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Earth Science Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers Latest 2024/2025 | Graded A+.
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Earth Science Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers Latest 2024/2025 | Graded A+. The closer isolines are... - ANSWER the steeper the gradient 
(diagram: North side is steepest) 
3. The altitude of Polaris equals... - ANSWER the latitude of the observer 
Diagram: Observer's altitude = 66.5 degrees North 
4. The Earth rotates - ANSWER West to east 
15 degrees per hour 
in 24 hours or one day 
5. Latitude lines run 
Longitude lines run - ANSWER east-west, but measure north or south of the equ...
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Student Exploration: Earthquakes 1 – Recording Station & Student Exploration: Earthquakes 2 – Determination of Epicenter
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Vocabulary: body wave, earthquake, epicenter, fault, focus, P-wave, S-wave, seismic wave, seismogram, seismograph 
 
 
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) (2 marks) 
1.	Have you ever experienced an earthquake? at did it feel like? 
I have never experienced an earthquake. After one has happened 
I Have always said “did you feel that?” and I always replied no 
 
 
2. Earthquakes are usually caused by the sudden movement of rocks along a fault, or fracture, in Earth’s...
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Earth Science-Exam 1 Questions & Answers Already Passed!!
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What are the two different kinds of crust? - Answer-Oceanic and Continental 
Which crust is denser? - Answer-Oceanic 
Which crust is thicker? - Answer-Continental 
What specific type of rock is each type of crust made of? - Answer-Continental-granite 
Oceanic-basalt 
What layer contains the crust and the upper mantle? - Answer-Lithosphere 
What is unusual about the Asthenosphere? - Answer-It is partially melted 
What happens when 2 oceanic plates collide? - Answer-The denser of the 2 plates will...
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EARTH SCIENCE WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS ALREADY GRADED A+ 2024|GUARANTEED SUCCESS
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Plate tectonics 
theory that explains the: 
- movement of the continents 
- changes in Earth's crust caused by internal forces 
 
 
 
Plates 
rigid blocks of crust and upper mantle 
- move along the hot upper mantle 
- make up the lithosphere 
 
 
 
Brainpower 
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0:15 
Divergence 
- 2 plates move away from each other 
- hot mantle rock rises 
- creates new sea floor 
- creates new oceanic crust (2-10 cm per yr) 
-Mid-Atlantic 
 
 
 
Convergence 
- crust collides with another oceanic plat...
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ERTH 111 Study Guide Exam 1 || with 100% Errorless Solutions.
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Name and describe at least three evidences of continental drift. correct answers 1. the distribution of climate belts 
2. the distribution of fossils 
3. the orientation of glacial striations 
(or sea floor observation) 
 
Name and describe at least three evidences of sea floor spreading. correct answers 1. Mapping features of the sea floor - mid-ocean ridges, trenches, and sea mounts. 
2. Location of earthquakes - along mid-ocean ridges, and trenches. 
3. Paleomagnetism 
 
How do these come tog...
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Student Exploration: Earthquakes 1 – Recording Station
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Student Exploration: Earthquakes 1 – Recording Station 
 
 
Vocabulary: body wave, earthquake, epicenter, fault, focus, P-wave, S-wave, seismic wave, seismogram, seismograph 
 
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) (2 marks) 
 
1.	Have you ever experienced an earthquake? 
 
If so, what did it feel like? 
 
My mom did. Firstly she felt Inaudible sound around the entire building, Entire building once. 
 
2.	Earthquakes are usually caused by the sudden movement of rocks alo...
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Earth Science Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 | Graded
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Earth Science Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 | Graded. The same objects have the - ANSWER same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE) 
2. The closer isolines are... - ANSWER the steeper the gradient 
(diagram: North side is steepest) 
3. The altitude of Polaris equals... - ANSWER the latitude of the observer 
Diagram: Observer's altitude = 66.5 degrees North 
4. The Earth rotates - ANSWER West to east 
15 degrees per hour 
in 24 hours or one day 
5. Latitude lines run 
Longitude lines...
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EPS C20 MIDTERM|UPDATED&VERIFIED|WITH SOLUTIONS|GUARANTEED SUCCESS
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Why does EPS Offer this class? (3) 
1. fulfill undergraduate requirements 
in physical science 
2. teach you the basics about earthquakes 
and tsunamis 
3. want you to be prepared for earthquakes 
and their aftermaths 
 
 
 
Why does he teach this class? 
1. to help you lose your fear of earthquakes - 
but respect them as a major force of nature 
2. to show that 
Earth Science is fun 
3. to show that we are 
sitting on a tectonic timebomb 
 
 
 
What is the most dangerous fault in the bay area? ...
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Earthquakes 1 – Recording Station GIZMO < ALL ANSWERS CORRECT>
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Name: Runtong.L	Date: 2019.10.20 
 
Student Exploration: Earthquakes 1 – Recording Station 
 
 
Vocabulary: body wave, earthquake, epicenter, fault, focus, P-wave, S-wave, seismic wave, seismogram, seismograph 
 
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) (2 marks) 
 
1.	Have you ever experienced an earthquake? 
 
If so, what did it feel like? 
 
My mom did. Firstly she felt Inaudible sound around the entire building, Entire building once. 
 
2.	Earthquakes are usually caused...
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CSUF GEOL 310T-09 Henderson Faults & Folds 100% Pass
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CSUF GEOL 310T-09 Henderson Faults & Folds 100% Pass Stress A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume 
Strain deformation of materials in response to stress 
Ductile materials that stretch without breaking 
Brittle Easily broken; not flexible 
Joints a fracture in rock along which there has been no movement 
Fault a fracture in rock across which there is movement 
Normal Fault A type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust 
Reverse Fault a ty...
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