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What is the origin of the Earth? - Answer-Formed out of a solar nebula 
What are the origins of Life? - Answer-Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth 
What is kinetic energy? - Answer-The energy of motion 
What is heat energy? - Answer-Energy created by particles of matter rubbing together 
What is density? - Answer-A measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of something. 
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What is convection? - Answer-Transfer of heat through currents caused by differen...
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origin of earth - Answer-• Supernova: death of a star (great explosion) 
• Supernova happened 4.6 bya, dust and gas flattens to a disk and spins faster due to gravity and solar 
nebula formed. 
• Solar Nebula: describes formation of Earth 4.5 bya 
• Nebula: gas cloud 
origin of oceans - Answer-• volcanic explosion, H2O condensed and rained down for thousands of years 
to create oceans 
• icy comets hitting earth (responsible for 1/2 of earths ocean water) 
origin of life - Answer-•...
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the continental margin of the U.S. Atlantic coast is ________ continental margin, and the 
continental margin off the west coast of south america is _________ continental margin - 
CORRECT ANSWER- a passive; a convergent-active 
what process is primarily responsible for the formation of the continental rise along the east 
coast of the united states? - CORRECT ANSWER- deposition of sediment by turbidity 
currents as deep-sea f...
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Geology Final Exam Questions And Answers 
3 major zones of the deep ocean 
Continental margins 
Deep ocean basins 
Oceanic ridges 
 
 
Continental margins 
Seperates thick Continental crust from thin oceanic crust 
 
 
Passive margin 
Shelf, slope, rise 
 
 
Shelf resembles 
The shore 
 
 
The slope resembles the 
Sandbar 
 
 
Rise is the 
Flat floor 
 
 
At the rise there is a 
Build up of sediments 
 
 
Active margins in continental margins have what types of plates 
Convergent and transform b...
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LUOA Earth Science Final Exam Questions and Answers Graded A
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LUOA Earth Science Final Exam Questions and Answers Graded A What is coprolite? fossilized animal poop 
Which of the following are considered trace fossils? (Choose 3) imprints, trails, and tracks 
An example of an index fossil would be _______________. (Choose 2) trilobite and ammonite 
A hollow space left behind after the organism completely disintegrates is called an(n) ______. mold 
Which of the following are considered original remains? (Select all that apply) cast organism stuck in tree sa...
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SDSU Oceanography 100 Final Exam 
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What is the origin of the Earth? Formed out of a solar nebula 
 
What are the origins of Life? Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth 
 
What is kinetic energy? The energy of motion 
 
What is heat energy? Energy created by particles of matter rubbing together 
 
What is density? A measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of something. 
(mass per unit volume) 
 
What is convection? Transfer of heat throu...
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Oceanography 101 Exam 1 || with 100% Accurate Solutions.
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What is convection correct answers Cold air sinks because it is more dense 
 
What is the lithosphere correct answers The top part of the mantle and all crust, on top of asthenosphere 
 
In SoCal our plate boundary is... (list plate, boundary and rise) correct answers Pacific plate, transform boundary, east pacific rise 
 
Why is San Francisco in the same location correct answers It must be East of the San Andreas 
 
What will happen to Western California correct answers It will move more northw...
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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
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the coastal region (6 parts) 1) coast 2) offshore 3) beach 4) berm 5) notch 6) wave 
 
coast land extending inland as far as marine is seen; land adjacent to the beach affected by 
the ocean 
 
offshore extends from breakers to edge of continental shelf 
 
beach shore and nearshore; very active 
 
berm dry area at foot of coastal cliff; sand 
 
notch cave cut into sea cliff by waves 
 
wave-cut platform flat eroded bedrock at beach created by ...
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PHY 102 Certification Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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As a wave approaches the shoreline, wave speedDecreases 
At what water depth is an ocean wave affected by the ocean floor?At the depth equal to 
1/2 the waves wavelength 
Earths earliest atmosphere was lacking inFree oxygen 
Going from Continental Land towards deep ocean basin, the continental margin consists 
ofThe shelves, the slope, and the rise 
How did the earth get the oxygen and it's atmosphere?Cyanobacteria Performed 
photosynthesis, taking in carbon dioxide and producing oxygen 
How...
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