Plate margins - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

AST 1002 IRSC final exam questions & answers 2024/2025 When the moon is new, we have __ tides; when the moon is full, we have __ tides - ANSWERSSpring; Spring The dark regions on the moon are called - ANSWERSMaria Our moon and in fact, most terrestrial surfaces contain these two basic igneous materials - ANSWERSBasalt and Granite How is lunar farside different from lunar nearside - ANSWERSIt has almost no lunar maria Process where dense materials sink to a planet's core while l...

With respect to a mineral commodity, the definition of the "resource" is: A) the economic amount of the commodity extracted B) a local accumulation of a specific mineral that contains that commodity C) the total number of mineral deposits of that commodity D) the amount of the commodity that exists in the Earth E) the estimated total amount of that commodity that is ultimately economically recoverable - E The process of erosional unloading can produce: A) Leaching B) Mud Cracks C) Pil...

What is a natural hazard?  An extreme natural process that can cause significant damage and disruption to humans What are the two main types of natural hazard?  Tectonic and climatic Give four examples of tectonic hazards  Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, avalanches Give four examples of climatic hazards  Flooding, tropical storms, tornadoes, droughts What is meant by "hazard risk"?  The chance of a natural hazard affecting people Give three factors that could a...

How earthquake magnitudes are related to the relative magnitude of shaking? - ️️For every whole number increase in magnitude the amplitude of shaking goes up by a factor of 10. What is a mid-ocean ridge - ️️a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading/divergent margins. What is a passive plate margin? - ️️When a boundary between continental crust and ocean...

onychorrhexis - right ans----narrow parallel grooves from the nail base to free nail border trright ans--verse lines (Beau's Lines) - right ans----usually caused by systemic disease resulting in temporary interruption of nail production onychoschizia - right ans----splitting of the nail plate into layers. Distal splitting usually relate to overhydration, aging, exposure to chemicals clubbing - right ans----excess curvature of nail from front to back and side to side usually due to chro...

SHS 310 Phonation Exam Study Guide (Anatomy) Besides phonation, what functions does the larynx fulfill? - - allows us to hold our breath - gives the upper body support to lift heavy objects through inspiring and clamping the vocal folds -tightly clamping the vocal folds aids in childbirth and deification What functions of the larynx are most important for sustaining life? - the larynx prevents unwanted objects from entering the airway through the strong and rigid closing of the ai...

GLY2010 Midterm 3 (Answered) 100% Correct, 2024/2025. What type of forces dominates at transform plate margins? a. shearing b. None c. tensional d. compressive a. shearing The angle at which a sedimentary bed is inclined from horizontal is called the: a. dip b. strike c. azimuth d. plunge a. dip

MSK - Week 6 (+review session) Diseases, Disorders, Things that Go Wrong osteochondroma is AKA exostosis osteochondroma definition benign cartilage-capped tumor, attached to the underlying skeleton by a bony stalk (extension of the cartilaginous plate) osteochondroma epidemiology 10-30 yrs osteochondroma presentation - "incidental" finding or pain in long bone metaphysis - 1-20 cm in size - typically stop growing with normal growth plates: lesions may rarel...

What is the defining characteristic of a transform fault? a. Two plates collide b. one plate is subducted under another c. plates are moving apart d. two plates are sliding past each other - Answer-d. two plates are sliding past each other What are present day processes that maintain salinity in the ocean? a. Evaporation b. Aeolian transport c. river inputs d. all of the above - Answer-d. all of the above What is the main element used by diatoms that contribute to biogenous sedime...

A-level Geography- Hazards Earth's Structure - ANSWER-- Inner core is 6000°C made up of solid iron and nickel - Outer core liquid melted 2,000 Km thick - Mantle semi molten Asthenosphere - ANSWER-The upper semi molten part of mantle Lithosphere - ANSWER-The rigid mantle and crust Types of crust - ANSWER-- Continental- 30-70 km thick and less dense - Oceanic- 6-10 km thick and more dense Convection currents - ANSWER-- Lower parts of mantle rise as heated up, cool down become more dens...