Is the dissolving process for most salts endothermic or exothermic?

Rocks, as they are compressed, begin forming mountains above the earth's surface when two continental plates converge. the continental crust increases in depth as the mountains grow above. the himalayan mountains formed at a convergent plate boundary in this manner. the rocks are smashed together causing them to due to the intense heat and pressure from the colliding plates and eventually forming rock. a) melt; igneous b) layer; sedimentary c) recrystallize; metamorphic d) melt into the earth's interior; metamorphic

If oil spills continue, all of the following should be expected except (2 points) death of aquatic life. polluted groundwater. decreased soil productivity. increased global temperatures.

Energy defines the different "states" of matter. in no more than 3 sentences, describe the amount of kinetic energy that each of the 3 states of matter possesses and relate that to the atom/molecular motion of each "state".