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________ is a weak acid that reacts to the mineral calcite. - ANSWERSCarbonic acid ________ was a supercontinent that existed in the late Paleozoic era of geologic time. - ANSWERSPangaea A transform plate boundary is characterized by ________. - ANSWERSa deep, vertical fault along which two plates slide past one another in opposite directions Which layer in a soil profile is comprised of organic materials, mainly from once living plants and animals? - ANSWERSThe O Horizon Which of th...

Seventy-five percent of the ocean's floor is found in the ___________ zone. - ANSWERSabyssopelagic The _______________ receives the most amount of sunlight. - ANSWERSepeipaligic A seamount refers to ____. - ANSWERSan isolated mountain formed from a volcano What causes tides? - ANSWERSTides are mainly caused by the gravitational forces from the moon and, to a smaller extent, the sun. The _____________ is a slow moving, deep water current that is formed based on density differences....

conduction - ANSWERSthe transfer of heat through direct contact convection - ANSWERSthe transfer of heat by the movement of warmed matter divergent - ANSWERSwhat type of boundary is the boundary between two plates that are moving in opposite directions(apart) divergent - ANSWERSwhat type of boundary forms when a plate cracks and moves in opposite directions rift valley - ANSWERSwhat is formed in a divergent boundary as the plates split mid-ocean ridge - ANSWERSwhat type of mountai...

When did mass extinctions occur? - ANSWERSSilurian period, Triassic period, Tertiary period What can be used for evidence to construct the geologic time scale? - ANSWERSfossils, radiometric dating, rock sequences What are the divisions of geologic time? - ANSWERSEons, Eras, Periods, Epoch (in any order) What are the divisions of geologic time from longest to shortest? - ANSWERSEons, Eras, Periods, Epoch (in a specific order) What is a fossil? - ANSWERSdinosaur bone Fossil evidence...

What would be the steps you would take if you were asked to identify minerals in a rocky area that had recently been explored> - ANSWERScollect samples, test the samples, examine color and texture, weigh them, test for chemicals Define mineralologist: - ANSWERSA chemical geologist who mainly identifies, classifies and analyzes minerals Name 7 physical properties of minerals and describe each: - ANSWERScolor, streak, luster, crystal shape and growth, cleavage and fracture, hardness, spec...

pre - ANSWERSbefore vapor - ANSWERSto breath, steam spir - ANSWERSto breath clon - ANSWERSa violent motion cycl - ANSWERSa circle dia - ANSWERSacross baro - ANSWERSweight, pressure meter - ANSWERSto measure in - ANSWERSin or not hum - ANSWERSearth fil - ANSWERSthread mari - ANSWERSocean syn - ANSWERStogether thesis - ANSWERSto place photo - ANSWERSlight occlu - ANSWERSto shut up iso - ANSWERSsame High pressure zone - ANSWERSclockwise air going o...

Ecosystem - ANSWERSA food web shows you the relationship between all living things in an Animals plants fungi bacteria - ANSWERSFood Webs can include what 4 things? Sun - ANSWERSThe energy in all food Webs comes from the Plants - ANSWERSPrimary consumers only eat Animals/meat - ANSWERSSecondary consumers only eat Producer - ANSWERSAn organism that takes in sunlight and carbon dioxide and makes its own food Secondary consumer - ANSWERSAn organism hunts down a rabbit for a midday...

Environmental Health - ANSWERS'Aspects of public health concerned with the factors, circumstances and conditions, in the environment/surroundings of humans that can exert an influence Environmental Hazards - ANSWERSEnvironmental factors, which threaten or impair human health in some way ; (e.g. Contaminated water and food, chemical exposures, polluted air and soil, Vector-borne diseases, etc.) Identification of environmental hazards for human : - ANSWERSestablishing relationships betwee...

Core - ANSWERSInnermost zone of earths interior composed mostly of prayer and nickel it includes a liquid outer layer and a solid inner layer Mantle - ANSWERSLayer of earth above the court containing magma Magma - ANSWERSMolten rock Asthenosphere - ANSWERSLayer of earth located in the outer part of the mantle composed of semi-molten rock Lithosphere - ANSWERSOutermost layer of earth including the mantle and crust Cruat - ANSWERSIn geology the chemically to stink outermost layer of...

99% of the universe is this state of matter - ANSWERSplasma matter is made of : - ANSWERSatoms and molecules the higher the temperature...... - ANSWERSthe faster the particles move what is happening when you see you breath on a cold day?... - ANSWERSyou are watching gaseous water turn into liquid water 4 ways to classify matter - ANSWERSsolid, liquid, gas, plasma has a definite shape and volume - ANSWERSsolid changes shape but not volume - ANSWERSliquid changes both shape an...