on September 27, 2022
Was Earth completely covered in Oceans prior to the onset of plate tectonics?
Earth ScienceAsked by: Brandon Bilima New evidence suggests the planet was covered by a vast ocean and had no continents at all. Continents appeared later, as plate tectonics thrust enormous, rocky land masses upward to breach the sea surfaces, scientists recently reported. Was the Earth initially covered in water? Earth may have been a water world
on September 27, 2022
Geology: What’s make a group of bedrock a formation?
Earth ScienceAsked by: Chris Norton What is a bedrock formation? bedrock, a deposit of solid rock that is typically buried beneath soil and other broken or unconsolidated material (regolith). Bedrock is made up of igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rock, and it often serves as the parent material (the source of rock and mineral fragments) for regolith
on September 27, 2022
“Five of the Solomon Islands disappeared” due to sea level rise, how is this possible so quickly?
Earth ScienceAsked by: Chris Norton What happens to islands when sea levels rise? As sea level rises, island nations are at increased risk of losing coastal arable land to degradation as well as salination. Once the limited available soil on these islands becomes salinated, it becomes very difficult to produce subsistence crops such as breadfruit. How
on September 27, 2022
Why does the so called “tornado alley” exist?
Earth ScienceTornado Alley is a loosely defined area of the central United States where tornadoes are most frequent. The term was first used in 1952 as the title of a research project to study severe weather in areas of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. Who created the term Tornado Alley? The first
on September 27, 2022
What is the tectonic explanation for parallel ridges in the Arctic Ocean?
Earth ScienceAsked by: Dallas Dooley Is the Arctic Ocean a divergent ocean? The Arctic Ocean is home to the volcanically active Gakkel ridge, which is an example of a divergent plate boundary. Unlike volcanic activity on land (tall, conical, non-spreading), undersea volcanoes are linear, usually long and continuously oozing magma. What formed the Lomonosov Ridge? The
on September 27, 2022
What is this geographical feature? (as seen in maps)
Earth ScienceAsked by: Samuel Lotz What is a geographical feature on a map? Geographic features, or geographical formations, are components of a planet that can be referred to as locations, sites, areas, or regions (and therefore may show up on maps). There are natural geographic features, abstract geographic features, and on Earth there are also artificial