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Geg 111 Exam 3 Questions With Verified
Answers.
What kinds of studies investigate the lithosphere? - answer✔Geology and Geomorphology
Geology - answer✔Study of Earth's history, composition, internal structure, surface features and
processes acting on them.
Geomorphology - answer✔Study of landforms, relating to the external processes of Earth.
Endogenic System - answer✔Processes which drive the earth's interior, driven by heat.
Exogenic System - answer✔processes operating at Earth's surface, driven by solar energy and
the movement of air, water, and ice
What kinds of phases exist in the history of Earth? smallest to largest - answer✔Epochs, Periods,
Eras, Eons
Major layers inside of the earth - answer✔Crust, mantle, inner core and outer core.
Sub layers of the earth - answer✔Mohorovic discontinuity (Moho), Continental crust, oceanic
crust, lithospher, and asthenosphere. magnetosphere.
What materials make up Earth & the lithosphere? - answer✔Minerals and Rocks
Minerals - answer✔building blocks of rocks
Rocks - answer✔Assemblage of minerals bound together or a mass composed of a single
mineral.
The 3 rock types - answer✔igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
Igneous - answer✔Formed from molten material
Sedimentary - answer✔Formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
Metamorphic - answer✔Rocks changed by intense heat or extreme pressure
Geg 111 Exam 3 Questions With Verified
Answers.
What kinds of studies investigate the lithosphere? - answer✔Geology and Geomorphology
Geology - answer✔Study of Earth's history, composition, internal structure, surface features and
processes acting on them.
Geomorphology - answer✔Study of landforms, relating to the external processes of Earth.
Endogenic System - answer✔Processes which drive the earth's interior, driven by heat.
Exogenic System - answer✔processes operating at Earth's surface, driven by solar energy and
the movement of air, water, and ice
What kinds of phases exist in the history of Earth? smallest to largest - answer✔Epochs, Periods,
Eras, Eons
Major layers inside of the earth - answer✔Crust, mantle, inner core and outer core.
Sub layers of the earth - answer✔Mohorovic discontinuity (Moho), Continental crust, oceanic
crust, lithospher, and asthenosphere. magnetosphere.
What materials make up Earth & the lithosphere? - answer✔Minerals and Rocks
Minerals - answer✔building blocks of rocks
Rocks - answer✔Assemblage of minerals bound together or a mass composed of a single
mineral.
The 3 rock types - answer✔igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
Igneous - answer✔Formed from molten material
Sedimentary - answer✔Formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
Metamorphic - answer✔Rocks changed by intense heat or extreme pressure
