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F791 - Earth Structure Summary – Quick Questions
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Name the most abundant type of meteorite ..........................................................................
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Describe the asthenosphere ……..........................................................................................
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What layer of the Earth is composed of liquid NiFe ..............................................................
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What is the maximum depth of a borehole? .……………………………………………………..
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What depth is the Lehmann Boundary? ................................................................................
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What is the average depth of the Moho? …………………………………………………………
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Name the process by which small planetismals grow into larger bodies …...........................
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What is the density of continental crust? ...............................................................................
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Provide the name of one space mission to photograph Jupiter ….........................................
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What is the lithosphere? .......................................................................................................
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What is the composition of the Inner Core ............................................................................
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How would you recognise a terrestrial planet? ……...............................................................
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The S-Wave shadow zone is found between what angles? …..............................................
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Where is Olympus Mons? ....................................................................................................
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Name the programme of manned space flight which landed on the moon .............................
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Where does the Earth’s magnetic field originate from? …......................................................
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State the 5 layers of oceanic crust
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How old (in Ma) is the Earth? ................................................................................................
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What is an ophilolite? ..........................................................................................................
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The solar system began as a nebula, a vast cloud of …………….. and ………………………
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What is the average density of the whole Earth? ..................................................................
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What are the Moon’s Maria composed of? ............................................................................
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Name the discontinuity at 2900km depth ...............................................................................
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A small rocky core is characteristic of what type of planet? …................................................
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What happens to S-wave speed as they cross the Gutenberg boundary ………………..……
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