LSU Geography 2051, Namikas, Final Exam Questions And Answers | Graded+

LSU Geography 2051, Namikas, Final Exam Questions And Answers | Graded+ What are the 4 spheres of the Earth? - answer-- Lithosphere - Hydrosphere - Atmosphere - Biosphere What is the solid portion of the globe? - answer-Lithosphere What is the water portion of the globe? - answer-Hydrosphere What is the gases that surround the globe? - answer-Atmosphere What are the living organisms that occupy the globe? - answer-Biosphere A method for producing new knowledge - answer-Scientific method A body of existing knowledge - answer-Theory A provisional explanation - answer-Hypothesis A set of objects and their attributes that are linked together by a flow of matter and energy - answer-SystemMatter and energy can leave the system - answer-Open system The system is self-contained; matter and energy are preserved - answer-Closed system Whatever is inputted in to the system will either be used as storage or will be outputted - answer-Budgets Inputs are larger than outputs and storage increases - answer-Positive budget Outputs are larger than inputs and storage decreases - answer-Negative budget Inputs are equal to outputs and storage is constant - answer-Balanced budget (equilibrium) A fixed balance that is rarely changing - answer-Static equilibrium A balance that is constantly changing - answer-Dynamic equilibrium System response to a change in conditions or inputs that acts to influence that initial change - answer-Feedbacks System responses that result in positive increases - answer-Positive feedbacks System responses that act to reduce environmental conditions and helps the system maintain and preserve itself - answer-Negative feedbacks Parallels that use the equator as reference - answer-LatitudeMeridians that use Greenwich as a reference - answer-Longitude The innermost portion of the earth - answer-Core The part of the earth that is very hot, under a lot of pressure, and contains solid iron - answerInner core The part of the earth that is hot, liquid iron - answer-Outer core The middle portion of the earth - answer-Mantle The plastic layer of the mantle - answer-Asthenosphere The rigid layer of the mantle - answer-Uppermost mantle The outermost portion of the earth - answer-Crust The mantle and crust makes up the ________ - answer-Lithosphere A type of rock formed from cooling magma and is broken down by weathering processes - answer-Igneous rock A type of rock formed by lithification and sediments - answer-Sedimentary rock A rock that is formed by a molecular change due to intense heat and pressure - answerMetamorphic rockLarge scale movements of the earth's crust - answer-Isostasy The last supercontinent - answer-Pangea Plate boundaries that move away from each other - answer-Divergent boundaries What do divergent boundaries result in? - answer-Sea floor spreading zone Plate boundaries that move toward one another - answer-Convergent boundaries Plate boundaries where the plates slide past each other - answer-Transform boundaries What do transform boundaries result in? - answer-Subduction zone Areas where volcanic activity is abundant - answer-Hot spots A gentle eruption created by magic magma that produces flood basalts and shield volcanoes - answer-Effusive eruption A powerful eruption created by felsic magma that produces calderas and neuss ardente - answer-Explosive eruption Occurs near plate boundaries and is a shaking of the earth's crust - answer-Earthquakes The idea that when forces act on a rock, the pressure builds - answer-Elastic Rebound TheoryPlace in the ground where seismic waves are released - answer-Focal point Center location of any major disaster - answer-Epicenter A scale that measures how much energy is released during an earthquake - answer-Richter scale Another name for the Richter scale - answer-Moment magnitude scale A force that results in pulling apart - answer-Tension What force causes faulting? - answer-Tension A force that results in squeezing together - answer-Compression What force causes folding? - answer-Compression Forces that act in opposite directions and cause horizontal bending in rocks - answer-Shear A crack in a rock - answer-Joint A particular type of joint - answer-Fault Faults that are created by tensional forces - answer-Normal fault Faults that are created by compressional forces - answer-Reverse / thrust faultFaults created by shear forces - answer-Strike-slip fault Mountain formation that occurs along collisional plate boundaries - answer-Orogenesis The formation of volcanoes in the ocean is what type of orogenesis? - answer-Oceanic-Oceanic What is an example of Oceanic-Oceanic orogenesis? - answer-Japan The formation of mountains along the edge of a continent is what type of orogenesis? - answerOceanic-Continental What is an example of Oceanic-Continental orogenesis? - answer-Andes Mountains The formation of mountains when 2 low density plates crash in to one another is what type of orogenesis? - answer-Continent-Continent What is an example of Continent-Continent orogenesis? - answer-Himalayas A large stable block of earth's crust, forming the nucleus of a continent - answer-Craton A fault-bounded area or region with a distinctive stratigraphy, structure, and history - answerTerrane Difference in elevation of 2 areas - answer-Relief What are the 3 topographic regions? - answer-Mountains, Hills and low tablelands, and plainsAreas with relief of more than 600 m - answer-Mountains Flattish topography with some elevation and relief less than 600 m but greater than 100 m - answer-Hills and low tablelands Areas where total relief is less than 100 m - answer-Plains Refers to a wide range of different processes that break down earth materials over time - answer-Weathering Weathering processes that involve mechanical forces - answer-Physical weathering