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BIO 357 Exam 1 with accurate detailed solutions
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How far away are the Galapagos from Ecuador? - correct answer✔✔960 km
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How many major islands are there in the Galapagos? - correct answer✔✔13
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official name for the Galapagos - correct answer✔✔Archipelago de colon
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oceanic islands - correct answer✔✔come from volcanic activity that builds up
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continental islands - correct answer✔✔an island that was once part of a continent ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




what islands are the Galapagos - correct answer✔✔oceanic islands
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hot spot under the islands is formed by... - correct answer✔✔the nazca plate
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the youngest islands are in the... - correct answer✔✔northern and western part
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the oldest islands are in the ... - correct answer✔✔southeastern part
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island that is the oldest - correct answer✔✔espanol
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what does a typical volcano look like - correct answer✔✔an upside down cereal bowl
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what are the volcanos called - correct answer✔✔shield volcanos
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, what are holes in the ground where hot steam is spewed from - correct
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answer✔✔fumaroles, and yellow salt crystals can be found there ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




some islands subsistence results in (Santa Cruz) - correct answer✔✔pit craters
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two forms of lava - correct answer✔✔pahoehoe - ropey, looks like coiled rope
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aa - rough lava ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




this is what happens when lava hardens and cools towards the sea and the inside is
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hollowed out - correct answer✔✔lava tunnels ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




upright rock formations are called - correct answer✔✔tuff cones (kicker rock and pinnacle
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a crack where sea water shoots up from a wave crashing in on the shore - correct
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answer✔✔blow hole (Punta Suarez) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




most beaches in the Galapagos are - correct answer✔✔rocky because of lava hardening
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some beaches come from erosions which makes them (what color) - correct answer✔✔white
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other more sheltered islands there are beaches that are (what color) - correct answer✔✔red
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black brown and green
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what was Darwin most interested in when he was younger - correct answer✔✔geology
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Isabela Island - correct answer✔✔Albemarle, inhabited ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||

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