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Week 8 Final Exam (timed and single access) Return to Assessment List Part 1 of 4 - 46.0/ 52.0 Points Question 1 of 50 2.0/ 2.0 Points Where is the top of the asthenosphere closest to the earth’s surface?  A. Next to a subduction zone  B. Underneath a collision zone  C. In the center of continental plates (craton)  D. Underneath a transform fault  E. Underneath a mid-ocean ridge Question 2 of 50 2.0/ 2.0 Points James Hutton’s statement that “the present is ...

SCIN138 Week 2 Exam (timed and single access)|SCIN138 Week 2 Exam (timed and single access)What is the main difference between Wegener's Continental Drift and the Theory of Plate Tectonics? • A. The Theory of Plate Tectonics does not offer an explanation of how the continents move. • B. Continental Drift explains all the different types of plate boundaries. • C. Wegener thought that continents moved through oceanic crust to their current positions. .......

SCIN138 Week 8 Final Exam ALL Answers 100% Correct FALL 2023 Latest Guaranteed Grade A+. SCIN 138 Week 8 Final Exam (timed and single access) Part 1 of 4 - 50.0/ 52.0 Points Question 1 of 50 2.0/ 2.0 Points In the rock cycle, what processes directly link igneous rocks to metamorphic rocks?  A. weathering and erosion  B. recrystallization by high heat and pressure  C. melting and crystallization  D. deposition and lithification  E. compaction and cementation Questio...

SCIN138 Week 8 Final Exam ALL Answers 100% Correct FALL 2023 Latest Guaranteed Grade A+. SCIN 138 Week 8 Final Exam (timed and single access) Part 1 of 4 - 50.0/ 52.0 Points Question 1 of 50 2.0/ 2.0 Points In the rock cycle, what processes directly link igneous rocks to metamorphic rocks?  A. weathering and erosion  B. recrystallization by high heat and pressure  C. melting and crystallization  D. deposition and lithification  E. compaction and cementation Questio...

Week 8 Final Exam (timed and single access) Return to Assessment List Part 1 of 4 - 42.0/ 52.0 Points Question 1 of 50 2.0/ 2.0 Points The number one factor causing landslides is (are) _____.  A. precipitation  B. volcanic eruptions  C. glaciation  D. freeze-thaw cycles  E. earthquakes Answer Key:A Question 2 of 50 2.0/ 2.0 Points Folds like anticlines and synclines are most associated with _______.  A. Tectonic shear  B. Tectonic compression  C. Erosion  D. Tectonic e...

SCIN138 Week 8 Final Exam (timed and single access) Questions and Answers 2023. In the rock cycle, what processes directly link igneous rocks to metamorphic rocks?  A. weathering and erosion  B. recrystallization by high heat and pressure  C. melting and crystallization  D. deposition and lithification  E. compaction and cementation Question 2 of 50 2.0/ 2.0 Points A coarse-grained (phaneritic texture) igneous rock formed _________________.  A. on the surface of ...

SCIN138 WEEK 8 FINAL EXAM 2023 – Questions and Answers Rated A+. In the scientific method, a hypothesis is _______, and a theory is _________. A. an educated guess ; a law that has been universally accepted by the scientific community B. a tentative untested explanation ; well tested and widely accepted explanation C. an educated guess ; a tentative untested explanation D. a tentative untested explanation ; a law that has been universally accepted by the scientific community E. an objecti...

Low strain rate, high temperature, high confining pressure. These entire variables encourage which type of deformation? Ductile Deformation _______________interpret mountain ranges and tell the story of what formed them structural geologists A ___________ is simply a plane along which movement has occurred fault When a rock has exceeded its elastic limit and behaves in a ductile manner, the resulting structure is a________(bend or warp in a rock layer) fold ______...