Convergent plate - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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...

AICE Marine Science Study Guide for Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct Erosion - Correct Answer ️️ -the removal of rock/particles moved by action of waves/wind/rain Deposition/Sedimentation - Correct Answer ️️ -the dropping/depositing/accumulating of rock/particles by waves/wind Plate Tectonic Theory - Correct Answer ️️ --Earth's crust/lithosphere is made of plates -Continents lie on plates -Plates are moving slowing on top of asthenosphere -Plates move do to convectio...

Continental Drift - Answer-A theory supporting the possibility that continents are able to move over Earth's surface Plate tectonics - Answer-the process where large sections (plates) of the Earth's crust are in constant movement over the fluid mantle, causing earthquakes and volcanoes at the borders between the plates Lithosphere - Answer-The outermost layer of the Earth's crust Asthenosphere - Answer-a nearly liquid layer made of the uppermost part of the mantle Mantle - Answer-...

Unit 4 APES with complete solutions 2024/2025climate - correct answer the long term weather conditions of a specific region weather - correct answer the atmospheric conditions over a short period of time of a specific region magma - correct answer rock in liquid form beneath the earth's surface hot spot - correct answer an area where where volcanoes are formed due to heat and pressure pushing up from the earth's mantle plate tectonics - correct answer a scientific theory expla...

MTTC Integrated Science - Earth & SpacTheory 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 Ameri...

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...

ISP 203B Exam 2 and 3 Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2024 True or False: Wegener used plate tectonics to explain continental drift. - answerFalse True or False: In measuring earthquakes, an event with a Richter magnitude of 5.0 is only slightly stronger than one with a magnitude of 4.0. - answerFalse In Comparison to developing countries, catastrophic natural disasters in developed countries are most likely to cause _________. - answerMore economic damage, but less loss of life The c...

abrasion - The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind absolute direction - north, south, east, west absolute distance - spatial separation between two points on the earth's surface Absolute location - geographical coordinates alluvial fans - sand and mud build up in the lakes and at lower elevations; are formed along hillsides alluvium - material that is transported and deposited by streams Antarctic Circle - 66.5°S Applications of GIS - spatial an...

seismic waves - Answer-Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake. crust - Answer-the outer layer of the Earth mantle - Answer-the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core lithosphere - Answer-the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle asthenosphere - Answer-the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats basalt - Answer-a rock that makes up much of the o...

AICE Marine Science Study Guide for Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct Erosion - Correct Answer ️️ -the removal of rock/particles moved by action of waves/wind/rain Deposition/Sedimentation - Correct Answer ️️ -the dropping/depositing/accumulating of rock/particles by waves/wind Plate Tectonic Theory - Correct Answer ️️ --Earth's crust/lithosphere is made of plates -Continents lie on plates -Plates are moving slowing on top of asthenosphere -Plates move do to convectio...