Earths structure Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

SCI 225 - Final ExamLouis Agassiz - correct answer european alps glacier hypothesis (striation) HMS Challenger - correct answer The first major oceanographic expedition - fossils different in cold and warm areas Milutin Milankovitch - correct answer change in orbital parameters forces climate change related orbital cycles to ice ages frank libby - correct answer Carbon dating can be used to determine how old substances are Cesare Emiliani - correct answer Used sediment cores to esti...

What is FSC? What do they do? : Forest Stewardship Council Certifies forests, companies and products that meet sustainability standards Who is Thomas Lovejoy? : Founder of BDFFP (Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project) He went to the Amazon Rainforest and purposefully created forest fragments What is BDFFP? : Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project What is species richness? : the number of species in a community How does fragmentation affect species richness? 2 | P a ...

What are the two different kinds of crust? - Answer-Oceanic and Continental Which crust is denser? - Answer-Oceanic Which crust is thicker? - Answer-Continental What specific type of rock is each type of crust made of? - Answer-Continental-granite Oceanic-basalt What layer contains the crust and the upper mantle? - Answer-Lithosphere What is unusual about the Asthenosphere? - Answer-It is partially melted What happens when 2 oceanic plates collide? - Answer-The denser of the 2 plates will...

APES Unit 4 Study Guide with correct answers 2024/2025What are the layers of the earth? - correct answer 15; Crust, mantle, outer core and inner core What are the 3 major processes in Earths geologic cycle? - correct answer Tectonic plates, rock cycle & soil formation Define the theory of plate tectonics - correct answer The theory that the lithosphere of the earth is divided into plates, most of which are in constant motion Explain the movement of divergent plate boundaries and give...

Define Geography - Study of Earth's physical features, inhabitants, and their spatial relationships/interactions Subfields of geographic study - Physical(landforms, water, soil, and animals) and Human(culture, economic and political) The Primary Steps of the Scientific Method - Observation, Hypothesis, Experimentation, Peer view, and Conclusion 4 primary environmental spheres - Atmosphere(air), Lithosphere(stone), Hydrosphere(water), and Biosphere(life) Latitude (parallels) - Lines go e...

Biology 105 Chapter 1 Latest Update Graded A+ Order Reproduction Organisms reproduce their own kind. Growth and Development Inherited information in the form of DNA controls the pattern of growth and development of all organisms. Energy Processing use chemical energy stored in food to power activites and chemical reactions. Regulation Keeping within limits to sustain life. Response to the enviorment All organisms respond to environmental stimuli. Evolutionary adaptatio...

ASVAB – Latest Update (2022/2023) Graded A+ Geology The study of the nature and composition of the rocks and material that make up the Earth, how they were formed, and the physical and chemical processes that have changed earth over time Mineral a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical elements Organic compounds Carbon- containing remains of decomposed plant or animal matter Mineraloids Minerals that lack a defined crystalline structure. 3...

APES Unit 4 Study GuideWhat are the layers of the earth? - correct answer 15; Crust, mantle, outer core and inner core What are the 3 major processes in Earths geologic cycle? - correct answer Tectonic plates, rock cycle & soil formation Define the theory of plate tectonics - correct answer The theory that the lithosphere of the earth is divided into plates, most of which are in constant motion Explain the movement of divergent plate boundaries and give an example - correct answer An ar...

Microbiology for Health Professionals Ch 1 Exam || Questions & Answers (100% Verified) Microbiology for Health Professionals Ch 1 Exam || Questions & Answers (100% Verified) Who described the importance of hand washing in preventing disease in the hospital setting? - ANSWER - Oliver Wendell Holmes and Ignaz Semmelweis Who was the first to use aseptic techniques in surgery. - ANSWER - Joseph Lister Who discovered and described heat-resistant endospores? - ANSWER - Ferdinand Cohn 5 ch...

weather correct answers The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place. climate correct answers Overall weather in an area over a long period of time basic elements of weather correct answers wind, humidity, temperature, pressure, clouds, and precipitation basic elements of climate correct answers temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloudiness important meteorological variables correct answers precipitation (R), surface air tempe...