Convergent boundary - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AICE Marine Science Study Guide for Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct Erosion - Correct Answer ️️ -the removal of rock/particles moved by action of waves/wind/rain Deposition/Sedimentation - Correct Answer ️️ -the dropping/depositing/accumulating of rock/particles by waves/wind Plate Tectonic Theory - Correct Answer ️️ --Earth's crust/lithosphere is made of plates -Continents lie on plates -Plates are moving slowing on top of asthenosphere -Plates move do to convectio...

d) Geosphere - correct answer Which of the four spheres of Earth is the most extensive? a) Bioshere b) Hydrosphere c) Atmosphere d) Geosphere c) Uniformitarianism - correct answer The Principle of ________ states that the physical, chemical, and biological processes at work shaping the Earth today have also operated in the geologic past. a) Catastrophism b) Creationism c) Uniformitarianis...

Fjord - ANSWERSA long narrow inlet with steep cliffs created by glacial erosion (commonly found in Washington State) The Alps were formed... - ANSWERS...by the collision of the African and Eurasian continents (the alps are not made of volcanic rock) Three Main Types of Rocks - ANSWERSIgneous - Obsidian, Basalt, Granite (made from lava/ volcanic activity) Metamorphic - Slate, Gneiss, Phyllis (made under extreme pressure and temperature) Sedimentary - Limestone, Shale, Sandstone (made...

Geology 111 Exam Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated) Most natural disasters are which of the following? - answerrarely if ever cyclic because there are too many overlapping effects The costs of catastrophic events continue to increase primarily because ____. - answermore people are moving into areas at high risk for natural disasters When is a large event such as a major earthquake not a disaster? - answerwhen it happens in an area without any people Which of the following was t...

Geology 111 Exam Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated) Most natural disasters are which of the following? - answerrarely if ever cyclic because there are too many overlapping effects The costs of catastrophic events continue to increase primarily because ____. - answermore people are moving into areas at high risk for natural disasters When is a large event such as a major earthquake not a disaster? - answerwhen it happens in an area without any people Which of the following was t...

Why do earthquakes occur? correct answers - release of energy in response to a build up of stress along a fracture - energy released in sudden bursts due to stick-slip behavior Why do we see stick slip behavior? correct answers faults are not smooth so the jagged edge causes friction What are the four different types of faults? correct answers - normal faults (with gravity) - transform faults (sideways motion) - reverse faults (against gravity, high angle) - thrust faults (against grav...

Who proposed the theory of Continental Drift?Alfred Wegener. In which ocean are most of the world's convergent plate boundaries located?Pacific Ocean. The east coast of North America is a what boundary? The West coast of South America is what boundary?Not a plate boundary. A convergent plate boundary. What is associated with a divergent plate boundary? Name a divergent plate boundary.Earthquakes, volcanicm and rifting. The mid-atlantic Ridge. At what type of boundary do the deepest ...

MTTC Integrated Science - Earth & Space Sciences Questions And Answers mantle drag plates move due to the friction between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere trench suction involves a downward frictional pull on oceanic plates in subduction zones due to convection currents convergent plate boundary when adjacent plates move toward one another and one plate slips underneath another. three types of formations can come of this 1) oceanic plate + oceanic plate = deep trench 2) continen...

Geology 111 Exam Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated) Most natural disasters are which of the following? - answerrarely if ever cyclic because there are too many overlapping effects The costs of catastrophic events continue to increase primarily because ____. - answermore people are moving into areas at high risk for natural disasters When is a large event such as a major earthquake not a disaster? - answerwhen it happens in an area without any people Which of the following was t...

PES- Finals Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Solved Convergent Plate Boundary ️️When two plates move toward each other Divergent Plate Boundary ️️When two plates move away from each other Transform Plate Boundary ️️When two plates slide past each other What is the driving force behind plate tectonics? ️️Convection Currents What were Wegener's pieces of evidence to help prove the continental drift? ️️1. Fossils of plants and animals 2. Mountain Ranges and Mid-...