Pangea - Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

/Giardia/ ((italicized)) - inflammation in digestive track; contaminated water HINT: be on your GUARD (giardia) when drinking water in a different country 3 kinds of Protista - fungus-like, animal-like, plant-like **because Protista are POLYphyletic, fungus-like is closer to fungi than animal-lke About the Eras - Precambrian- single celled bacteria (before Paleozoic) Paleozoic- paleo means old; age of invertebrates then vertebrates evolved Mesozoic- meso means middle; dinosaurs (reptiles) ...

Geo 1310 Exam 4:Cooper Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Africa - ANSWER--lacks any mountain ranges with high elevations >bc of location in central pangea -75% plateaus surface -steep drop offs to the coast >typically no beaches -very few good natural harbors Atlas Mountains - ANSWER--top out at 13,000 feet in elevation -north/western part of Africa -haired and dry Drakensberg Mountains - ANSWER--formed by ancient volcanic activity -top out at 13,000 feet -greener condition...

Samenvatting HOOFDSTUK 9: Atlantische Oceaan - Aardwetenschappen gegeven door Prof David van Rooij

EOSC Midterm Quizzes Questions with All Correct Answers 1) Which of the following best describes this figure? a. negative then positive feedback loop b. negative feedback loop c. positive feedback loop d. A neutral system with no positive of negative feedback e. positive then negative feedback loop - Answer- C 2) About how old are the oldest water deposited sedimentary rocks on Earth? a. 100 million years old b. 170 million years old c. 3.8 billion years old d. 2.5 billion y...

EASC 103 Test 2 Questions and answers, VERIFIED/ Where and when are the oldest dinosaur fossils from? Argentina, 230 Ma (Late Triassic) Pangea A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed all through the Triassic and began rifting at the start of the Jurassic. Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:01 / 0:15 Full screen Two Landmasses of Pangea The Northern Landmass Laurasia (North America, Greenland, Asia...

Precambrian correct answers 4.5 bya-542 mya Hadean (before life), Archeon (ended with photosynthesis), Proterozoic (eukaryotes) origin of life 3.8 bya photosynthesis 2.7 bya eukaryotes 1.5 bya multicellularity 1 bya Land masses spread apart Paleozic correct answers 542 mya- 251 mya Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniforous, Permian vascular plants, land animals 420 mya Mesozoic correct answers 251 mya- 65 mya Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous mammals 200 mya flowering...

AST 1002 IRSC final exam questions & answers 2024/2025 When the moon is new, we have __ tides; when the moon is full, we have __ tides - ANSWERSSpring; Spring The dark regions on the moon are called - ANSWERSMaria Our moon and in fact, most terrestrial surfaces contain these two basic igneous materials - ANSWERSBasalt and Granite How is lunar farside different from lunar nearside - ANSWERSIt has almost no lunar maria Process where dense materials sink to a planet's core while l...

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...

PRAXIS 5005 EXAM LATEST VERSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT What causes the seasons? - Answer-The tilt of the Earth's axis. The earths orbit is not a perfect circle. There are points in its cycle when its closer to the sun, and it does NOT dictate the weather What are the layers of the earth? (from the inside to the outside) - Answer-inner core, outer core, mantle, crust How did earth form? - Answer-a mass of dust and gas spinning as gravity pulled it together How did the con...

What are the layers of the Earth? Ans: Crust, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core What are three plate boundaries? Explain/Give Example Ans: Divergent - Push Away/Mid-Atlantic Ridge Convergent - Pull Together/Himalayan Mountains Transform - Slide Past/San Andreas Fault Who created the continental drift theory? Ans: Alfred Wegener in 1915 How long ago was Pangea present? Ans: 225 Million Years ago What animal fossil was used to support continental drift? Ans: Mes...