Earth Science Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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...

map - Answer-a representation of the features of a physical body such as Earth latitude - Answer-the distance north or south from the equator; expressed in degrees equator - Answer-the imaginary circle half-way between the poles that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres longitude - Answer-the distance east and west from the prime meridian; expressed in degrees prime meridian - Answer-the meridian, or line of longitude, that is designated as 0 degrees longitude topog...

What are the 4 layers of earth - Answer-Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core Where is the lithosphere located? - Answer-Upper mantle plus crust Where is the asthenosphere located? - Answer-Middle mantle What are the 3 types of boundaries? - Answer-Divergent, convergent, and tranform Warm air rises or sinks? - Answer-Rises How can heat be transferred? - Answer-from hot objects to cold objects in three ways; convection, conduction, and radiation Continental crust is made out of what? - Ans...

Earth Science Final Study Guide 2023 Landslides, moving water, wind, and glaciers cause______of surface materials. erosion .....are characteristic of sediments transported by wind and water. sorted deposits The percentage of pore space, or _______, of sand is about 30 percent. porosity The_______ is an area below Earth's surface that is completely saturated with water. zone of saturation The upper boundary of the zone of saturation is the.... water table. Most groundwater flow take...

Earth Science - Chapter 1 - What is Earth Science Exam Questions with Complete Answers two kinds of geology - Answer-physical and historic What forms the Earth? (Physical Geology) - Answer-weather, volcanoes, earthquakes, formation of land Historic geology - Answer-fossils, a timeline oceanography - Answer-study of the composition and movements of sea water. meteorology - Answer-Global climates (weather), energy, and Earths motions and atmosphere. astronomy - Answer-the study o...

Earth Science All Vocabulary Exam Questions with 100% Verified Answers (Graded A+) Guaranteed Pass Atmosphere - Answer-the envelope of gases that surrounds Earth Ozone - Answer-a form of oxygen that has three oxygen atoms in each molecule instead of the usual two Pressure - Answer-the amount of force pushing on an area Air Pressure - Answer-the pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area Barometer - Answer-an instrument used to measure changes in air p...

Earth Science Chapter 1 Exam Questions and Answers astronomy - Answer-the scientofic study of the universe What specialized feilds of study does geology include? - Answer-the study of earthquakesor volcanoes, exploration for natural recources(such as coal and oil), and the study of earths history through rocks and fossils oceanologhy specialized fields - Answer-ocean water, wves , tides, ocean currents, the ocean floor, and the organisms that kive in the ocean how do scientists study...

Earth Science Chapter 1 Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Meteorology - Answer-The earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather). Oceanography - Answer-The branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans. Astronomy - Answer-The science that deals with the universe beyond the Earth. It describes the nature, position, and motion of the stars, planets, and other objects in the skies, and their relation to the Earth. Nebul...

earth science exam questions with complete answers astronomy - Answer-study of the universe biosphere - Answer-part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere/ regions of solid earth where life exist crust - Answer-the outer layer of the Earth geology - Answer-The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth. lithosphere - Answer-the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle asthenosphere - Answer-The...

Earth Science Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Rated A+) Who first published the idea of uniformitarianism as a basic approach to geologic science? - Answer-Charles Lyell Why did uniformitarianism require that the earth is old? - Answer-They belief that a few thousand years weren't long enough for sediments to form the rocks they see or for mountains to rise at the rates they were growing. What is the name for the viewpoint that the earth is billions of years old? - Answer-Deep-...