Recent Earth Sciences Questions
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Where does sea salt come from?
4 hr 33 min ago - Sea salt begins in the rocks and is absorbed by the ocean dur...
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What is coal produced from the diagenesis of?
4 hr 34 min ago - Coal is the compounded product of the carbon from deceased or...
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What are some secondary consumers in the ocean?
4 hr 35 min ago - Secondary consumers in the ocean include: the barnacle, the t...
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How do mineral differ from other nutrients?
4 hr 36 min ago - Minerals are different from the other nutrients in that they ...
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What are some environmental drawbacks to mining tar sands?
4 hr 36 min ago - Indirect environmental effects of mining tar sands are that t...
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Why is an upwelling an important process?
4 hr 36 min ago - Upwelling is an oceanographic phenomenon that involves wind-d...
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What type of sedimentary rock is coarse-grained with angular fragments?
4 hr 36 min ago - Breccia is a type of sedimentary rock that is coarse-grained ...
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What was the largest earthquake?
4 hr 37 min ago - The largest earthquake ever recorded was on May 22, 1960 in C...
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What rocks have a name that means fire?
4 hr 38 min ago - Igneous rock, derived from the Latin word igneus meaning of f...
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4 hr 38 min ago - There are three rock cycles - Igneous rocks, Metamorphic Rock...
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How do winds and the ocean currents affect climate?
4 hr 40 min ago - Over half the heat that reaches the earth from the sun is abs...
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4 hr 41 min ago - The sediment in an organic sedimentary rock is made of fossil...
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Why is The inner core of The earth solid even Though its hot?
4 hr 41 min ago - Because of the high pressure of the inner core, the core is s...
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4 hr 42 min ago - Mt Augustus is the world's biggest rock covering 18.53 square...
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What boundary is between continental crust and oceanic crust?
4 hr 42 min ago - It is referred to as the margin. The only two types of crust ...
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4 hr 42 min ago - A cloudless sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter ...
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What kind of metamorphic rocks are massive and lack banding?
4 hr 42 min ago - Metamorphic rocks form deep in the earth where high temperatu...
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4 hr 42 min ago - Water is wet because it is made up of a substance that feels ...
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Which layer of the earth is largest?
4 hr 42 min ago - The mantle is the largest layer of the earth. It is compose o...
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What is a large body of air that has the same properties as earth's surface over which it develops?
4 hr 42 min ago - The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere; it beg...
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What is the name of very porous igneous rock that is so light that it floats?
4 hr 43 min ago - The rock Pumice has an average porosity of 90%, and initially...
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What is the density of Mars core?
4 hr 43 min ago - The density of Mars is about 30 percent less than that of Ear...
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What lake supplies electricity to Ghana?
4 hr 44 min ago - The Volta River Authority was established in 1961 with the en...
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Why do the earth's plates move?
4 hr 44 min ago - The mid-oceanic ridges are the main cause of plate tectonics....
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How many gallons of water are in Lake Mission Viejo, California?
4 hr 44 min ago - The lake is gigantic for a manmade lake at 124 acres. It hold...
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What are the 4 types of sedimentary rocks?
4 hr 44 min ago - The four types of sedimentary rock are: organic, biochemical,...
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What is the average depth of the crust on Mars?
4 hr 44 min ago - Data indicates that Mars' crust is about 80 km thick in the s...
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What kind of plate boundary is a rift valley?
4 hr 45 min ago - Divergent boundaries are typified in the oceanic lithosphere ...
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4 hr 45 min ago - Blood diamonds are stones produced in areas controlled by reb...
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What do plates of the lithosphere float on?
4 hr 45 min ago - Plates are composed of lithosphere, about 100 km thick, that ...
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Why are Mars' volcanoes so tall?
4 hr 47 min ago - Olympus Mons is the youngest of the large volcanoes on Mars, ...
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What biome is south of the tundra?
4 hr 49 min ago - Clause here! Taigas are generally located south of tundras an...
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4 hr 50 min ago - Transitional fossil is a fossil with traits that are intermed...
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What term is used to describe metamorphic rocks with a banded texture?
4 hr 51 min ago - Foliation is the layering within a metamorphic rock. Foliatio...
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4 hr 51 min ago - Wind is simply air in motion relative to the earth's surface....
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What is the grain kernels outside covering?
4 hr 51 min ago - The brown outside covering of the grain kernel that contains ...
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What does the December birth stone represent?
4 hr 52 min ago - Blue Topaz was considered by ancient civilizations to have co...
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4 hr 53 min ago - The Neolithic Age is a period from 4000 BC to 2200 BC, where ...
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What body of water does the Niles River empty into?
4 hr 53 min ago - The northern section of the river flows almost entirely throu...
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What is the most abundant type of coal found in The United States?
4 hr 53 min ago - Bituminous coal contains 45-86 percent carbon, and has two to...
