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The mantle is largely composed of ferromagnesian minerals such as olivine.

What are you doing to a rock if you pick up the small pieces of a smashed rock?

Waves “break” as they approach a shore due to the friction between the bottom and the moving water.

Which of the following statements about a continental shelf is FALSE?

Air near Earth’s surface can be cooled by expansion.

The flat base of a cumulus cloud marks the altitude at which rising air has cooled to the dew point temperature.

The average density of liquid water in a cloud is 1 gram per cubic centimeter.

Raindrops in a summer rainstorm often actually started as ice crystals at high altitudes.

A parcel of air that is shoved upward into atmospheric air in a state of instability will expand and become cooler

What is the condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a certain time and place?