from the sun c) the temperature of the surface of earth drops considerably. d) the amount of radiogenic heat released by the mantle multiplies.

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Geologists know that potassium-40 decays to argon-40, with a half-life of 1.3 billion years. if an analysis of a feldspar crystal in a sample of granite shows that 75 percent of the potassium-40 atoms have decayed to form argon-40, what is the age of the granite

How much water is in the ocean in cubic kilometers