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Earth Science Regents Review Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2024/2025 | Already Passed What field focuses on understanding the components that form Earth's surface, such as rocks and minerals? Geology Which area of study involves exploring celestial bodies and phenomena beyond our planet, including stars and meteors? Astronomy Which science is concerned with weather patterns, climate, and atmospheric conditions? Meteorology What branch examines the vast majority o...

Astronomy Midterm 4 Exam - Complete Solutions (Answered) Which of the following does not have a major effect in shaping planetary surfaces? a) impact cratering b) volcanism c) tetonics d) erosion e) magnetism How large is an impact crater compared to the size of the impactor? a) the same size b) 10-20 percent larger c) 10 times larger d) 100 times larger e) 1,000 times larger The relatively few craters that we see within the lunar maria a) were formed by impacts that occurred after those that ...

EARTH SCIENCE FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS List the 3 main layers of the earth from the center to the outside based on composition (what they are made out of). - Correct Answer ️️ -1). Core (Inner and outer)-solid inner liquide outer. Iron/nickel alloy. Extreme pressure 2).Mantle-82% of the earth's volume-Solid, rocky, shell 3). Crust (Oceanic-younger rocks and Continental-granite rocks) List the 5 mechanical layers of the earth (based on how they deform?) Whic layers is a liqui...

Texas Teacher Exam - Science minerals - ANS ️️ A solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence. tectonic plates - ANS ️️ Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents. tectonic plates - ANS ️️ pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere oceanic crust - ANS ️️ earths crust located under the ocean. The thinnest type of crust. Mostly basalt continental crust - ANS ️️ thicker, less dense crust making the continents magne...

LUOA Earth Science Module 8 (2023/2024) Already Passed Glossopteris was a temperate climate leaf fossil. He found it in Antarctica. How could this be? Because that fossil was supposed to have been in a temperate climate near the equator but instead was in Antartica, meaning that the continents have moved since the beginning of time. Alfred Wegener discovered rocks in the Appalachian Mountains matched rocks in _______________________. Europe and Greenland Originally, Wegener's hypothesis that...

SDSU Ocean 100 Final SacramentoGrilo Latest Version Already Passed origin of earth • Supernova: death of a star (great explosion) • Supernova happened 4.6 bya, dust and gas flattens to a disk and spins faster due to gravity and solar nebula formed. • Solar Nebula: describes formation of Earth 4.5 bya • Nebula: gas cloud origin of oceans • volcanic explosion, H2O condensed and rained down for thousands of years to create oceans • icy comets hitting earth (respon...

LUOA Earth Science Module 8 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Pangaea mean all the earth Alfred Wagoner found what in Africa,India,South America and Australia that showed him they were all covered in ice at some point ice striations why didn't scientist in 1912 take Alfred seriously? because there was no way the continents could plow through the ocean basin because they didn't know of a strong enough power because he wasn't a geologist Alfred Wegener proposed his idea of continental drift wh...

Earth Science-Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass What are the two main types of Earth's crust? Oceanic and Continental Explanation: The Earth's crust is divided into two main types: the oceanic crust, which forms the ocean floors, and the continental crust, which forms the continents. Which type of crust has higher density? Oceanic Explanation: Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust due to its composition of basaltic rocks. Which type of crust is thicker? ...

Test Bank for Essentials of Geology Earth Science, 13th Edition (Tarbuck, 2024) All Chapters Covered, Latest Guide A+. Earth Science, 13e (Tarbuck) Chapter 1 Introduction to Earth Science 1) What are the basic differences between the disciplines of physical and historical geology? A) Physical geology is the study of fossils and sequences of rock strata; historical geology is the study of how rocks and minerals were used in the past. B) Historical geology involves the study of rock strata, ...

OCR A-Level Geography Updated Exam | Questions and Answers 100% CORRECT What are the 3 layers of the Earth? Correct Answer: *Crust* *Mantle* *Core* (inner and outer) What separates the crust and the mantle? Correct Answer: *Moho* What 2 layers does the upper mantle consist of? Correct Answer: *Lithosphere* (semi-core) Varies in thickness Boundary with asthenosphere difficult to define (melts and becomes incorporated in asthenosphere) *Asthenosphere* extends 100-300km Sem...