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31 Cards in this Set
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Arrange Eons of geologic time from most recent to earliest. |
Phanerozoic, proterozoic, archean, hadean |
Phantoms protect animal habitat |
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Which planets are rich in metals and rocky materials? |
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars |
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Which planets are rich in ices, water, ammonia, and methane? |
Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune, |
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Radiometric dating is based on what? |
The rate at which a radioactive isotope decays. |
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On what hemisphere is more land located, the northern or southern? |
Northern |
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Water is moved through the hydrologic cycle at different rates and in different directions in each climate zone. True or False? |
True |
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Earths age is estimated at? |
4.6x10^9 |
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The big bang occured roughly how many years ago? |
13 billion |
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Longitude is given in degrees in what direction? |
East and west of the prime meridian |
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What is one degree of latitude equal too? |
60 nautical miles |
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An error in time of 2 minutes in determining longitude from local time and GMT will a ___ error in longitude. |
.50 degree |
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The taller a mountain is, the deeper its root will extend into the asthenosphere. True or False |
True |
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List the tectonic plates from largest to smallest. |
Pacific, african, north american, south american, indian, juan de fuca |
Indian, south american, north american, pacific, african, juan de fuca |
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What are earths layers in order of surface to center |
Lithosphere,asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core |
Mesosphere, inner core, outer core, asthenosphere, lithosphere |
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What are earths layers in order from surface to earths center |
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core |
Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust |
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The thickness of deep-sea sediments increases with distance from a spreading center. True or False? |
True |
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The mechanism causing lithospheric plates to move is thought to be what? |
A combination of convection in the mantle and "slab pull" caused by subducting lithosphere |
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Where does volcanic activity not occur? |
On convergent boundaries between 2 continental plates |
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What is the correct sediment classification for manganese nodules? |
Hydogenous |
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What is the correct sediment classification for diatoms and radiolarian ooze? |
Biogenous |
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What is the correct sediment classification of red clay? |
Lithogenous |
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What is the correct sediment classification of tektile? |
Cosmogenous |
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What are the size arrangements of the 7 sediments from largest to smallest |
Boulder, cobble, pebble, granule, sand, silt, clay |
Cobble, sand, silt, clay, boulder, pebble, granule |
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The vertical relief across the mountains of the western united states is similar to the vertical relief across the mid atlantic ridge. True or False? |
True |
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Large particles sink faster than smaller particles of the same density. True or False? |
True |
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Manganese particles are composed entirely of manganese. True or false |
False |
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Turbidity currents are often triggered by earthquakes along passive continental margins. True or False? |
False |
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Guyots are flat topped islands. True or False? |
False |
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In the deep sea what sediment makes up a majority of the pelagic deposit? |
Biogenous |
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Is calcareous ooze more commonly found in deep water or shallow water? |
More common in shallow water then deep water |
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What are the eons of geologic time from most recent to earliest? |
Cenozoic, mesozoic, paleozoic |
Mesozoic, cenozoic, paleozoic |
