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Second Continental Congress - ANSWER-A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Townshend Acts (1767) - ANSWER-A series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the British American colonies in North America. Thirteen Colonies - ANSWER-A group ...

What is the origin of the Earth? - Answer-Formed out of a solar nebula What are the origins of Life? - Answer-Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth What is kinetic energy? - Answer-The energy of motion What is heat energy? - Answer-Energy created by particles of matter rubbing together What is density? - Answer-A measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of something. (mass per unit volume) What is convection? - Answer-Transfer of heat through currents caused by differen...

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...

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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...

origin of earth - Answer-• Supernova: death of a star (great explosion) • Supernova happened 4.6 bya, dust and gas flattens to a disk and spins faster due to gravity and solar nebula formed. • Solar Nebula: describes formation of Earth 4.5 bya • Nebula: gas cloud origin of oceans - Answer-• volcanic explosion, H2O condensed and rained down for thousands of years to create oceans • icy comets hitting earth (responsible for 1/2 of earths ocean water) origin of life - Answer-•...

Mttc Integrated Science Secondary (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 lithos...

MTTC Integrated Science - Earth & Space Sciences with Complete Solutions MTTC Integrated Science - Earth & Space Sciences with Complete Solutions MTTC Integrated Science - Earth & Space Sciences with Complete Solutions 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 spreadi...

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...

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...