Physical Geology

18 questions on Physical Geology that you should know

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  • Created by: Chris
  • Created on: 21-04-11 20:37
The eruption of Krakatoa....
Created giant sea waves
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Into how many major concentric layers is the Earth Divided?
5
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The Earth's core is inferred to be....
Completely Solid
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The San Andreas Fault seperating the Pacific plate from the North American Plate is an example of what type of boundary?
Transform
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The Layer between the core and the crust is the...
Mantle
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What fundamental process is thought to be responsible for plate motion?
Convection Cells
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The man who proposed the hypothesis of continental drift was...
Wegener
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Mid-oceanic Ridges are examples of what type of boundary?
Divergent
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A Plate is composed of the...
Continental and Oceanic crust
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The Study of Earth materials is....
Physical Geology
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The Rock Cycle implies that...
Any rock type can be derived from any other rock types
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Krakatoa is in....
Indonesia
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