Surface has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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| 1. | The surface of Mercury has been shaped by three processes: impact cratering where large objects struck the surface resulting in crater formation, volcanism where lava flooded the surface, and tectonic activity where the planet's crust moved in order to adjust to the planetary cooling and contracting. | |
| 2. | Large-scale surface currents are already known to exist, and major currents below the ocean surface, too, are being found. | |
| 3. | Images of Europa's surface show ice that has broken up into ice flows, suggesting that water beneath the surface is moving and cracking the ice. | |
| 4. | Scientists hypothesize that Europa's hidden ocean is salty, tidal, and causes its ice surface to move, resulting in large fractures which are visible on its surface. | |
| 5. | Wind-driven waves, or surface waves, are created by the friction between wind and surface water. | |
| 6. | After the Earth's surface had cooled to a temperature below the boiling point of water, rain began to fall—and continued to fall for centuries. As the water drained into the great hollows in the Earth's surface, the primeval ocean came into existence. | |
| 7. | The armored vehicle launched a surface-to-surface missile at the enemy base. | |
| 8. | Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. | |
| 9. | Now the earth was completely empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's ruach was hovering over the surface of the waters. | |
| 10. | The Moon’s surface is much better preserved than Earth’s since it has no wind, storms and other geologic processes that can erode its surface. |