Surface mining for coal involves removing all the vegetation and rock above the coal being mined. Which two of Earth's subsystems are MOST immediately affected by surface mining?
O A. lithosphere and atmosphere
B. biosphere and hydrosphere
O C. lithosphere and biosphere
D. atmosphere and hydrosphere

The modern periodic table has groups.

Match the following vocabulary terms to their definitions. 1. amount of energy required to change 1 gram of material from the solid to the liquid state at its melting point 2. a measure of the kinetic energy of the particles of a substance 3. the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of liquid water from 14.5°c to 15.5°c 4. amount of energy required to change 1 gram of material from the liquid to the gaseous state at its boiling point 5. the amount of energy required to change 1 gram of a substance 1°c a. temperature b. latent heat of vaporization c. latent heat of fusion d. calorie e. specific heat

Great amounts of electromagnetic energy from our sun and other bodies in space travel through space. which is a logical conclusion about these electromagnetic waves? their energy must be very their frequency must be very low these waves can travel without a medium they only travel through a vacuum of space