How does absolute dating provide an age for rocks?

comparing daughter isotopes to parent isotopes

What Are The Main Types Of Heat Transfer?

Conduction, convection, radiation

The Moon undergoes synchronous rotation, which means...

It rotates and revolvesat the same rate

What is one difference in absolute dating and relative dating?

Absolute dating tells the absolute age in rocks.

The seasons on Earth are caused by:

the tilt of the Earth's axis and revolution around Sun

Convection currents occur

When hot (less dense) substances rise, and cooler (denser) substances sink

Which describes accretion

particles combining together to form a larger object

The phases of the Moon are produced because...

The Moon reflects light from the Sun

The synchronous rotation of the Moon explains____________.

why we always see the same side of the moon

Everything on Earth would fly off into space

If A is gravity and B is distance is this correct?

No Gravity is greater when distance is less

The Phases of the Moon

Follow a pattern with a predictable sequence

Why do convection currents at the mantle occur?

Molten rock in mantle moves because of density changes caused by temp

What is absolute dating?

Getting a numerical age for a rock

What occurs at a subduction zone?

Denser oceanic plate goes under less dense continental plate

The mid ocean ridge is

a chain of mountains in the ocean.

The age of something based on its placement.

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1
Convection currents form within
gases only
liquids only
solids
air and liquids
2
What moon phases?
Waxing Gibbous
New moon
Full moon
Waxing Cresent
3
How does absolute dating provide an age for rocks?
comparing daughter isotopes to parent isotopes
comparing cousin isotopes to father isotopes
counting the number of fossils in the rock
counting the number of dots on the rock
4
Seasons are caused by...
the rotation of the earth
the revolution of the moon
the rotation of the moon
the revolution of the earth
5
When distance decreases gravity..
stays the same
increases
disappears
decreases
6
Which type of plate boundary makes ridges like the Mid Atlantic Ridge?
Convergent Subducting
Convergent Building
Transform
Divergent
7
What type of heat transfer is this?
Conduction
Idk
Convection
Radiation
8
All three forms of heat transfer..
Warm cooler things
Freeze cool things
Melt cool things
Cool warmer things
9
What moon phases is this
New moon
Full moon
Waxing crescent
Waning crescent
10
What moon phases is this
Waning gibbous
Third quarter
First quarter
Waxing gibbous
11
What Are The Main Types Of Heat Transfer?
Conduction, convection, radiation
Solid, liquid, gas
Joules & Newtons
12
What theory combines the ideas of Continental drift and seafloor spreading?
Pangaea
Plate Tectonics
Subduction Zone
Trenches
13
The mantle has convection currents...
False
True
14
The strength of a planets gravity depends on the radius not the mass.
True
False
15
the moon has phases because..
seasons
it orbits earth
it orbits the sun
none of these options
16
Absolute Dating uses this to figure out exact ages of things
Radioactive decay
Microscopes
Rock shape
Rock Layers
17
What moon phases is this
New moon
Full moon
Waning crescent
Waxing crescent
18
The Moon undergoes synchronous rotation, which means...
It has less surface area than Earth
It rotates and revolvesat the same rate
its gravitational effect on Earth is extreamly weak
It is getting closer to Earth each year
19
What is one difference in absolute dating and relative dating?
Absolute dating tells the size in rocks.
Absolute dating tells the texture in rocks.
Absolute dating tells the absolute age in rocks.
20
Unconformities are caused by erosion or lack of deposition.
False
True
21
What moon phases is this
Waning crescent
Waxing crescent
Full moon
New moon
22
The seasons on Earth are caused by:
the pull of gravity by the moon every 13 hours
Earth spinning on its axis once every 24 hours
the tilt of the Earth's axis and revolution around Sun
The moon revolving around the Earth every 29 days
23
Convection currents occur
When hot (less dense) substances rise, and cooler (denser) substances sink
When hot (less dense) substances sink, and cooler (denser) substances sink
When hot (less dense) substances rise, and cooler (denser) substances rise
When hot (less dense) substances sink, and cooler (denser) substances rise
24
Which describes accretion
the breakdown of planets
the reason we don't see as much starlight as we should
distance a satellite must orbit to not fall down
particles combining together to form a larger object
25
The phases of the Moon are produced because...
The Moon creates its own light
The Moon orbits the Sun
The Moon is smaller than Earth
The Moon reflects light from the Sun
26
How does heat transfer
North to West
Cold to Hot
Hot to Cold
Hot to East
27
Along what feature on the ocean floor does seafloor spreading begin?
ocean floor
subduction zone
deep ocean trench
mid ocean ridge
28
Type of heat transfer that drives wind?
Friction
Radiation
Convection
Conduction
29
The synchronous rotation of the Moon explains____________.
why the moon is our satellite
why the Moon experiences large temperature swings
why we always see the same side of the moon
the Earth's seasons
30
Without gravity....
We would be stuck to the ground
Nothing would change
People would never move
Everything on Earth would fly off into space
31
transfer of heat by direct contact
I DON'T KNOW
convection
conduction
32
If A is gravity and B is distance is this correct?
Yes Gravity and distance aren't related
No Gravity is greater when distance is less
No Gravity is less when distance is less
Yes Distance is greater when gravity is greater
33
There are unconformities in the layers of Grand Canyon rocks.
True
False
34
When distance increases, gravity....
decreases
stays the same
disappears
increases
35
The ______ has the strongest gravity.
Jupiter
Moon
Earth
Sun
36
Who discovered gravity?
Albert Einstein
Aristotle
Sir Isaac Newton
Thomas Edison
37
The Phases of the Moon
Follow a pattern with a predictable sequence
Change every 12 years
Can Occur in any order
38
Why do convection currents at the mantle occur?
Molten rock in mantle moves because of density changes caused by temp
Molten rock moves because of density changes caused by PH changes
Molten rock in the mantle moves because of the earth's rotation
Molten rock in the mantle moves because of earth's polarity
39
where is the mid Atlantic ridge?
In the Atlantic ocean
In the Pacific Ocean
Under the sea
In mr. Menralla's garage
40
Seasons are caused by
The tilt of the Earth
All of the above
The elliptical orbit of the Earth around the Sun
The heat generated by the Sun
41
The more mass something has, the greater the force of its gravity.
True
False
42
What is absolute dating?
Using relative dating principles
Getting a numerical age for a rock
Being confident
Knowing the order in which rocks formed
43
What Causes Plate Tectonics?
Volcanoes
Convection
Weather
Earthquakes
44
What occurs at a subduction zone?
Less dense oceanic plate goes under denser continental plate
Denser continental plate goes under less dense oceanic plate
Less dense continental plate goes under denser oceanic plate
Denser oceanic plate goes under less dense continental plate
45
What type of boundary causes a subduction zone?
transform
divergent
convergent
tectonic
46
Where is the subduction zone?
C
A
B
D
47
The mid ocean ridge is
a big trench next to the coast.
a chain of mountains in the ocean.
a mountain next to the coast, like Gaztelugatxe.
all 3 are correct.
48
Accretion...
Process by adding mass
Never heard of it
Process of sitting on the couch and causing a great depression
Process by adding meteors
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Relative dating
Evidence of past life that have been preserved in rocks.
events used as a measure of the relative or absolute age
The exact age of something.
The age of something based on its placement.

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