Eaps 112 exam - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

EAPS 112 Lecture Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Science - ANSWER-The knowledge or study of the natural world based on facts theorized based on experiments and observations. Multiple working hypotheses Who proposed it and when - ANSWER-Multiple working hypotheses was developed by T.C. Chamberlin because there are multiple ways to interoperate scientific method and this can create multiple working hypotheses until observations and experiments rule them down to one correct hypothesis. ...

EAPS 112 - Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Name the 7 major plates of the World: - ANSWER-1. Pacific 2. South American 3. North American 4. African 5. Eurasian 6. Antarctic 7. Indo-Australian Name the 3 types of plate boundaries: - ANSWER-1. Convergent 2. Divergent 3. Transform Name 5 major types of evidence for the concept of plate tectonics: - ANSWER-1. Jigsaw puzzle like fit at continental coastlines 2. Similar geology at areas thought to be joined. 3. Paleoclimatic e...

EAPS 112 - Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2023/2024 The Big Bang Theory - ANSWER-All matter and energy began in an indefinitely small, hot, dense state - and has subsequently exploded into being with a bang nearly 14 billion years ago. Evidence for the Big Bang Theory - ANSWER-Galaxies moving away from us will become more red colored in our reference frame due to the Doppler effect. Origins of Elements - ANSWER-- Hydrogen and Helium - Big bang - Helium to Iron - Stellar Fusion (S-Process) ...

EAPS 112 Lab Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Scoria - ANSWER-Igneous Gabbro - ANSWER-Igneous Pumice - ANSWER-Igneous Andesite - ANSWER-Igneous Rhyolite - ANSWER-Igneous Dunite - ANSWER-Igneous Syenite - ANSWER-Igneous Obsidian - ANSWER-Igneous Trachyte - ANSWER-Igneous Felsite Porphyry - ANSWER-Igneous Diorite - ANSWER-Igneous Basalt - ANSWER-Igneous Pegmatite - ANSWER-Igneous

EAPS 112 - Chapter 7 (Evolution) Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Darwin's theory of evolution states that only the fittest organisms survive. - ANSWER-False Evolution can occur via artificial selection. - ANSWER-True Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck proposed a mechanism for evolution called the inheritance of acquired characteristics, but ultimately his mechanism was refuted. - ANSWER-True Alleles are alternate expressions of genes. - ANSWER-True In the process of natural selection, f...

EAPS 112 - Chapter 1 (The Dynamic and Evolving Earth) Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Plate tectonics affect Earth's geological and biological history. - ANSWER-True The atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere are isolated systems that rarely interact. - ANSWER-False When scientists use the word theory, they are referring to an unsubstantiated guess. - ANSWER-False Once established, a scientific theory cannot be changed. - ANSWER-False The Big Bang describes the formation of ou...

EAPS 112 - Chapter 2 (Minerals and Rocks) Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Minerals are naturally occurring, organic, crystalline solids. - ANSWER-False The atomic number of an element is determined by the number of protons in the nucleus - ANSWER-True Metamorphic rocks form from when magma cools - ANSWER-False The silica tetrahedron is the building block of all silicate minerals and continues one silicon atom and three oxygen atoms - ANSWER-False (4 oxygen) Igneous rocks can be...

EAPS 112 - Ch 5 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Stratigraphy is primarily the study of sedimentary rocks - ANSWER-False Relative dating principles like superposition are rarely applied by stratigraphers, as they rely mostly on numerical dates. - ANSWER-False All unconformities are created during periods of erosion and/or non-deposition - ANSWER-True Unconformities can only develop between layers of sedimentary rock - ANSWER-False Walther's law states that facies seen in a conf...

EAPS 112 - Chapter 8 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 This mineral deposit is most commonly associated with Archean rocks? a. gold b. coal c. steel d. natural gas e. petroleum - ANSWER-a. gold For abiogenesis to occur, what must be present? a. monomers b. polymers c. amino acids d. an energy source e. oxygen - ANSWER-d. an energy source Archean rocks can best be characterized as ________ . a. commonly metamorphic rocks b. mostly well-formed c. commonly sedimentary rock d...

EAPS 112 - Chapter 14 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Cretaceous sea level rose in response to ________ . a. transgressions of the Cretaceous Interior Seaway b. rapid formation of coral reefs c. increasing complexity of ocean circulation patterns d. an increased rate of seafloor spreading e. cooler worldwide temperatures - ANSWER-d. an increased rate of seafloor spreading A global rise in sea level during the Cretaceous resulted in a worldwide ________ , such that ________ depositi...