Process: - A mine is excavated in the side of a mountain - Miners enter the mine - Miners remove the coal from the mine - The coal is placed into carts or on a conveyor belt - The coal is moved up to the surface - The coal is loaded onto a truck - The truck takes the coal to a power station. Perturbation hypothesis: suppose miners work less happens, how will it affect LESS coal arriving at the power station. Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
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Answer: yes

Q: Process: - Fault lines appear underground - The fault lines grow over time - The rocks on each side of the fault lines rub against the rocks on the other side of the fault line - The rocks put pressure on each other - The rocks break from the pressure - The breaking of the rocks releases a lot of energy - The energy causes seismic waves - The seismic waves make the earth shake. Perturbation hypothesis: suppose the animal has to expend much energy happens, how will it affect MORE/STRONGER earthquakes. Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
A: no

Question: Process: - Plates on the Earth's crust move slowly past each other - As the plates move, they exert a great force - When the force is large enough, the crust breaks - The stress is released as energy - The energy moves through the Earth in the form of waves - We feel the earthquake - Perturbation hypothesis: suppose the earth is undergoing a change happens, how will it affect more force will be exerted. Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
Answer: yes

[Q]: Process: - You inhale - The air enters the mouth and nose - The diaphragm contracts - Air fills all the sacks in the lungs - Oxygen passes through the sacks into capillaries - The blood is passed to the blood in the capillaries - The blood carries the oxygen to the heart - The heart pumps the oxygenated blood to the body. Perturbation hypothesis: suppose You are aging more happens, how will it affect a GREATER amount of oxygen being delivered to the blood stream. Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
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[A]: yes

input: Please answer the following: Process: - Water gets into cracks in rocks - The water freezes into ice - The cracks expand - Over time the rocks split - The rocks are now in smaller pieces. Perturbation hypothesis: suppose more water turns to ice happens, how will it affect fewer rocks split. Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
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output: yes

Process: - The air is cold - Water is in the air - The water forms tiny ice crystals - The ice crystals collide with each other - The ice crystals stick to each other - The ice crystals get bigger as more of them stick together - The ice crystals get too heavy to be in the air - The ice crystals become snowflakes - The snow flakes fall to the ground as snow. Perturbation hypothesis: suppose more water in the air happens, how will it affect more ice crystals get heavy. Does the supposed perturbation have an effect (direct or indirect) on the process?
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Answer:
yes