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Aristotle believed that .... A. the Earth rotated around the Sun B. the Sun rotated around the Earth C. the Sun and the Earth rotated around a common gravity spot D. the Earth and Sun both stand still correct answers B. Buffon thought the world was about __________ years old. 1000 7500 75,000 7,500,000,000 correct answers C. The "Father of Modern Geology" is .... A. Strabo B. Steno C. Lyell D. Hutton correct answers D. Venus is a _____________. Gas Giant Terrestri...

When geologic material behaves like a liquid during an earthquake, often causing structures to topple, this is referred to as correct answers liquefaction Much of what we know about the earth's interior has been learned by correct answers Studying earthquakes and seismic waves gravity is an example of a: correct answers scientific law Which of the following earth layers behaves as a plasticky solid that flows easily A) inner core B) asthenosphere C) crust D) lithosphere correct ...

Different Types of Rivers correct answers 1. Dendritic (looks like a dendrite) 2.Radial (looks like lots of dendrites going into one area) 3. Rectangular 4. Trellis (looks like a tree) What kind of drainage pattern exists around Happy Valley? correct answers -Dendritic or trellis Measuring sediment transport correct answers Discharge=A x v A= channel area v= tree velocity Which type of river geometry characterizes northern Pennsylvania correct answers Trellis Competence correct...

In terms of hierarchy, which is the largest thing? a. Quark b. Atom c. Compound d. Element correct answers Compound Which element is the largest to be formed by stellar nucleosynthesis?a. Hydrogen b. Silicon c. Oxygen d. Iron correct answers Iron For the heliocentric model of the solar system, which is centrally located? a. Earth b. Sun c. Milky Way d. Star correct answers Sun From the podcast, snowdrifts, Comet 67P/C-G likely came from_____? a. P...

WHAT IS CLIMATE LITERACY? correct answers Climate Literacy is an understanding of the climate's influence on you and society and your influence on climate A climate-literate person: correct answers -understands the essential principles of all aspects of the Earth system governing climate patterns that are presented in this document; • knows how to gather information about climate and weather, and how to distinguish credible from non-credible scientific sources on the subject; • com...

In the context of science, how would you classify the following statement? Dinosaurs become extinct because a large asteroid collided with Earth. correct answers B. Hypothesis Pluto was discovered in 1930, becoming the 9th planet in the solar system. As telescopes improved, other Sun-orbiting objects were discovered. Some of those were even larger than Pluto. By 2005, it was becoming apparent that many more objects would soon be discovered and that the number of planets in the Solar System co...

anthropocene correct answers the age of human transformation of Earth's biological and physical systems crust correct answers Earth's molten surface cooled and hardened into a rigid surface cyanobacteria correct answers photosynthetic bacteria, among the earliest forms of life preserved uniformitarianism correct answers the principle that the same gradual and nearly imperceptible processes operating now have operated in the past, underpins almost all evolutionary, tectonic, and erosio...

Greek meaning of the term geology correct answers Earth, knowledge Geology correct answers the brach of earth science that studies all aspects of this planet Environment correct answers the uniquely habitable region near earth's surface that humans share with all other organisms Sustainable development correct answers development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs 3 goals of sustainable development corre...