Convergent plate Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is the origin of the Earth? - Answer-Formed out of a solar nebula What are the origins of Life? - Answer-Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth What is kinetic energy? - Answer-The energy of motion What is heat energy? - Answer-Energy created by particles of matter rubbing together What is density? - Answer-A measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of something. (mass per unit volume) What is convection? - Answer-Transfer of heat through currents caused by differen...

Earth Science Exam Review 2024 with Complete Solutions seismic waves - Correct Answer ️️ -Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake. crust - Correct Answer ️️ -the outer layer of the Earth mantle - Correct Answer ️️ -the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core lithosphere - Correct Answer ️️ -the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle asthenosphere -...

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-•...

Part 1 of 2 - 48.0/ 52.0 Points Question 1 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which type of boundaries involve crust being neither created nor destroyed and shearing motion?  A. divergent boundaries  B. transform boundaries  C. convergent boundaries Feedback:2 Plate Tectonics Question 2 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Continent to continent convergent boundaries are commonly associated with which landforms?  A. broad mountain range, folds  B. volcanic arc, forearc basin  C. oceani...

The Earth - origin of Earth, oceans, life; the Earth's internal layers... - origin of Earth, oceans, life; the Earth's internal layers... Origin of Earth, Oceans, Life: • Earth: Supernova (explosion of a star-4.6 bya)- earth (nebula made of gas and dust) was formed 4.5 billion years ago. • Oceans: Volcanic expulsion, rained for thousands of years then hit by icy comets; volcanic outgassing and ice from comets • Life: 3.7 billion years ago life was created- animals have been arou...

Mttc Integrated Science Secondary (Earth And Space Sciences) Elaborated Questions And Answers Theory of Plate Tectonics - CORRECT ANSWER-A theory stating that Earth's lithosphere is broken into huge plates that move and change in size over time - explains the process of continental drift - theory is a fusion on the theories of continental drift and seafloor spreading - continents are not floating on the ocean, rather they are rooted What are the 10 major plates of the Earth's lithos...

Mttc Integrated Science (Earth And Space Sciences) Elaborated Questions And Answers Theory of Plate Tectonics - CORRECT ANSWER-A theory stating that Earth's lithosphere is broken into huge plates that move and change in size over time - explains the process of continental drift - theory is a fusion on the theories of continental drift and seafloor spreading - continents are not floating on the ocean, rather they are rooted What are the 10 major plates of the Earth's lithosphere? - C...

List the 3 main layers of the earth from the center to the outside based on composition (what they are made out of). - Answer-1). Core (Inner and outer)-solid inner liquide outer. Iron/nickel alloy. Extreme pressure 2).Mantle-82% of the earth's volume-Solid, rocky, shell 3). Crust (Oceanic-younger rocks and Continental-granite rocks) List the 5 mechanical layers of the earth (based on how they deform?) Whic layers is a liquid? - Answer-1.The lithosphere is the outermost mechanical layer a...

PRAXIS II ELEMENTARY EDUCATION- SCIENCE EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS How many questions are this Praxis exam? - correct answer 50 What is the passing score I need to pass? - correct answer 159 (raw points 33) What are the layers of the earth? (from inside to out) - correct answer inner core, outer core, mantle and crust What is the inner core? - correct answer solid center of the earth, composed of iron and nickel (700-800 miles) What is the outer core? - correct answer a l...

EARTH SCIENCE FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS List the 3 main layers of the earth from the center to the outside based on composition (what they are made out of). - Correct Answer ️️ -1). Core (Inner and outer)-solid inner liquide outer. Iron/nickel alloy. Extreme pressure 2).Mantle-82% of the earth's volume-Solid, rocky, shell 3). Crust (Oceanic-younger rocks and Continental-granite rocks) List the 5 mechanical layers of the earth (based on how they deform?) Whic layers is a liqui...