Recent Earth Sciences Questions

• What happens if an earthquake occurs while im sleeping?

  3 hr 2 min ago - The same thing that occurs when you're awake: Lots of shaking.

• How are they classified?

  3 hr 3 min ago - Every rock has characteristics that reflect its process of fo...

• What are fractures caused by horizontal tension?

  3 hr 4 min ago - Tensions at plate boundaries often form faults in the earth's...

• Georgia guide stones?

  3 hr 4 min ago - "Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance wit...

• What two factors contribute to the change of seasons?

  3 hr 4 min ago - It is the 23.45-degree tilt of the planet's rotational axis t...

• How long must a species have existed for an index fossil to be useful?

  3 hr 6 min ago - Index fossils traces up to 250 million years of the Earth's c...

• What is the San Andreas fault line?

  3 hr 6 min ago - The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary between the Pac...

• What fractures caused by horizontal shear?

  3 hr 6 min ago - Strike-slip faults are fractures caused by horizontal shear. ...

• What is the difference between stalagmites and stalagtite?

  3 hr 7 min ago - A stalagmite grows from the ground up while a stalagtite grow...

• What three factors determine the amount of damage created by an earthquake?

  3 hr 7 min ago - The Richter reading is used to determine damage and won't be ...

• What are the 3 types of rocks?

  3 hr 7 min ago - The three types of rocks are Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamo...

• What is the surface of the earth called?

  3 hr 8 min ago - You and I live on the earth's lithosphere. The lithosphere co...

• How did Crowleys Ridge form?

  3 hr 9 min ago - Crowleys Ridge is generally thought to have originally been a...

• What is the best place to find fossils?

  3 hr 9 min ago - Some of the best places to look for fossils includes mountain...

• What are original remains?

  3 hr 10 min ago - Original remains are something left behind from an era that h...

• Where is the gulf of Guinea?

  3 hr 10 min ago - Gulf of Guinea, is between Cape Palmas, at the southeastern t...

• Why are fossils needed?

  3 hr 11 min ago - Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plant...

• What is an earthquake caused by?

  3 hr 11 min ago - When the plates that make up the crust of the Earth's surface...

• How are springs related to the water table?

  3 hr 11 min ago - Spings are related to the water table in that springs and oas...

• Which two elements are most common in minerals?

  3 hr 11 min ago - Silicone and oxygen are the two elements most common in miner...

• If some rock layers are incomplete., the gaps are called?

  3 hr 12 min ago - A break or ga in the rock record is layers is called an uncon...

• What are 2 types of rock which generally lack fossils?

  3 hr 12 min ago - Types of rock that normally lack fossils are metamorphic rock...

• What is the third rock other than igneous,and sedimentary rock?

  3 hr 13 min ago - The three types of rocks are igneous, sedimentary, and metamo...

• What natural resources are especially plentiful in Africa South of Sahara describe the locations of these resources?

  3 hr 13 min ago - South Africa is rich in minerals as a natural resource, such ...

• What is luster?

  3 hr 14 min ago - Luster is the state or quality of shining by reflecting light...

• When does a tropical storm become a hurricane?

  3 hr 17 min ago - Tropical wave, Tropical disturbance, Tropical depression, Tro...

• How many pascals are equal to 1 atmosphere? How many millimeters of mercury are equal to 1 atmosphere?

  3 hr 17 min ago - 1 pascal is equal to 9.86923169314E-6 atmosphere [standard]. ...

• How do you compare and contrast the two upper layers of the mantle?

  3 hr 20 min ago - The inner mantle for the biggest part probably consists of su...

• What are some examples of non porous surfaces?

  3 hr 22 min ago - Some examples of non-porous surfaces include: Photos, glossy ...

• What is earthquake stress?

  3 hr 22 min ago - An earthquake alters the shear and normal stress on surroundi...

• How does new sea floor form?

  3 hr 23 min ago - The uplifted seafloor results from convection currents which ...

• What are the levels of deepness called in the ocean?

  3 hr 23 min ago - The ocean can be divided into two basic areas: the benthic zo...

• Does australia have a active volcano?

  3 hr 24 min ago - Mainlan Australia does not contain any active volcanoes. Howe...

• What type of slave boundary do the deepest earthquakes occur at?

  3 hr 24 min ago - The focus of deep earthquakes may reach depths of more than 7...

• How common is rabies in the US?

  3 hr 25 min ago - Although human deaths from rabies are now rare in the United ...

• What is the difference between permineralization and petrification?

  3 hr 25 min ago - Petrification is the process of petrifying, calcification or ...

• Why do prevailing winds move in the pattern they do?

  3 hr 26 min ago - Prevailing winds move in their pattern due to the Rotation of...

• How are fossils formed and how are they used?

  3 hr 26 min ago - The term "fossil" is used for any trace of past life. Fossils...

• What causes the temperature to increase with height through the stratosphere and decrease with height through the troposphere?

  3 hr 27 min ago - Evaporation and transpiration cause the temperature to increa...

• What is the relative age of an igneous intrusion in a layer of sedimentry rock?

  3 hr 29 min ago - The relative age of the igneous intrusion in a layer of sedim...

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