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Geology Exam # 3 Questions And Correct Answers Which of the following first appeared in the Mesozoic Era? Dinosaurs Fossils are more likely to be preserved under which conditions? Rapid burial Which of the following first appeared in the Paleozoic Era? Flowering plants, insects, fish, and reptiles The radioactive isotope X, decays to the stable isotope Y. The 1/2 life of this process is 1500 million yrs. If the original amount of X has been reduced by 50%, how old is the rock ...

geology - correct answer the scientific study of the earth physical geology - correct answer the division of geology concerned with earth, changes in the interior and surface of the Earth, and the dynamic forces that cause those changes science - correct answer knowledge uniformitarianism - correct answer natural processes operating in the past are the same as those that can be observed operating in the present hypothesis - correct answer testable/falsifiable possible answe...

Geology Study Exam Questions Correctly Answered. The Earth is made up of mostly what two elements? - CORRECT ANSWER Oxygen and Silicon Silicon has a charge of - CORRECT ANSWER +4 Oxygen has a charge of - CORRECT ANSWER -2 Silicate minerals - CORRECT ANSWER most common mineral on Earth; compose over 95% of the continental crust. Consist of combinations of a fundamental building block called silicon-oxygen tetrahedron, different groups: independent tetrahedra, single chains, double c...

Geology Exam #1 Questions With Answers Who proposed the theory of Continental Drift? Alfred Wegener. In which ocean are most of the world's convergent plate boundaries located? Pacific Ocean. The east coast of North America is a what boundary? The West coast of South America is what boundary? Not a plate boundary. A convergent plate boundary. What is associated with a divergent plate boundary? Name a divergent plate boundary. Earthquakes, volcanicm and rifting. The mid-at...

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Geology Exam 2 Questions Correctly Answered. What do the two stars near the center of this block represent? - CORRECT ANSWER a) location of the earthquake b) the star at depth is the place where the earthquake is generated c) the star at depth is the hypocenter d) the star on the surface is the epicenter e) All of the Above All of the Above is the answer An earthquake generated on this type of fault would most likely be associated with a: - CORRECT ANSWER transform boundary If ...

Ch 8 Geology Exam Questions And Answers Hydrolic cycle Continuous movement of water from the oceans to the atmosphere and then from the atmosphere to the land and then from the land back to sea How is the precipitation that falls on the land calculated The sum total of evaporation, transpiration, runoff and infiltration Transpiration The release of water vapor by vegetation Infiltration A portion of precipitation that falls on land that soaks into the ground Runoff When...

Geology 1301 Practice Study Exam Questions & Answers. Environmental science primarily focuses on any of the following except ________. - CORRECT ANSWER mineral classification The primary goal of Earth Science is ________. - CORRECT ANSWER to identify the patterns in nature and use that information to predict the future A scientific ________ is a tentative or untested explanation that is proposed to explain scientific observations. - CORRECT ANSWER theory The NEBULAR THEORY is the m...