GEOL 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pyroxene, Amphibole, Foreshock
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Jovian planet- large, low density, gas giant- jupiter, saturn, uranus, and. ***terrestrial planets are the 4 most interior planets. ***blue lights have a higher frequency than red. ***a small planetoid collided with the earth- debris formed a ring around the earth- the debris collected forming the mood. ***small mass stars burn slowly and live longer. ***large mass elements burn rapidly and are shorter lived. ***atmosphere is mostly 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% other gasses. ***atmosphere layers in order: troposphere(0-11km), tropopause(11-12km), stratosphere(12-47km), mesosphere(47-81km), thermosphere(>81km) ***land covers 30% of the earth, water covers 70% of the earth. ***90% of earth is composed of 4 elements- iron(35%), oxygen(30%), silicon(15%), magnesium(10%) Terms to remember: continental drift- the hypothesis that continents are mobile proposed by. *** pangaea is the supercontinent hypothesized by wegner. ***sea mounts were once volcanoes but no longer erupt, occur in chains; only the island at the end of the chain is able to erupt.
