GEOSCI 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Transform Fault, Silicate Minerals, Diorite
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Chapter 1: the earth is a system - introduction. System: system: an assemblage of interacting components that together comprise a unified whole, sometimes they function perfectly, and sometimes they don"t. The deep earth system : has layers, outer core inner core, crust, mantle. The surficial earth system : the hydrologic cycle transports water and heat: not smooth, 71% water and land. Which of the following statements is true: sometimes textbooks are wrong, science is in a constant state of revision, humans make errors, all of the above. Questions: what is the approximate amount of elevation change (relief) between the highest (mt. Everest) and lowest (marianas trench) points on the surface of the. Earth: about 2 km, about 5 km, about 20 km, about 50 km, true or false: on average, the depth of the oceans below sea level is greater than the elevation of the continents above sea level.
