Exam 1: A First Look at Planet Earth - Its Origins, Systems, and Tectonic Plates

The eighteenth- century hypothesis suggesting Earth experienced immense, worldwide upheavals is called:

The remains of the meteorite impact crater are located:

The best definition of a scientific law is:

The threat of rising sea level to the coastal United States indicates which systems interaction?

Cooling and solidification of magma produces:

Which of the following statements concerning the rock cycle is NOT true?

Describe the mechanism by which tectonic plates are transported.

During the first 20 million years or so of its history, the Earth accumulated additional heat and became differentiated into its present layered structure. How did this occur?

Our Solar System was formed by the collapse of an enormous gas cloud called a(n):

This hypothesis uses current geological processes to explain long- past geological events:

Due to its internal layers, the best model of the Earth's interior would be a cross section of a(n):

Despite scientific evidence, Wegener's continental drift hypothesis was unaccepted because:

Little or no volcanic activity is associated with which of the following plate boundaries?

The Earth's interior consists of:

A plate tectonics feature located in the area of Arabia, northeastern Africa, and the Red Sea is a:

The asthenosphere can be described as a layer of the Earth's interior:

The primary basis on which an hypothesis may be elevated to the status of a theory is:

The Mount Usa volcanic eruption illustrates which of the following system interactions?

The denser plate sinks beneath the less- dense plate at all convergent plate boundaries EXCEPT:

Absolute dating of rocks is based fundamentally on: