Oceanic lithosphere - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Texas Teacher Exam - Science minerals - ANS ️️ A solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence. tectonic plates - ANS ️️ Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents. tectonic plates - ANS ️️ pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere oceanic crust - ANS ️️ earths crust located under the ocean. The thinnest type of crust. Mostly basalt continental crust - ANS ️️ thicker, less dense crust making the continents magne...

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 2 and 3 Questions and Answers True or False: Wegener used plate tectonics to explain continental drift. - ANS ️️ False True or False: In measuring earthquakes, an event with a Richter magnitude of 5.0 is only slightly stronger than one with a magnitude of 4.0. - ANS ️️ False In Comparison to developing countries, catastrophic natural disasters in developed countries are most likely to cause _________. - ANS ️️ More economic damage, but less loss of life The cost...

Mttc Integrated Science (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 lithosphere? - C...

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...

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...

How old is the Earth? CORRECT ANSWER 4.6 billion years old Which of the following is the thickest sphere on Earth? CORRECT ANSWER geosphere Wet mud and earthworm found on the edge of a lake would be considered to be part of which sphere? CORRECT ANSWER biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere On Earth, chemical differentiation lead to the formation of layers in Earth based on the ______ of the materials that make up those layers. CORRECT ANSWER density Between continental and oceanic crust,...

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...

the geosphere consists of... Ans- the core,mantle, and crust crust Ans- outer most layer. very thin and is less than 1% of earths mass mantle Ans- its medium in density. it is 64% of earths mass core Ans- dense and hot lithosphere Ans- located in crust and mantle asthensphere, mesosphere Ans- located in mantle outer and inner core Ans- located in the core oceanic continental Ans- trenches continental continental Ans- mountain

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...