ERSC181 Week 2 Part 2

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ERSC181 Week 2 Part 2 Which type of boundaries involve crust being neither created nor destroyed and shearing motion? Transform boundaries The Wilson cycle shows all but which of the following? how water cycles on the Earth What is the main difference between Wegener's Continental Drift and the Theory of Plate Tectonics? Wegener thought that continents moved through oceanic crust to their current positions. Which of the following is the most accurate statement of how the Himalayas were formed? As the Indian plate moved into the Eurasian plate, the continents collided and buckled up to form mountains. What is the name given to the opening and closing of an ocean basin? Wilson Cycle Which characteristics describe transform boundaries? crust being neither created nor destroyed and shearing motion Which best describes half life? Time for half of a radioactive sample to decay A fault that bisects a rock formation is younger than the rock unit according to the Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships Which of the following is NOT a trace fossil? Bone Which type of unconformity is usually easiest to spot, since layers are on top of non-layered crystalline rock? Nonconformities What are the characteristics of an index fossil? Widespread geographically, chronologically limited Which kind of unconformity is probably the hardest to recognize among layered rocks? Disconformity Darwin's explanation of Evolution as the origin of species centered on what? Natural Selection
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