Intro to Geology - Exam 1 exam questions and answers 2024
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Geology
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Geology
What is Geology?
Geology is the study of the earth, including the earth's composition, structure and the processes that have shaped it
What geologic factors influence people?
Mountains and valleys, volcanoes, faults and earthquakes, rivers, climate, natural resources
What are the th...
Intro to Geology - Exam 1 exam questions and answers 2024
What is Geology? - answer Geology is the study of the earth, including the earth's composition, structure
and the processes that have shaped it
What geologic factors influence people? - answer Mountains and valleys, volcanoes, faults and earthquakes, rivers, climate, natural resources
What are the three natural resources? - answer Minerals, oil, water
How are populations influenced by geology? - answer Low populations tend to live in extreme terrain where places of high population are usually on flat lands near natural resources.
What are the three basic layers of the earth? - answer Crust, mantle, core
Describe the Lithosphere - answer Crust and upper mantle
5-205 km thick
Brittle
Describe the Asthenosphere - answer Ductile
Convection
Lower mantle
Describe the Outer Core - answer liquid, molten
Metallic Fe and Ni
What is Isostasy? - answer The gravitational equilibrium between the ductile asthenosphere and the brittle lithosphere Describe Continental Crust - answer Thick
less dense, buoyant
made up of granite
Describe oceanic crust - answer thin
more dense, sinks
made up of basalt
What are the three types of rocks? - answer Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
What is a Geologist? - answer A person who studies the interactions and relationships of the lithosphere,
hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere
What is the order in which Hypothesis-based investigations are made? - answer 1. Observe a phenomenon
2. Form a hypothesis
3. Test a hypothesis
4. Refute or confirm the hypothesis
What is a hypothesis? - answer A proposed explanation for a natural phenomenon
What is a theory? - answer A well-supported explanation of a natural phenomenon
How does a hypothesis become a theory? - answer A hypothesis becomes a theory through extensive investigation , experimentation and testing of evidence
Describe qualitative - answer observations and descriptions
drawings and concept sketches
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