4. Long ago, the planet Venus was believed to be a tropical paradise similar to Earth, yet a bit closer to the Sun. As scientists learned more about Venus, they found it to be one of the harshest
environments in the Solar System, with extreme pressure, 400.C temperatures, and corrosive
conditions. Which of the following best explains why Venus is so different from Earth?
а.
b
Venus's desert landscape causes it to be hotter and drier than Earth.
Venus's thicker atmosphere causes an extreme greenhouse effect.
Venus's distance from the Sun causes it to be cooler than Earth.
Venus's lack of a tilt causes it to have no changing seasons.

Select the correct text in the passage. the moving continents affect all subsystems on earth. which sentence identifies a potentially negative consequence of shifting continents? the supercontinent pangaea began to break up about 175 million years ago. [during this process, more coastline was exposed as the landmasses separated]. [the rearrangement and displacement of these huge landmasses resulted in the diversity of plants and animals we see on earth today]. [the movement of the plates sometimes leads to earthquakes and tsunamis]. however, over the long course of earth's history, their effects are usually minimal. in oceans, the plate movements usually lead to seafloor spreading. [seafloor spreading often results in the formation of underwater ranges of mountains].

India's population is made up of percent hindus.

Which of the following are characteristics of the boers? select all that apply. distrustful of the british won the second anglo-boer war used enslaved africans lost land to great britain because gold was found allowed to keep their country