Continental margin - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Geology 1110 Final Exam Questions With Verified Solutions 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...

Ocean 100 Exam 3 Questions and Answers Already Passed The Coastal region - the parts of the coastal region, starting with the coast all the way to the offshore (we looked at about 6); What wave energy does to a coastal cliff over time - how? Rivers and cliff erosion? ; what about southern California sand supply? Coast: land extending inland as far as marine influence is seen (ex. SD at coast) Offshore: extends from breakers to edge of continental shelf Beach: shore and nearshore, very a...

CSUF 310T-09 Henderson Exam 1 Study Guide Rated A+ Accretion a process by which material is added to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone, frequently on the edge of existing continental landmasses. The added material may be sediment, volcanic arcs, seamounts, oceanic crust or other igneous features accreted terranes Piece of lithosphere carried by a plate that eventually collides and fuses (accretes) with another plate Earth's inner core located at the center of the Earth and is composed of ...

NR 150 Exam 1|228 Questions with Answers 2023 Algin - CORRECT ANSWER Substance found in brown algae used to thicken foods Aquaculture - CORRECT ANSWER The cultivation of seafood under controlled conditions Biological resources - CORRECT ANSWER plants and animals bycatch - CORRECT ANSWER The unintentional catch of non-target species while fishing desalination - CORRECT ANSWER A process of removing salt from ocean water exclusive economic zone - CORRECT ANSWER area in which res...

Marine biology is the study of: the organisms that inhabit the sea and their relationships to each other and their environment Oceanography is the study of: physical elements of the ocean itself Continental margin: Close part near ocean, still continent, near shore, part of the ocean, made of continent. a couple hundred meters exposes all of it. continental rise an underwater feature found between the continental slope and the abyssal plain TERM Continental shelf: DEFINITION A gentl...

SDSU Oceanography 100 FINAL Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) What is the origin of the Earth? - answerFormed out of a solar nebula What are the origins of Life? - answerArchaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth What is kinetic energy? - answerThe energy of motion What is heat energy? - answerEnergy created by particles of matter rubbing together What is density? - answerA measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of something. (mass per unit volume) What ...

Magellan correct answers Died before circumnavigation of earth complete Boyle correct answers Father of chemical oceanography Newton correct answers Correctly explained tidal forces Cook correct answers Determined outline of Pacific Ocean Franklin correct answers First to chart the Gulf Stream Forbes correct answers Said ocean was lifeless below 550 ft Maury correct answers Compiled/standardized wind and current data from US navy ships Darwin correct answers Theories on cora...

Geography AQA GCSE PAPER 1 Questions And Answers 100% Verified. Natural Hazard - correct answer. A natural hazard is a natural process which could cause death, injury or disruption to humans, or destroy proprty or posesions. Natural disaster - correct answer. A natural hzard that has actualy happened Geological hazards - correct answer. Caused by kand and tectonic processes Meteorological hazards - correct answer. Caused by weather and climate Factors affecting haz...

Geography AQA GCSE PAPER 1 (2022/2023) ALREADY PASSED Natural Hazard A natural hazard is a natural process which could cause death, injury or disruption to humans, or destroy proprty or posesions. Natural disaster A natural hzard that has actualy happened Geological hazards Caused by kand and tectonic processes Meteorological hazards Caused by weather and climate Factors affecting hazard risk Urbanisation, poverty, development, climate change Tectonic plates Slabs of the Earth's crust Con...

The study of the Earth, including our planet's composition, behavior and history - correct answer geology A reasonable idea that has the possibility of being correct, but has not yet been proven - correct answer hypothesis The relatively rigid, nonflowable, outer 100 to 150 km thick layer of the earth; constituting the crust and the top part of the mantle - correct answer ...