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EESA06 FINAL EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED AND UPDATED what are the three types of convergent plate boundaries and what do they create? 1) oceanic-oceanic : volcanic island arc 2) oceanic-continental : magmatic arc 3) continental - continental: mountain range, high plateau Tethys a dead ocean which closed during the breakup of Pangea how much do plate tectonics move per year centimeters/year where can we find mid ocean ridges shallow areas in an ocean suture...

ESC 100 WCC Exam 2 study guide 53 Questions with Verified Answers Mass wasting - CORRECT ANSWER Downslope movement of soil, sediment, or rock under direct influence of gravity Creep - CORRECT ANSWER Gradual downhill movement of soil or regolith Mud flow - CORRECT ANSWER Also called Debris Flow. Rapid type of mass wasting that involves flow of soil and regolith containing a large amount of water. rock slide - CORRECT ANSWER Occur when rocks of bedrock break loose and slide down a sl...

Ocean 100 Exam 3 Questions and Answers Already Passed The Coastal region - the parts of the coastal region, starting with the coast all the way to the offshore (we looked at about 6); What wave energy does to a coastal cliff over time - how? Rivers and cliff erosion? ; what about southern California sand supply? Coast: land extending inland as far as marine influence is seen (ex. SD at coast) Offshore: extends from breakers to edge of continental shelf Beach: shore and nearshore, very a...

SDSU OCEANS 100 EXAM 3 Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) The coastal region (6 parts) - answer1) coast 2) offshore 3) beach 4) berm 5) notch 6) wave coast - answerland extending inland as far as marine is seen; land adjacent to the beach affected by the ocean offshore - answerextends from breakers to edge of continental shelf beach - answershore and nearshore; very active berm - answerdry area at foot of coastal cliff; sand notch - answercave cut into sea cliff by waves wave-...

SCI 225 Exam 2 How do we know what climate was like in the past? - correct answer Rocks: hundreds of millions Ice cores: hundreds of thousands Louis Aggassiz - correct answer hypothesized that glaciers were carrying rocks down, evidence gathered from people, and glaciers advance HMS Challenger - correct answer ocean dredging, fossils are found in cold and warm areas of the ocean Theory of Glaciation - correct answer Louis Aggasiz found glacial erratics and glacial striations in the E...

GARP SCR Actual Exam Solved Reviewed Combined Questions With Revised Correct Detailed Answers >Latest Update>> 1. Proxies for Climate History (~70 million years) - ANSWER Tree Rings Corals Speleotherms (stalactites + stalagnites) Ice Cores Ocean Sediment Cores 2. How to Find Proxies for Climate History - ANSWER Long-lived geological, chemical or biological systems that have climate imprinted on them 3. Earth's Climate Cycles - ANSWER ...

Science 225 exam 2How do we know climate of the last? - correct answer Ice cores and sedimentary rocks Louis Agassiz - correct answer 1830s-European Alps glaciation hypothesis Glacial erratic - correct answer Boulders of rocks out of place Glacial striations - correct answer Grooves in rocks moving in same direction HMS challenger - correct answer : fossils different in cold and warm areas Milankovitch - correct answer s: change in orbital parameters forces climate change hypothes...

Coastline correct answers The where the land meets the sea Fetch * correct answers The distance over which the wind can blow What does a large fetch cause? correct answers powerful waves What does a small fetch cause? correct answers less powerful waves Prevailing wind correct answers The direction the usual wind comes from What is the prevailing wind in the UK? correct answers In the UK, the prevailing wind is southwesterly, the wind blows, uninterrupted from central America acro...

Storm Water Management Exam 1 Questions And Correct Answers List the 5 characteristics that make water unique stable, high specific heat, great buffer, expands at freezing, excellent solvent Why is it critical that water stores a lot of energy? allows large bodies of water to cool or heat Earth to maintain a temperature List the elements of the hydrologic cycle including driving forces 1/2-Evapotranspiration 3-Condensation 4-Precipitation 5-Runoff 6-Inflitration 7-Subsurface flow...

What is a wetland? What types of areas make up wetlands? - Answer--The term "wetlands" is difficult to define and causes some controversy because of the diversity of wetlands. -Typically wetlands are in a transition zone between uplands and permanently flooded, deep-water habitat. What are the five categories of wetlands and what are the characteristics of each? - Answer-- Marine Wetlands Ocean overlying the continental shelf and shoreline environments - Estuarine Wetlands Mouths of ri...