ESSC 101 Unit Exam 1 - Tectonics
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Geology - correct answer ✔✔(study of earth) most geological processes driven by heat.
Heat from Sun - correct answer ✔✔Drives surface geology.
Internal Heat - correct answer ✔✔Drives tectonic processes.
External heat engine - correct answer ✔✔(energy from sun) primary driver of hydrologic cycle
and weathering/ erosion of rocks. Driving water cycle.
Internal heat engine - correct answer ✔✔(convection and conduction; heat and rock moving
from hot to cold) primary driver of tectonic activity (volcanism, magmatism,tectonism)
Earth's interior - correct answer ✔✔Three layers of earth are separated due to differences in
density with the lightest rock making up crust, heavier rock in mantle, and dense metal in core.
Continental Crust - correct answer ✔✔thick, less dense, typically granite.
Oceanic Crust - correct answer ✔✔thin, more dense, typically basalt.
Lithosphere - correct answer ✔✔(100 km thick) rigid/brittle outer shell of earth composed of
crust and upper mantle.
Stephanie Welch SELU fully solved
passed
Geology - correct answer ✔✔(study of earth) most geological processes driven by heat.
Heat from Sun - correct answer ✔✔Drives surface geology.
Internal Heat - correct answer ✔✔Drives tectonic processes.
External heat engine - correct answer ✔✔(energy from sun) primary driver of hydrologic cycle
and weathering/ erosion of rocks. Driving water cycle.
Internal heat engine - correct answer ✔✔(convection and conduction; heat and rock moving
from hot to cold) primary driver of tectonic activity (volcanism, magmatism,tectonism)
Earth's interior - correct answer ✔✔Three layers of earth are separated due to differences in
density with the lightest rock making up crust, heavier rock in mantle, and dense metal in core.
Continental Crust - correct answer ✔✔thick, less dense, typically granite.
Oceanic Crust - correct answer ✔✔thin, more dense, typically basalt.
Lithosphere - correct answer ✔✔(100 km thick) rigid/brittle outer shell of earth composed of
crust and upper mantle.
