Question 53 (1 point)
"black smokers" are associated with
question 53 options:
oceanic ridges
metal-rich sulfide deposits
hot water
all of the above (1, 2, 3 or a, b, c)
question 54 (1 point)
the forms the relatively cool, brittle plates of plate tectonics.
question 54 options:
lithosphere
eosphere
asthenosphere
astrosphere
question 55 (1 point)
springs occur where the water table intersects the land surface.
question 55 options:
true
false
question 56 (1 point)
variations in atmospheric composition can be studied using ice cores some of which provide information going back about 800,000 years.
question 56 options:
true
false

1- (D)

              2- Lithosphere

              3- True

              4- True

Explanation: Black smokers are generated in the mid oceanic ridges and during the underwater volcanic eruption, which is a hot vent releasing black colored smokes of sulfur from it. They are often associated with the Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS) deposits.

The lithosphere is the rigid broken plates that are relatively cool and flows over the weaker and viscous asthenosphere layer.

When the groundwater flow intersects the ground level, it forces the water to come out to the surface forming a spring.

The study of changing atmospheric composition along with the ice cores, helps in determing the age upto 800,000 years. But recently, a new discovery has made, in which the ice cores helped in dating back to about 1.5 million years.

the wrong statement is - c. a desert had more biodiversity than a marsh.

the deserts are one of the places of the planet where there's the least biodiversity. the reasons for that are the climate and the lack of food sources, which hampers both the number of the species that can survive in it, and the number of the individuals in the species itself.

the marshes, on the other hand, are places where there's perfect conditions for lots of organisms to thrive. the temperature is moderate and nice, the amount of water and the food sources are on a high level, so there's an abundance of both plant and animal life in them.