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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...

What is convection correct answers Cold air sinks because it is more dense What is the lithosphere correct answers The top part of the mantle and all crust, on top of asthenosphere In SoCal our plate boundary is... (list plate, boundary and rise) correct answers Pacific plate, transform boundary, east pacific rise Why is San Francisco in the same location correct answers It must be East of the San Andreas What will happen to Western California correct answers It will move more northw...

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...

EAS exam 1 questions & answers 2023-24 torrential mudflow of wet volcanic debris is called - ANSWER-lahar shallow focus earthquakes are associated w which type of plate boundary? - ANSWER-convergent, transform, divergent what type of mineral is pyrite - ANSWER-sulfide chemical formula (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 describes what mineral - ANSWER-olivine which volcanic flows moves the most rapidly - ANSWER-pyroclastic flows most common rock-forming minerals in the crust are - ANSWER-silicates ...

Theory of Plate Tectonics - 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? - ANSWER African, Antarctic, Australian, Eurasian, North American, South American, Pacific, Cocos, N...

OCE1001 Final PASSED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers All of the following are considered apart of the continental margin except the - CORRECT ANSWER- fracture zone Which of the following is a characteristic of oceanic-contintenal convergent plate boundaries? - CORRECT ANSWER- andesitic volcanoes Underwater avalanches of muddy water mixed with rocks and debris are called - CORRECT ANSWER- turbidity currents

Oceanography 100 Final SDSU Exam Questions And Answers 100% Verified How was the solar system formed? - answer-a supernova (explosion of a start when it runs out of fuel) -4.6 billion years ago how was the earth formed? - answer-a nebula made of gas and dust -was formed 4.5 billion years ago how did oceans form? - answer-A volcanic expulsion - rained for thousands of years -hit by an icy comets -volcanic out gassing and ice from comets when did life form? - answer-3.7 billion years ag...

ISP 203B Exam 1 2024 || Questions & Answers (100% Verified) ISP 203B Exam 1 2024 || Questions & Answers (100% Verified) Earthquakes and what go hand in hand? - ANSWER - wildfires Where are earthquakes and wildfires? - ANSWER - california and parts of the west coast Hurricanes and what go hand in hand? - ANSWER - Flooding Where do flooding and hurricanes occur? - ANSWER - florida and along the gulf coast Where do tornados occur? - ANSWER - south central US What river ran near t...

How Old are the oceans - 4 billion years How were atmospheres and oceans formed - outgassing and icy commets what is outgassing - when volcanoes erupt and water vapor is condensed and turned into clouds and rain What are the internal Layers of earth - lithosphere asthenosphere mesosphere outer core inner core Lithosphere - Crust and Upper Mantle Asthenosphere - upper mantle (below lithosphere) Mesosphere - Rest of Mantle Outer core and inner core - outer fluid inner so...

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...