messiaen event

Question 1

sea level goes up and down over time, and it can go up and down upwards to ___m?

Answer 1

400

Question 2

why might sea level rise and fall?

Answer 2

tectonic
crust is loaded
sea level literally going up and down

Question 3

when sea level rises and falls, this causes two effects on land, what are they?

Answer 3

times in which areas of land are majority covered by seawater
times where land is not majorly covered by sea water

Question 4

what is gradualism / uniformitarianism?

Answer 4

the present is the key to the past

Question 5

what is catastrophism?

Answer 5

features seen on earth’s surface (mountains) were formed by large abrupt changes or catastrophes

Question 6

what is catastrophic uniformitarianism?

Answer 6

slow and rapid processes shaped the earth and the geological record

Question 7

what is a flood?

Answer 7

an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry

Question 8

floods are an area of study in the discipline?

Answer 8

hydrology

Question 9

what is the most common and widespread natural deadly severe weather event?

Answer 9

floods

Question 10

the myth of the Mediterranean sea came from what greek god? what did he do

Answer 10

hercules pushed the pillars of gibralter apart to open it and the sea came in

Question 11

what happened to the mediterranean sea?

Answer 11

dried up and then flooded again

Question 12

the mediterranean seas was refilled ___ ________ years ago in an event known as the _________ flood

Answer 12

5.33 million; zanclean

Question 13

what two factors led to the mediterranean drying up?

Answer 13

the gap of gibralter closed tectonically
sea level was falling

Question 14

what does the strontium isotope curve show in regards to the mediterranean?

Answer 14

strontoum isotope went way down during the drying
strontium went up rapidly during the refilling