ISP 203 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE REVIEW ||
ERRORLESS SOLUTIONS 100%.
Hypothesis correct answers A proposed explanation for a narrow set of phenomena (NOT
guesses)
Theories correct answers Broad explanations for a wide range of phenomena (must be supported
by many lines of evidence)
Testable correct answers Based on natural word
Falsifiable correct answers Must be able to be disproved
What current theory is said to drive plate tectonics? correct answers Thermal Convection
What changes the density of a substance? correct answers Heat expansion
How does density relate to convection currents? correct answers Convection currents of a
substance arise from differences in density
What are the three types of plate boundaries? correct answers Divergent, transform, and
convergent
Divergent Plate Boundary Process correct answers Magma from volcanic activity pushes crust
up and continents split then spread further apart developing seaways (Spreading)
Divergent Plate Boundary Example correct answers Red Sea which separates the Arabian
Peninsula from Africa
,Transform Plate Boundary Process correct answers Plates slide past one another and crust is
neither produced or destroyed (Lateral Sliding)
Transform Plate Boundary Example correct answers 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 correct answers Plates are moving toward each other and
crust is destroyed and recycled (characterized by earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains)
(Subduction)
Convergent Plate Boundary Types correct answers Oceanic-Continental, Oceanic-Oceanic, and
Continental-Continental
Ocean-Continental Process correct answers Oceanic plate is subducted beneath continental plate
Oceanic-Oceanic Process correct answers One plate is subducted beneath another
Oceanic-Oceanic Example correct answers The Great Tohoku Earthquake
Continental-Continetal Process correct answers Neither plate is subducted and mountain ranges
form
What is the main problem with rapid human population growth? correct answers Uneven and
unfair resource use and sustainability
What is an ecological footprint? correct answers Area of land needed to supply resources
consumed (demand)
, How do ecological footprints vary between countries? correct answers As countries become
more affluent, their footprints are increasingly determined by the extraction and burning of fossil
fuels and the generation of electric power
What proportion of the average U.S. citizen comes from food and energy? correct answers (5.57
carbon + 1.08 cropland / 8.0 footprint = ) 83%
Matter correct answers Anything that takes up space and has mass (made up of elements
Compounds correct answers A substance consisting of two or more elements in a fixed ratio (has
characteristics different from those of its elements)
Element correct answers A substance that cannot be broken down to other substances by
chemical reactions
Isotopes correct answers two atoms of an element that differ in number of neutrons (same
number of protons)
Atom correct answers The smallest unit of matter that still retains the properties of an element
(composed of subatomic particles)
Protons correct answers Positively charged atom
Neutrons correct answers Neutrally charged atom
Electrons correct answers Negatively charged atom
What are bonds between atoms? correct answers Covalent & Ionic Bonds
ERRORLESS SOLUTIONS 100%.
Hypothesis correct answers A proposed explanation for a narrow set of phenomena (NOT
guesses)
Theories correct answers Broad explanations for a wide range of phenomena (must be supported
by many lines of evidence)
Testable correct answers Based on natural word
Falsifiable correct answers Must be able to be disproved
What current theory is said to drive plate tectonics? correct answers Thermal Convection
What changes the density of a substance? correct answers Heat expansion
How does density relate to convection currents? correct answers Convection currents of a
substance arise from differences in density
What are the three types of plate boundaries? correct answers Divergent, transform, and
convergent
Divergent Plate Boundary Process correct answers Magma from volcanic activity pushes crust
up and continents split then spread further apart developing seaways (Spreading)
Divergent Plate Boundary Example correct answers Red Sea which separates the Arabian
Peninsula from Africa
,Transform Plate Boundary Process correct answers Plates slide past one another and crust is
neither produced or destroyed (Lateral Sliding)
Transform Plate Boundary Example correct answers 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 correct answers Plates are moving toward each other and
crust is destroyed and recycled (characterized by earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains)
(Subduction)
Convergent Plate Boundary Types correct answers Oceanic-Continental, Oceanic-Oceanic, and
Continental-Continental
Ocean-Continental Process correct answers Oceanic plate is subducted beneath continental plate
Oceanic-Oceanic Process correct answers One plate is subducted beneath another
Oceanic-Oceanic Example correct answers The Great Tohoku Earthquake
Continental-Continetal Process correct answers Neither plate is subducted and mountain ranges
form
What is the main problem with rapid human population growth? correct answers Uneven and
unfair resource use and sustainability
What is an ecological footprint? correct answers Area of land needed to supply resources
consumed (demand)
, How do ecological footprints vary between countries? correct answers As countries become
more affluent, their footprints are increasingly determined by the extraction and burning of fossil
fuels and the generation of electric power
What proportion of the average U.S. citizen comes from food and energy? correct answers (5.57
carbon + 1.08 cropland / 8.0 footprint = ) 83%
Matter correct answers Anything that takes up space and has mass (made up of elements
Compounds correct answers A substance consisting of two or more elements in a fixed ratio (has
characteristics different from those of its elements)
Element correct answers A substance that cannot be broken down to other substances by
chemical reactions
Isotopes correct answers two atoms of an element that differ in number of neutrons (same
number of protons)
Atom correct answers The smallest unit of matter that still retains the properties of an element
(composed of subatomic particles)
Protons correct answers Positively charged atom
Neutrons correct answers Neutrally charged atom
Electrons correct answers Negatively charged atom
What are bonds between atoms? correct answers Covalent & Ionic Bonds
