Ch 1 Review - Student Questions

What is the primary reason that continents sit at a higher elevation compared to ocean basins?

• Continental crust is thinner and denser than oceanic crust.

• Ocean basins are composed of granitic rocks.

• Continental crust is thicker and less dense than oceanic crust.

• Oceanic crust is thicker and more buoyant than continental crust.

Which feature of the ocean floor is known for being incredibly flat and located between the continental margins and ocean ridges?

• Seamounts

• Abyssal plains

•  Ocean trenches

•  Continental rise

The most prominent feature of the ocean floor, forming a continuous belt around the planet, is:

• Abyssal plains

• Continental slope

• Ocean trenches

• Mid-ocean ridges

Which of the following is part of the stable interior of continents and consists of ancient deformed rocks?

•  Island arcs

• Mountain belts

• Shields

• Continental rise

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What did the universe begin with?

• Rocks

• Big Bang

• Stars

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How old is the solar system?

• 4.6 billion years old

• 4.5 billion years old

• 4.6 million years old

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magnitude of geologic time Involves _________ of years

• Hundreds

• Thousands

• 4.6 billion

• Billions

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The magnitude of geologic time is important because knowing how the ______ moves and the function

• World

• Gas giant

• Planet

• Moon

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How was the solar system formed?

• Mars

• Rocks and gas

• Metals and dust particles

What is catastrophism? 

• the concept that the processes that have shaped earth in the geologic past are essentially the same as those operating today

• When a group of people get together and study rocks

• the concept that earth was shaped by catastrophic events of a short term nature

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