Module 2 Exam Marine Science Exam Questions with Verified Answers
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Marine Science
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Marine Science
two prominent theories about the formation of the continents: - Answer-Contraction Theory and Theory of Continental Drift
Pangea evidence - Answer-fossils, rock formation, and coastlines.
Who wrote book on Pangea - Answer-Alfred Wegener published "The Origin of Continents and Oceans"
Harry...
Module 2 Exam Marine Science Exam
Questions with Verified Answers
two prominent theories about the formation of the continents: - Answer-Contraction
Theory and Theory of Continental Drift
Pangea evidence - Answer-fossils, rock formation, and coastlines.
Who wrote book on Pangea - Answer-Alfred Wegener published "The Origin of
Continents and Oceans"
Harry Hess, building on Wegener's work, proposed the theory of _________________. -
Answer-seafloor spreading
plates - Answer-Large pieces of earths crust that move due to convection currents.
mantle - Answer-the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
plate tectonics - Answer-The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant
motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
earth spins on its axis at - Answer-465 meters per second
7 plate boundaries - Answer-Antarctic, Indo-Australian, Pacific, South American, North
American, African, and Eurasian
Asthenosphere - Answer-A liquid with plastic-like constancy made up of iron and nickel,
located in the bottom layer of the mantle
Silfra Crack - Answer-This sits on top of the tectonic plate boundaries of the Mid-Atlantic
Ridge. You can touch European and North American plates.
oceanic crust - Answer-Earths crust located under the ocean that is usually thinner but
more dense than continental crust
continental crust - Answer-The portion of the earth's crust that primarily contains granite,
is less dense than oceanic crust, and is 20-50 km thick
Tsunamis - Answer-A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine
landslide, or other disturbance.
Factors of weather - Answer-Latitude and sun, pressure, precipitation, temperature,
clouds, humidity, and wind
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