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AICE Marine Science Unit 2: Ocean Floor and the Coast 100% Correct tectonic processess - Correct Answer ️️ -movements of the lithosphere resulting in volcanoes, hydrothermal vents, earthquakes, tsunamis, mid-ocean ridges and ocean trenches theory of plate tectonics - Correct Answer ️️ -states that the Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into plates (huge rock slabs) that move according to convection currents in the earth's mantle in different directions and at different ra...

APSC 151 Final Exam; Questions and Answers 2024 Update 100% Solved Aa flow Correct answer A type of lava flow that has a jagged, blocky surface. Ablation Correct answer A general term for the loss of ice and snow from a glacier. Abrasion Correct answer The grinding and scraping of a rock surface by the friction and impact of rock particles carried by water, wind, and ice Abyssal plain Correct answer A very level area of the deep-ocean floor, usually lying at the foot of the continental...

origin of earth - Answer-• Supernova: death of a star (great explosion) • Supernova happened 4.6 bya, dust and gas flattens to a disk and spins faster due to gravity and solar nebula formed. • Solar Nebula: describes formation of Earth 4.5 bya • Nebula: gas cloud origin of oceans - Answer-• volcanic explosion, H2O condensed and rained down for thousands of years to create oceans • icy comets hitting earth (responsible for 1/2 of earths ocean water) origin of life - Answer-•...

Sand Mining Quiz Test Questions with Verified Answers 1: What is sand mining? - correct answer - Sand mining is the extraction of sand, usually from an open pit, riverbed, beach, or ocean floor, for use in construction and other industries. 2: Why is sand mining important? - correct answer - Sand mining is important because sand is a critical resource used in construction (concrete production), glass manufacturing, and other industrial processes. 3: What are the primary sources of san...

Commercial Real Estate SAE - Champion's School of Real Estate 495 Questions with Verified Answers Productivity Management - CORRECT ANSWER Measuring the results from the use of available systems and tools for prospecting activities CRM - CORRECT ANSWER Contact Relationship Manager, a tool used to automate prospecting tasks and manage leads Geographic farming - CORRECT ANSWER A particular area that may include neighborhoods that a sales agent or broker markets for the solicitation of bu...

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Oceans 100 Exam 1 SDSU Latest Update Graded A+ SCIENCE supports the explanation of the natural world that best explains all available observations (What is the basis of science? NEEDS EVIDENCE) SCIENTIFIC METHOD The process by which scientists take data from natural world and try to answer questions. HYPOTHESIS A tentative, testable statement about the general phenomena observed OR an initial idea of how, or why things happen in nature. SCIENTIFIC THEORY Structure of ideas that...

What is the name of the process in which the ocean floor is mapped? correct answers Bathymetry Name the 4 parts of the continental margin on the figure below. correct answers A: Shelf B: Shelf Break C: Slope D: Rise What is the deepest part of the ocean? And how deep is it? correct answers The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean roughly 36,000 feet under sea line. Describe how echo sounders measure the depth of the seafloor. correct answers An echo sounder is a sonar device that send...

Geology Final Exam Questions And Answers 3 major zones of the deep ocean Continental margins Deep ocean basins Oceanic ridges Continental margins Seperates thick Continental crust from thin oceanic crust Passive margin Shelf, slope, rise Shelf resembles The shore The slope resembles the Sandbar Rise is the Flat floor At the rise there is a Build up of sediments Active margins in continental margins have what types of plates Convergent and transform b...

seismic waves - Answer-Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake. crust - Answer-the outer layer of the Earth mantle - Answer-the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core lithosphere - Answer-the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle asthenosphere - Answer-the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats basalt - Answer-a rock that makes up much of the o...