Seafloor spreading - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

How did the solar system form? - Nebular Theory - Our Solar System formed from a giants, swirling cloud of gas and dust What are the terrestrial and JSUN (Jovian) planets made of? - Rocks and metals condense inside frost line, hydrogen compounds (ices) condense outside frost line What is the order of the planets from closest to the Sun to farthest from the Sun? - (MVEM/JSUN) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune What are the 2 most common elements in our solar sy...

How was the solar system formed? - -a supernova (explosion of a start when it runs out of fuel) -4.6 billion years ago how was the earth formed? - -a nebula made of gas and dust -was formed 4.5 billion years ago how did oceans form? - -A volcanic expulsion - rained for thousands of years -hit by an icy comets -volcanic out gassing and ice from comets when did life form? - -3.7 billion years ago how long have animals been around for? - -600 million years ago how long has pho...

Unit 4 APES with complete solutions 2024/2025climate - correct answer the long term weather conditions of a specific region weather - correct answer the atmospheric conditions over a short period of time of a specific region magma - correct answer rock in liquid form beneath the earth's surface hot spot - correct answer an area where where volcanoes are formed due to heat and pressure pushing up from the earth's mantle plate tectonics - correct answer a scientific theory expla...

SDSU Ocean 100 Final SacramentoGrilo Exam Questions And Answers 100% Verified 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 ...

Freshwater accounts for how much of the earths water - ANSWER 3 percent where is the majority of the earths freshwater - ANSWER 3/4 of the earths freshwater is above ground in ice and glaciers A method has been implemented to reduce water use i dry climates to - ANSWER alternate days for households to water their lawn or wash their cars gray water is suitable for - ANSWER watering plants, washing cars gray water comes from - ANSWER baths, showers, sinks, and washing machines. volc...

Marine Science Exam Test Questions Correct Answers New Update Scientific data suggest that the age of Earth is about ________ years. - Answers -4.6 billion Scientific data suggest that the age Earth's earliest fossilized life form is ________ years - Answers -3.5 to 3.9 billion From earliest to most recent, which of these is a correct order of formation? - Answers -nebula, protostar, star, supernova planets formed in the early solar system as particles orbiting the sun were attracte...

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...

AICE Marine Science - Chapter 2: Earth Processes Questions and Answers 100% Pass oceanic crust - Correct Answer ️️ -thinner, more dense, younger crust making ocean floor continental crust - Correct Answer ️️ -A solid, thicker, outermost layer of Earth continental drift - Correct Answer ️️ -The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass (Pangea), broke up, and drifted to their present locations plate tectonics - Correct Answer ️️ -The theory t...

APES Unit 4 Review - MRQ correctly solved graded A+Which of the following statements best describes the boundary between the two tectonic plates: the Relative motion of the North American & the Pacific Plate? - correct answer The map illustrates a transform boundary, where tectonic plates slide past each other as the Pacific Plate moves northwest and the North American Plate moves southeast. (The San Andreas Fault is a transform boundary. The plates slide past each other in opposite directions,...

Which of the following provide scientists with evidence that Earth's interior has distinct layers? - correct answer Behavior of seismic waves traveling through Earth's interior Which of the following best describes Earth's outer core? - correct answer metallic liquid Which of the following lines of evidence was used by Alfred Wegener to support his theory of continental drift? - correct answer ...