Conceptual Integrated Science (3rd Edition)
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The crust of the planet can be compared to the ... more
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Basalt.Granitic rock. ; The top layer of planet E... more
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The five structural layers are the lithosphere, ... more
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Yes. The mantle rock. ; The Asthenosphere is a ... more
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Tectonic plates. ; Lithosphere is the outermost ... more
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The fossil evidence shown by Glossopteris plant ... more
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Because no scientist could give an explanation of ... more
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Diamond bearing rock formation on the coastlines ... more
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At the mid ocean ridges. In the ocean trench. ; ... more
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The moving away of older rocks and rising of ... more
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Plate tectonics theory explains continental drift ... more
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The mentioned theories are all important in their ... more
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The tectonic plates move in all directions with an... more
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The continental drift lacked the explanation of ... more
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Interior of the plates. ; The plate boundaries are... more
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The three major different plate boundaries are :... more
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The three kinds of interactions of the plates are:... more
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Transform plate boundary. ; When the adjacent ... more
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The P-wave and S-wave shadows reveal the structure... more
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The body waves travel through the interior of the ... more
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The one with larger density. Because it will sink ... more
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Because it is more dense than continental crust... more
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The flipping of the magnetic north pole into the ... more
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Far away from the spreading floor. ; When the ... more
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The symmetrical pattern of magnetic stripes of the... more
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The movement of the heat from the interior to the ... more
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Internal heat and gravity. ; The theory of Earth’s... more
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It transfers heat through the process of ... more
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Microbes produce energy from the chemicals such as... more
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In the ocean crust of the active rift zone. Yes, ... more
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No. ; Some ocean trenches contain hydrothermal ... more
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The density is the ratio of the mass of the ... more
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The rate of movement of two plates of northwest ... more
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The average rate of movement along a plate ... more
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The rate of change of spreading of two plates ... more
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The planet (E) is a solid object. If the solid ... more
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The plateau was originally a seabed which is now ... more
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No ; The surface of Earth is known as the crust. ... more
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No ; Almost half of planet(E)'s crust is composed ... more
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For the planet's densest materials to sink to the ... more
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The mixture of oil and water. ; The process by ... more
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NoBoth the inner core is in liquid state due to ... more
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These expressions signify that planet(E) has ... more
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; By chemical composition there are three layers ... more
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The liquid outer core rotates as a planet rotates ... more
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The increases and decreases in the speed of P ... more
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No ; Body waves and surface waves are the two ... more
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NoBecause the south pole would lie in the S-wave ... more
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Shreds of evidence from the fossils, glaciers, and... more
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Climate change or continental drift. ; The two ... more
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Many of the continent's shapes look like they are ... more
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Eroded hills weigh less, so they rise higher in ... more
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Because the crust is less dense than mantle, it ... more
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Fall.Due to isostasy, the island will rise making ... more
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Yes. ; Seafloor spreading is the phenomenon by ... more
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Because the researcher considered the seafloor to ... more
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The size of planet(E) would increase. ; Planet(E) ... more
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Wider stripes indicate a high spreading rate. ; ... more
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The position exchange of the north and south pole ... more
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The new rocks which are formed at the mid oceanic ... more
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NoBecause it is made of two different crust, ... more
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Yes. ; The theory of plate tectonics has been ... more
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Dear grandfather, Here... more
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Rocks store heat energy within them. The heat ... more
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Due to cooling during the spreading away, the ... more
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Centrifugal force. ; Planet(E) rotates around its ... more
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As plates move apart from each other, the molten ... more
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Convergent boundaries. ; At convergent boundaries ... more
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The accumulation of tremendous stress due to ... more
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When two oceanic plates, along a convergent line, ... more
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There are three boundaries where tectonic plates ... more
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The concentration of faults are quite high along ... more
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Place-LA could not fall into the ocean. ; The ... more
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Very low temperature, extreme pressure and no ... more
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First impressions of the bottom of the mariana ... more
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NoDue to absence of convection on the satellite M... more
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The core of the planet stops spinning because of a... more
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Fortunate list:Stabilization of climate, ... more
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Continental drift theory says that continents ... more
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Second law of thermodynamicsThe heat flows from ... more
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NoBecause according to the plate tectonic theory ... more
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There is flow of heat from the interior of the ... more
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The main sources of heat inside the planet are ... more
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GPS technology would have given proof that ... more
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The substitution zones are very unstable places. ... more
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Person discovered that the S-waves traveled some ... more
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The lithosphere consists of rigid rocks including ... more
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The convergent boundary lies between the plates ... more
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An entire global system of underwater mountains is... more
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In terms of heat transfer, radiation is the ... more
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Wegner's hypothesis is the continental drift ... more
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Pieces of the lithosphere are called tectonic ... more
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The inner core is a solid sphere of hot metal. As ... more
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The seeds of the species of Glossopteris plants ... more
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Plate tectonics is a scientific theory describing ... more
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Iron, Oxygen, Silicon, Magnesium, Nickel, Calcium... more
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At the time of the beginning of the planet, the ... more
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Oxygen and Silicon. ; The outer layer of the ... more
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At the time of an earthquake P wave passes through... more