Michelle Mindick
... The final, significant contributor to Earth’s ever-‐changing topography is the result of various processes of gradation. As earthquakes, volcanoes, and impact craters break up and reform Earth’s ...
... The final, significant contributor to Earth’s ever-‐changing topography is the result of various processes of gradation. As earthquakes, volcanoes, and impact craters break up and reform Earth’s ...
Continental Drift - Frost Middle School
... • In the 1960’s scientists really started studying the sea floor • Found underwater mountain ranges • Called mid-ocean ridges • Found in every ocean • Seemed to circle the Earth like the seams of a baseball • Sea-floor Spreading • Where the ridges form • Cracks in the crust where molten rock rises, ...
... • In the 1960’s scientists really started studying the sea floor • Found underwater mountain ranges • Called mid-ocean ridges • Found in every ocean • Seemed to circle the Earth like the seams of a baseball • Sea-floor Spreading • Where the ridges form • Cracks in the crust where molten rock rises, ...
Mineral
... The color of the powder left behind when you rub a material against a white tile called a streak plate. ...
... The color of the powder left behind when you rub a material against a white tile called a streak plate. ...
Internal Structure of the Earth
... Mohorovic Discontinuity (Moho) – the boundary between the Earth’s crust and the upper mantle -- averaging 8 kilometers (5 miles) in depth under the oceans and 32 kilometers (20 miles) in depth under the continents ...
... Mohorovic Discontinuity (Moho) – the boundary between the Earth’s crust and the upper mantle -- averaging 8 kilometers (5 miles) in depth under the oceans and 32 kilometers (20 miles) in depth under the continents ...
The Dynamic Earth Chapter 3
... • Convergent: Plates come together and form subduction zones with ocean crust or mountains with continental crust. • Divergent: Plates are moving apart. This creates ocean ridges, rift valleys. • Transform: Plates move side by side. ...
... • Convergent: Plates come together and form subduction zones with ocean crust or mountains with continental crust. • Divergent: Plates are moving apart. This creates ocean ridges, rift valleys. • Transform: Plates move side by side. ...
Chapter 2.1
... i) This section is the center of the earth and is made mostly of iron. ii)The core makes up 1/3 of the earth’s mass. iii)The core is also broke into two sections: the outer core and the inner core. (1)The outer core (a)Scientists believe the outer core is a dense liquid layer about 2,250 km thick. ( ...
... i) This section is the center of the earth and is made mostly of iron. ii)The core makes up 1/3 of the earth’s mass. iii)The core is also broke into two sections: the outer core and the inner core. (1)The outer core (a)Scientists believe the outer core is a dense liquid layer about 2,250 km thick. ( ...
Name
... Fill in the blank to complete each statement. 9. A scientific ____________________ is a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations. 10. Breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other are called ____________________. 11. The lithosphere is broken into separate se ...
... Fill in the blank to complete each statement. 9. A scientific ____________________ is a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations. 10. Breaks in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other are called ____________________. 11. The lithosphere is broken into separate se ...
Post Tectonic Quiz
... 3. Seafloor spreading explains how new seafloor forms at a mid- oceanic ridge. What discovery let to the theory of seafloor spreading? a. Older rocks are found farther away from the mid ocean ridge that younger rocks b. Fossils of similar plants were found on different continents c. Older rocks are ...
... 3. Seafloor spreading explains how new seafloor forms at a mid- oceanic ridge. What discovery let to the theory of seafloor spreading? a. Older rocks are found farther away from the mid ocean ridge that younger rocks b. Fossils of similar plants were found on different continents c. Older rocks are ...
4-11 and 4-12 Earth Review
... • Alfred Wegener believed that the continents were one single landmass called Pangaea, they separated, and drifted apart to how they are today (continental drift) ...
... • Alfred Wegener believed that the continents were one single landmass called Pangaea, they separated, and drifted apart to how they are today (continental drift) ...
Slide 1
... • Explain what the theory of plate tectonics is, how it works, and how it is responsible for shaping the landforms on Earth’s surface. • 15 MC • 8 Short Answer • 1 Essay ...
... • Explain what the theory of plate tectonics is, how it works, and how it is responsible for shaping the landforms on Earth’s surface. • 15 MC • 8 Short Answer • 1 Essay ...
What Content Standards Are Addressed
... a. the fit of the continents, location of earthquakes, volcanoes, and mid-ocean ridges, and the distribution of fossils, rock types, and ancient climatic zones provide evidence for plate tectonics b. the solid Earth is layered with cold, brittle lithosphere; hot, convecting mantle; and dense, metall ...
... a. the fit of the continents, location of earthquakes, volcanoes, and mid-ocean ridges, and the distribution of fossils, rock types, and ancient climatic zones provide evidence for plate tectonics b. the solid Earth is layered with cold, brittle lithosphere; hot, convecting mantle; and dense, metall ...
Divided into three layers based on composition
... Deep currents – stream like movements of water near the bottom of the ocean, form when cold dense water drops below warmer less dense water, flow extremely ...
... Deep currents – stream like movements of water near the bottom of the ocean, form when cold dense water drops below warmer less dense water, flow extremely ...
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
... D. Material nearer to Earth’s surface spreads out, cools and becomes denser. Then it sinks below the hotter, less dense material. E. Uneven heating causes material in the mantle to constantly and slowly rise and fall, resulting in convection current. F. As the currents move molten material sideways, ...
... D. Material nearer to Earth’s surface spreads out, cools and becomes denser. Then it sinks below the hotter, less dense material. E. Uneven heating causes material in the mantle to constantly and slowly rise and fall, resulting in convection current. F. As the currents move molten material sideways, ...
Document
... b. atmosphere. d. envirosphere. _____ 12. The thin outermost layer of the solid Earth is called the a. asthenosphere. c. outer core. b. mantle. d. crust. _____ 13. An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 releases how much more energy than an earthquake of magnitude 4.0? a. twice the energy b. three times the ...
... b. atmosphere. d. envirosphere. _____ 12. The thin outermost layer of the solid Earth is called the a. asthenosphere. c. outer core. b. mantle. d. crust. _____ 13. An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 releases how much more energy than an earthquake of magnitude 4.0? a. twice the energy b. three times the ...
Origin of the Universe
... The temperature gradient in the crust averages approximately 25oC per kilometer. Varies with location (higher in areas of volcanic activity) and depth Shows the interior of the planet is much hotter than the exterior. Volcanism an indication that heat is being transferred from the interior toward th ...
... The temperature gradient in the crust averages approximately 25oC per kilometer. Varies with location (higher in areas of volcanic activity) and depth Shows the interior of the planet is much hotter than the exterior. Volcanism an indication that heat is being transferred from the interior toward th ...
Unit VI: Solid Earth Circulation
... Know the most important feature of the Earth’s interior is that it is differentiated into a series of layers. These layers differ in both their chemical composition and in their physical properties (solid, plastic, liquid) Know about seismic waves and their characteristics Understand how the m ...
... Know the most important feature of the Earth’s interior is that it is differentiated into a series of layers. These layers differ in both their chemical composition and in their physical properties (solid, plastic, liquid) Know about seismic waves and their characteristics Understand how the m ...
The Earth
... Dating of magnetized rocks (radiometric dating) reveals that rocks of different ages sometimes have opposite magnetic orientation ...
... Dating of magnetized rocks (radiometric dating) reveals that rocks of different ages sometimes have opposite magnetic orientation ...
Name - Middletown Public Schools
... 6. Describe what you observed when the stretched candy bar was pushed together. What might you expect to see at a point on Earth where two plates collide? ...
... 6. Describe what you observed when the stretched candy bar was pushed together. What might you expect to see at a point on Earth where two plates collide? ...
Plate Tectonics
... Atlantic Ridge) You can see the Mid Atlantic Ridge in Iceland…that’s where it pops up to the surface! ...
... Atlantic Ridge) You can see the Mid Atlantic Ridge in Iceland…that’s where it pops up to the surface! ...
Geography 1
... Top” and towns (marked by white dots) in the surrounding foothills. The squiggly lines show the rivers that flow from the mountain. In which town will the potential hazard for a lahar be greatest? -The town of Timberland (two rivers meet) followed by Tinytown (proximity). ...
... Top” and towns (marked by white dots) in the surrounding foothills. The squiggly lines show the rivers that flow from the mountain. In which town will the potential hazard for a lahar be greatest? -The town of Timberland (two rivers meet) followed by Tinytown (proximity). ...
plate tectonics study guide
... 16. What are the two types of crust? Which type is thicker? Continental crust and Oceanic crust. Continental crust is thicker. 17. What is the lithosphere? What is it divided into? The lithosphere is the outer most physical layer. It is divided into the plates (crust) and the upper mantle. 18. What ...
... 16. What are the two types of crust? Which type is thicker? Continental crust and Oceanic crust. Continental crust is thicker. 17. What is the lithosphere? What is it divided into? The lithosphere is the outer most physical layer. It is divided into the plates (crust) and the upper mantle. 18. What ...
Ocean Floor
... travel through both solids and liquids (e.g., sound waves); Shear waves (S-waves): travel by shearing medium they pass through. S-waves can travel only through solids since particles need to be bonded to each other to propagate wave; ...
... travel through both solids and liquids (e.g., sound waves); Shear waves (S-waves): travel by shearing medium they pass through. S-waves can travel only through solids since particles need to be bonded to each other to propagate wave; ...
Geophysics
Geophysics /dʒiːoʊfɪzɪks/ is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis. The term geophysics sometimes refers only to the geological applications: Earth's shape; its gravitational and magnetic fields; its internal structure and composition; its dynamics and their surface expression in plate tectonics, the generation of magmas, volcanism and rock formation. However, modern geophysics organizations use a broader definition that includes the water cycle including snow and ice; fluid dynamics of the oceans and the atmosphere; electricity and magnetism in the ionosphere and magnetosphere and solar-terrestrial relations; and analogous problems associated with the Moon and other planets.Although geophysics was only recognized as a separate discipline in the 19th century, its origins go back to ancient times. The first magnetic compasses were made from lodestones, while more modern magnetic compasses played an important role in the history of navigation. The first seismic instrument was built in 132 BC. Isaac Newton applied his theory of mechanics to the tides and the precession of the equinox; and instruments were developed to measure the Earth's shape, density and gravity field, as well as the components of the water cycle. In the 20th century, geophysical methods were developed for remote exploration of the solid Earth and the ocean, and geophysics played an essential role in the development of the theory of plate tectonics.Geophysics is applied to societal needs, such as mineral resources, mitigation of natural hazards and environmental protection. Geophysical survey data are used to analyze potential petroleum reservoirs and mineral deposits, locate groundwater, find archaeological relics, determine the thickness of glaciers and soils, and assess sites for environmental remediation.