Volcanicsm
What are the 3 types of volcanoes?
Strato/Composite, Cinder cone, and shield volcanoes
Where did the first fossil of pakicetus discover
Pakistan
It is 4 billion years old and closest star to the earth
Sun
What are Earth’s four main subsystems?
Atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere.
What causes eruptions?
Pressure buildup as magma forms
From the latin word what does "Ambulare" means?
To walk
A small rocky body orbiting the sun
Asteroid
What does the hydrosphere contribute to the water cycle?
Evaporation
How does volcano form?
Convergent boundaries
what are the two types of modern whale
Odontoceti (toothed whale) and Mysticeti (Baleen whale)
What is the first planet that discovered using telescope
Neptune
What gas does the biosphere release into the atmosphere?
Oxygen
How obsidian formed?
when volcanic lava cools so quickly
It belongs to the even-toed ungulates that is closest living non-cetacean relative being the hippopotamus
Pakicetus
What is a Nebular hypothesis?
explains the formation of the solar system and other planetary systems
What does the lithosphere provide for other subsystems?
Minerals
which was the most catastrophic volcanic eruption in recorded history?
Mount Tambora
filter-feeding system inside the mouth of mysticeti
Baleen
Collisions between large planetary bosdies which can significally after the composition and structure of planets
Giant Impact
What process connects all four subsystems?
Carbon