Weegy: A subduction zone is an area on Earth where two tectonic plates move towards one another and subduction occurs.
User: trench
Weegy: A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground.
User:
Density is calculated by dividing an object's volume by its mass.
True
False
Weegy: Density is calculated by dividing an object's volume by its mass. This FALSE. D = M/V
User:
The uniformitarian principle states that:
Landforms were created by fast changes.
Catastrophic events very likely changed the earth's surface.
Slow processes of erosion and deposition created landforms.
The earth was once completely covered with water.
Weegy: The uniformitarian principle states that landform were formed by erosion and deposition.
User:
Neptunists believed that:
The earth's crust was made from igneous rocks.
Before life, the earth was entirely covered by water.
Basalt and lava formed the earth's crust.
Erosion and deposition created the earth's landforms.
Weegy: Neptunists believe that before life, the earth was covered by water.
User:
The concepts of erosion and deposition were developed by:
James Hutton
Charles Lyell
Niels Stensen
Leondardo da Vinci
Weegy: The uniformitarian principle was developed by: Charles Lyell.
User:
The underlying theory which is foundational to current geological thinking is:
uniformitarianism
neptunism
plutonism
catastrophism
Weegy: Uniformitarianism.
User:
The uniformitarian principle was developed by:
James Hutton
Charles Lyell
Niels Stensen
Leondardo da Vinci
Weegy: The uniformitarian principle was developed by: Charles Lyell.
User:
A graded bed deposited in a matter of hours is called a turbidite bed.
True
False
Weegy: A graded bed deposited in a matter of hours is called a turbidite bed. TRUE.
User:
The fundamental sedimentary rock unit is called a:
layer
formation
group
bed
Weegy: The fundamental sedimentary rock unit is called a formation.
User:
Clastic sedimentary rock is made of ...
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