ISP 203 Final Exam Study Guide Review || Questions & Answers (Graded A+)

ISP 203 Final Exam Study Guide Review || Questions & Answers (Graded A+) ISP 203 Final Exam Study Guide Review || Questions & Answers (Graded A+) Hypothesis - ANSWER - A proposed explanation for a narrow set of phenomena (NOT guesses) Theories - ANSWER - Broad explanations for a wide range of phenomena (must be supported by many lines of evidence) Testable - ANSWER - Based on natural word Falsifiable - ANSWER - Must be able to be disproved What current theory is said to drive plate tectonics? - ANSWER - Thermal Convection What changes the density of a substance? - ANSWER - Heat expansion How does density relate to convection currents? - ANSWER - Convection currents of a substance arise from differences in density What are the three types of plate boundaries? - ANSWER - Divergent, transform, and convergent Divergent Plate Boundary Process - ANSWER - Magma from volcanic activity pushes crust up and continents split then spread further apart developing seaways (Spreading) Divergent Plate Boundary Example - ANSWER - Red Sea which separates the Arabian Peninsula from Africa Transform Plate Boundary Process - ANSWER - Plates slide past one another and crust is neither produced or destroyed (Lateral Sliding) Transform Plate Boundary Example - ANSWER - A section of the San Andreas Fault in central California (Terrain west of the fault is moving north relative to that to the east) Convergent Plate Boundary Process - ANSWER - Plates are moving toward each other and crust is destroyed and recycled (characterized by earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains) (Subduction) Convergent Plate Boundary Types - ANSWER - Oceanic-Continental, Oceanic-Oceanic, and Continental-Continental Ocean-Continental Process - ANSWER - Oceanic plate is subducted beneath continental plate