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What is the primary driver of atmospheric circulation and hydrospheric circulation?
What is the primary driver of atmospheric circulation and hydrospheric circulation?
- Energy from the sun (correct)
- Volcanic eruptions
- Plate tectonics
- Earth's magnetic field
Which layer of the Earth is described as a plastic zone on which the lithosphere 'floats'?
Which layer of the Earth is described as a plastic zone on which the lithosphere 'floats'?
- Mantle
- Asthenosphere (correct)
- Crust
- Core
What did Alfred Wegener propose the Continental drift hypothesis to explain?
What did Alfred Wegener propose the Continental drift hypothesis to explain?
- The 'fit' of continents and matching rock types and fossils across ocean basins (correct)
- The formation of mountain belts
- The distribution of volcanoes
- The occurrence of earthquakes
What is the study of earth's materials, changes of the surface and interior of the earth, and the forces that cause those changes known as?
What is the study of earth's materials, changes of the surface and interior of the earth, and the forces that cause those changes known as?
What is the study of earth's heat engines that are primarily driven by energy from the sun and heat moving from hot interior to cooler interior known as?
What is the study of earth's heat engines that are primarily driven by energy from the sun and heat moving from hot interior to cooler interior known as?
Which theory explains the origin and distribution of volcanoes, fault zones, and mountain belts?
Which theory explains the origin and distribution of volcanoes, fault zones, and mountain belts?
What process involves uplift due to volcanic and/or tectonic forces followed by the removal of material by erosion, allowing isostatic uplift of underlying rocks?
What process involves uplift due to volcanic and/or tectonic forces followed by the removal of material by erosion, allowing isostatic uplift of underlying rocks?
Which environmental issue can be encouraged by dwindling resources due to disregard for ecological damage caused by extraction activities?
Which environmental issue can be encouraged by dwindling resources due to disregard for ecological damage caused by extraction activities?
