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EARTH SCIENCE FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS List the 3 main layers of the earth from the center to the outside based on composition (what they are made out of). - Correct Answer ️️ -1). Core (Inner and outer)-solid inner liquide outer. Iron/nickel alloy. Extreme pressure 2).Mantle-82% of the earth's volume-Solid, rocky, shell 3). Crust (Oceanic-younger rocks and Continental-granite rocks) List the 5 mechanical layers of the earth (based on how they deform?) Whic layers is a liqui...

Mttc Integrated Science Secondary (Earth And Space Sciences) Elaborated Questions And Answers Theory of Plate Tectonics - CORRECT ANSWER-A theory stating that Earth's lithosphere is broken into huge plates that move and change in size over time - explains the process of continental drift - theory is a fusion on the theories of continental drift and seafloor spreading - continents are not floating on the ocean, rather they are rooted What are the 10 major plates of the Earth's lithos...

Why do earthquakes occur? correct answers - release of energy in response to a build up of stress along a fracture - energy released in sudden bursts due to stick-slip behavior Why do we see stick slip behavior? correct answers faults are not smooth so the jagged edge causes friction What are the four different types of faults? correct answers - normal faults (with gravity) - transform faults (sideways motion) - reverse faults (against gravity, high angle) - thrust faults (against grav...

OCE1001 Final PASSED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers All of the following are considered apart of the continental margin except the - CORRECT ANSWER- fracture zone Which of the following is a characteristic of oceanic-contintenal convergent plate boundaries? - CORRECT ANSWER- andesitic volcanoes Underwater avalanches of muddy water mixed with rocks and debris are called - CORRECT ANSWER- turbidity currents

LUOA Earth Science Module 8 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Pangaea mean all the earth Alfred Wagoner found what in Africa,India,South America and Australia that showed him they were all covered in ice at some point ice striations why didn't scientist in 1912 take Alfred seriously? because there was no way the continents could plow through the ocean basin because they didn't know of a strong enough power because he wasn't a geologist Alfred Wegener proposed his idea of continental drift wh...

EAS exam 1 questions & answers 2023-24 torrential mudflow of wet volcanic debris is called - ANSWER-lahar shallow focus earthquakes are associated w which type of plate boundary? - ANSWER-convergent, transform, divergent what type of mineral is pyrite - ANSWER-sulfide chemical formula (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 describes what mineral - ANSWER-olivine which volcanic flows moves the most rapidly - ANSWER-pyroclastic flows most common rock-forming minerals in the crust are - ANSWER-silicates ...

Oceanography 100 Final SDSU Exam Questions And Answers 100% Verified How was the solar system formed? - answer-a supernova (explosion of a start when it runs out of fuel) -4.6 billion years ago how was the earth formed? - answer-a nebula made of gas and dust -was formed 4.5 billion years ago how did oceans form? - answer-A volcanic expulsion - rained for thousands of years -hit by an icy comets -volcanic out gassing and ice from comets when did life form? - answer-3.7 billion years ag...

Theory of Plate Tectonics - ANSWER A theory stating that Earth's lithosphere is broken into huge plates that move and change in size over time - explains the process of continental drift - theory is a fusion on the theories of continental drift and seafloor spreading - continents are not floating on the ocean, rather they are rooted What are the 10 major plates of the Earth's lithosphere? - ANSWER African, Antarctic, Australian, Eurasian, North American, South American, Pacific, Cocos, N...

Name and describe at least three evidences of continental drift. correct answers 1. the distribution of climate belts 2. the distribution of fossils 3. the orientation of glacial striations (or sea floor observation) Name and describe at least three evidences of sea floor spreading. correct answers 1. Mapping features of the sea floor - mid-ocean ridges, trenches, and sea mounts. 2. Location of earthquakes - along mid-ocean ridges, and trenches. 3. Paleomagnetism How do these come tog...

ISP 203B Exam 1 2024 || Questions & Answers (100% Verified) ISP 203B Exam 1 2024 || Questions & Answers (100% Verified) Earthquakes and what go hand in hand? - ANSWER - wildfires Where are earthquakes and wildfires? - ANSWER - california and parts of the west coast Hurricanes and what go hand in hand? - ANSWER - Flooding Where do flooding and hurricanes occur? - ANSWER - florida and along the gulf coast Where do tornados occur? - ANSWER - south central US What river ran near t...