There Is No Evidence of Plate Tectonics on Mercury

question 206

Multiple Choice

There is no evidence of plate tectonics on Mercury.The MOST likely explanation is that:

• A) the planet cooled too slowly and the mantle remained too soft.
• B) the planet cooled too rapidly and the mantle became too rigid.
• C) Mercury has no iron core like Earth's.
• D) plate tectonics can only occur on a body with continents separated by oceans.

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Definitions:

Specific Identification

An inventory costing method where the cost of each specific item in inventory is identified and assigned to that item.

Actual Costs

Expenses that have been incurred and recorded, contrasting with estimated or projected costs.

Management

The process of directing, controlling, and organizing resources in an organization towards achieving its goals.

Inventoriable Costs

Costs that are initially recorded as inventory on the balance sheet and recognized as cost of goods sold only when the inventory is sold.