Answer will mark brainliest and worth 20 pts a scientist measured the distance between fixed points on two different plates over the course of a decade and found that the distance did not change. does this result support the theory of plate tectonics? why or why not?

 No, the above result does not support the plate tectonic theory.

       According to the plate tectonic theory, a plate either oceanic or continental plate moves at an average speed of about 0.5-10 cm per year.

                   Tectonisms has been taking place continuously and the distance the plate travels is estimated in terms of decades, as a small change in the distance in a year is not so prominent.

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4.) metal

"-the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back to the environment

-carbon is the essential component of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates (which make up all organisms)

-carbon exists in air, water, and living organisms

-producers convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into carbohydrates during photosynthesis

-bacteria in the atmosphere cycles through the system in filtration units

-in cellular respiration, carbon is released back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

-some carbon is stored in limestone (forming one of the largest "carbon sinks" on earth)

-largest carbon reservoir on earth= limestone

-carbon stored in the bodies of organisms as fat, oils, or other molecules may be released into the soil or air when the organism dies

-this may form deposits of coal, oil, or natural gas (fossil fuels, which increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide)

-fossil fuels store carbon left over from bodies of organisms that died millions of years ago

-they are located in the surface of earth, deep within the earth and beneath the ocean floor."