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Science Olympiad Dynamic Planet Exam Questions And Answers
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Science Olympiad Dynamic Planet Exam 
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volcano - answera weak spot in the crust where magma has come through the surface 
magma - answerthe molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases and water from the 
mantle 
lava - answerliquid magma that reaches Earth's surface 
Ring of Fire - answera major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean 
island arc - answera string of volcanoes that form as a result of subduction of one oceanic 
plate beneath a second oceanic plat...
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Layers of the Earth - correct answer crust, mantle, outer core, inner core 
 
The three types of plate boundaries - correct answer Divergent plate (sea floor spreading), convergent plate (two plates colliding generating pressure), and transform fault (plates moving sideways past each other, causing seismic activity) 
 
Forming of volcanoes - correct answer When plates move over hotspots and heat from the rising mantle plume me...
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Geology Exam 1 questions and answers 2024
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Continental Drift 
The theory that continents move over time 
 
 
 
Pangaea 
A super continent consisting of all of our current continents 
 
 
 
Plate Tectonics 
The idea that the Earth's crust is made up of many plates that shift 
 
 
 
Crust 
Consists of continental and oceanic layers 
 
 
 
Lithosphere 
Consists of crust and upper mantle 
 
 
 
Convergent Boundary 
The coming together of two tectonic plates 
 
 
 
Divergent Boundary 
The spreading of two tectonic plates 
 
 
 
Transform Bou...
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APES UNIT 4 REVIEW Correct Questions & Answers!!
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Earth's spheres - ANSWER lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere 
 
Earth's core levels - ANSWER - inner core; solid 
- outer core; liquid 
- mantle 
- asthenosphere 
- lithosphere (earth's surface) 
 
Earth's surface composed of... - ANSWER continental crust and oceanic crust 
 
Which is denser, oceanic crust or continental crust? - ANSWER oceanic 
 
Plate tectonics theory - ANSWER a model of movement of Earth's crust 
 
Convection currents exist in cells in the... - ANSWER lower m...
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Earth Environmental Science Exam (Answered) Complete Solution
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Divergent Boundary 
Place where two of Earth's tectonic plates are moving apart. 
Epicenter 
Point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of a earthquake. 
Magnitude 
Measure of the energy released during an earthquake, which can be described using the Richter scale. 
Fault 
Crack in Earth's crust that occurs when stress is applied. 
Sea floor Spreading 
Hess's theory that new ocean crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges 
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ATSC SAILING EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ ATSC SAILING EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+
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What are the three factors that affect wave formation? 
Correct Answer: wind velocity, fetch, and duration 
what is wind velocity for wave formation 
Correct Answer: the speed of the wind 
what is fetch for wave formation 
Correct Answer: the distance over the water that the wind can blow uninterrupted (which 
can be huge distances out at sea) 
what is duration for wave formation 
Correct Answer: the amount ...
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EAPS 111 Exam 1 Purdue Questions and Answers with complete solution
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1. A fundamental premise of plate tectonics is that the Earth's surface is made of distinct plates. 
What are the kinds of evidence/observations led geoscientists to conclude this? - Answer ️️ -- 
The presence of fossil evidence as well as physical boundaries for continents and chains of 
seismic activity, they can fit together and plants, sediments 
2. Where these plates interact (at their active boundaries) is where a s...
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Geology 1110 Final Exam Questions With Verified Solutions
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The ocean's oldest sediments are found - answerfar from spreading centers 
Where you can find the youngest rocks on the ocean floor? - answermid ocean ridges 
the plastic layer in the upper mantle just below the lithosphere is called the - 
answerasthenosphere 
New oceanic crust is produced - answerat divergent plate boundaries 
Movement of the plates ranges from - answer1 to 20 cm a year 
Magnetic stripes (zones with opposite magnetic...
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Biological oceanography studies ocean life 
chemical oceanography studies ocean chemistry 
physical oceanography studies physical conditions and processes of the ocean 
geological oceanography studies the topography,history and composition of the ocean floor and coastal zone 
continental shelf 
Comparatively shallow part of the ocean adjacent to the coastline. Composed of continental crust 
continental slope 
The sloping area between the continental shelf and...
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Geology 111 Exam Questions With Verified Solutions
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Tectonic processes - answerupwelling of magma, plate movement, subduction of crust, 
folding, faulting, warping, fracturing, earthquakes, volcanic activity, magmatism, ocean ridges, 
rift valleys, trenches, collision, continental rifting, mountain formation 
Tectonic characteristics - answerLandforms: volcanoes, earthquakes, faults, mountain 
ranges, mid ocean ridge, deep ocean trenches, rift valleys 
Earthquakes occur - answerWhen brittle roc...
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