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Marine Biology – 3 Questions and Answers Already Passed The solar system formed ____ billion years ago. 5 It has been proposed that the first living organisms were: heterotrophs The first heterotrophs obtained their energy from: chemosynthetic organisms. The ocean is frequently referred to as: world ocean. A body of salt water that is more or less landlocked is called: a sea. The thickest of Earth's physical layers is the: mantle. The region of the mantle below the crust is called: the ...

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...

Freshwater accounts for how much of the earths water - ANSWER 3 percent where is the majority of the earths freshwater - ANSWER 3/4 of the earths freshwater is above ground in ice and glaciers A method has been implemented to reduce water use i dry climates to - ANSWER alternate days for households to water their lawn or wash their cars gray water is suitable for - ANSWER watering plants, washing cars gray water comes from - ANSWER baths, showers, sinks, and washing machines. volc...

How was the solar system formed? - -a supernova (explosion of a start when it runs out of fuel) -4.6 billion years ago how was the earth formed? - -a nebula made of gas and dust -was formed 4.5 billion years ago how did oceans form? - -A volcanic expulsion - rained for thousands of years -hit by an icy comets -volcanic out gassing and ice from comets when did life form? - -3.7 billion years ago how long have animals been around for? - -600 million years ago how long has pho...

ISP 203B Exam 1 with complete solutions The current theory of plate tectonics states that approximately ________ large lithospheric plates comprise the outer 60 to 200 kilometers of the Earth. - ANS ️️ 12 The majority of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur: - ANS ️️ Near the boundaries between lithosphere plates. The continental drift hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912 was based on all the following except: - ANS ️️ continent movement rates determined by GPR m...

ISP 203B Exam 1 Correctly Answered The current theory of plate tectonics states that approximately ________ large lithospheric plates comprise the outer 60 to 200 kilometers of the Earth. - ANS ️️ 12 The majority of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur: - ANS ️️ Near the boundaries between lithosphere plates. The continental drift hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912 was based on all the following except: - ANS ️️ continent movement rates determined by GPR measur...

APES Unit 4 Review - MRQ correctly solved graded A+Which of the following statements best describes the boundary between the two tectonic plates: the Relative motion of the North American & the Pacific Plate? - correct answer The map illustrates a transform boundary, where tectonic plates slide past each other as the Pacific Plate moves northwest and the North American Plate moves southeast. (The San Andreas Fault is a transform boundary. The plates slide past each other in opposite directions,...

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...

In scientific investigations, which of the following steps is most likely to occur first? - forming conclusions -posing questions -designing an experiment -communicating results - ANSWER-posing questions A class of 7th-grade science students conducting an experiment involving tomato plants collected both quantitative and qualitative data. Which data were qualitative? -average height of the plants -length of the stems of each plant -number of leaves on each plant -gene...

How did the solar system form? - Nebular Theory - Our Solar System formed from a giants, swirling cloud of gas and dust What are the terrestrial and JSUN (Jovian) planets made of? - Rocks and metals condense inside frost line, hydrogen compounds (ices) condense outside frost line What is the order of the planets from closest to the Sun to farthest from the Sun? - (MVEM/JSUN) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune What are the 2 most common elements in our solar sy...