Law of superposition - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Test 1 SCI 225 How is solar radiation distributed on Earth's surface? - correct answer hottest towards the equator because of its direct rays hitting the earth directly. What is law of superposition? - correct answer oldest rocks are on the bottom. How can you determine the age of the seafloor? - correct answer The youngest crust of the ocean floor can be found near the seafloor spreading centers or mid-ocean ridges. As the plates split apart, magma rises from below the Earth's surface ...

Science 225 exam 2How do we know climate of the last? - correct answer Ice cores and sedimentary rocks Louis Agassiz - correct answer 1830s-European Alps glaciation hypothesis Glacial erratic - correct answer Boulders of rocks out of place Glacial striations - correct answer Grooves in rocks moving in same direction HMS challenger - correct answer : fossils different in cold and warm areas Milankovitch - correct answer s: change in orbital parameters forces climate change hypothes...

Test 1 SCI 225How is solar radiation distributed on Earth's surface? - correct answer hottest towards the equator because of its direct rays hitting the earth directly. What is law of superposition? - correct answer oldest rocks are on the bottom. How can you determine the age of the seafloor? - correct answer The youngest crust of the ocean floor can be found near the seafloor spreading centers or mid-ocean ridges. As the plates split apart, magma rises from below the Earth's surface to...

SCI 225 Exam 2 How do we know what climate was like in the past? - correct answer Rocks: hundreds of millions Ice cores: hundreds of thousands Louis Aggassiz - correct answer hypothesized that glaciers were carrying rocks down, evidence gathered from people, and glaciers advance HMS Challenger - correct answer ocean dredging, fossils are found in cold and warm areas of the ocean Theory of Glaciation - correct answer Louis Aggasiz found glacial erratics and glacial striations in the E...

Intro to Anthropology- Exam 2 WVU Latest Version Graded A+ Archaeology the study of human behavior and cultural change in the past through the reconstruction, description, and interpretation of material remains what do archaeologists do? reconstruct behavior through the study of material remains or archaeological record what are examples of material culture? -artifacts -ecofacts -features artifact anything made, used, or altered in some way by humans ecofacts any type of ...

Nicholas Steno Answer This man became a catholic bishop, challenged the tear theory, and is known as the Father of Stratigraphy Law of Original Horizontality Answer This principle states sediments are deposited under the influence of gravity as nearly horizontal beds. Law of Superposition Answer This principle states that top layers of rock are younger than bottom layers. Law of Faunal (Flaural) Succession Answer Sedimentary rock strata contain fossilized flora and fauna that these foss...

SCI 225Hypothesis - correct answer possible explanation that leads to a prediction weather - correct answer Local Climate - correct answer Regional Latitudinal Distribution - correct answer wind, temp, rain, ocean currents Biomes - correct answer Global associations of plants and animals, largely determined by climate, primarily temp. and precipitation Antropogenic - correct answer Human casued Albedo - correct answer reflectivity CO2 - correct answer 412 ppm Law of Super...

ASBOG - General and Field Geology (20%) (28 Questions And Answers )

Evolution is the unifying concept of biology correct answers Dobzhansky Ophelia Syndrome correct answers Being told what to do or how to think; Thomas Plummer What are the six cures to Ophelia Syndrome? correct answers 1. Seek out great teachers 2. Dare to know and trust yourself 3. Learn to live with uncertainty (Science exists because of what we don't know) 4. Practice dialectical thinking; Put yourself in their shoes 5. Foster idle thinking (Alfred Russel Wallace codiscovered natur...

LUOA Earth Science: Module 3: What's Going on Inside the Earth? (2023/2024) Rated A Divergent boundaries are where two oceanic crusts __________. are pulling apart from each other If you were to compare the consistency of the mantle to a type of food, what would best describe it? Thick peanut butter Where are there a lot of earthquakes and volcanoes? Ring of Fire What was the time period that Dr. Humphrey predicted that the magnetic field reversals were happening during the Flood? Weekly Wh...