GEOSCIENCE Midterm Review || with 100% Verified Solutions.
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mantle convection correct answers Where does nearly all of the energy at the surface of the Earth come from?
An hypothesis that has been extensively tested and validated. correct answers Which of the following best describes a scientific theory?
The mantle can flow because it is liquid. corre...
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mantle convection correct answers Where does nearly all of the energy at the surface of the Earth
come from?
An hypothesis that has been extensively tested and validated. correct answers Which of the
following best describes a scientific theory?
The mantle can flow because it is liquid. correct answers Which of the following statements
related to why mantle convection occurs is NOT correct?
Science is the systematic study of the natural world through observation and experiment. correct
answers Which statement below best describes science?
temperature; solid vs. liquid correct answers The difference between crust and mantle is based on
_______; the difference between lithosphere and asthenosphere is based on _________.
the liquid outer core moving around the solid inner core correct answers The Earth's magnetic
field arises from _____.
mantle correct answers Given what you know about the interior structure of the earth, think
about the following question: Where is most of Earth's mass located? (we didn't explicitly
discuss this in class, but think about it...)
more dense than correct answers Oceanic crust is ______________ continental crust.
crust correct answers Stony meteorites are thought to be most similar to what part of the Earth?
(We didn't explicitly discuss this in class, but think about it given what you know about the
internal structure of the earth).
solid correct answers What state of matter is the inner core?
liquid correct answers What state of matter is the outer core?
mostly solid correct answers What state of matter is the mantle?
Science involves making observations, proposing explanations, and testing ideas. correct
answers Which of the following best represents the nature of scientific inquiry?
The best hypothesis is the simplest, or the one that contains the fewest assumptions. correct
answers How is Ockham's Razor useful for scientific thinking?
, We can assume that processes the are happening today are the same processes that happened in
the past, and they will continue into the future. correct answers How is the Principle of
Uniformitarianism useful for geologic reasoning?
S waves can only travel through solids.
P waves are compressional waves and travel faster than S waves.
Refraction of P waves inside the Earth allow scientists to infer that the Earth has different layers.
Seismic waves are a result of energy that is released during an earthquake. correct answers
Which of the following are true about seismic waves?
1 kilometer correct answers If tectonic deformation near a subduction zone is uplifting a
mountain range at a rate of 1 mm/yr, how much uplift will occur in one million years?
mantle plumes that may originate at the core-mantle boundary correct answers Basaltic hot spot
volcanoes like the Hawaiian island chain are caused by _____.
Transform boundary correct answers What kind of plate boundary exists along the line
connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco?
Basalt correct answers A dark extrusive rock with mafic composition abundant in mid-oceanic
ridges.
Olivine correct answers Which of the following minerals is NOT commonly found in granite?
Granite is extrusive igneous rock while rhyolite is intrusive igneous rock. correct answers
Rhyolite contains minerals that are similar to granite, but the sizes of the crystals are much
smaller. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
Igneous correct answers Granite is what type of rock?
slower than correct answers The rate of sea floor spreading in the North Atlantic Ocean is
_____________ that of the Pacific Ocean
Mafic magma production correct answers What type of geologic process drives melting and
volcanism at Yellowstone?
Sea floor showed symmetrical magnetic stripes on either side of mid-oceanic ridges. correct
answers Wegener proposed the theory of Continental Drift in the early 1900's. Which was NOT
a line of evidence that he used to support his hypothesis?
Lithosphere correct answers Earth's tectonic plates make up the __________.
Transform boundary correct answers Which type of plate boundary moves like a strike slip fault?
Limestone correct answers The Edwards Aquifer is developed in what type of rock?
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