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... The movement of crustal plates results from convection currents in the Mantle. Heat from the formation of the Earth and radioactive decay escapes at the Earth’s surface. ...
... The movement of crustal plates results from convection currents in the Mantle. Heat from the formation of the Earth and radioactive decay escapes at the Earth’s surface. ...
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... that form rocks and minerals and cycle Earth’s materials. Unit 3, Lesson 1: Minerals 1. Define mineral, matter, elements, and compounds. 2. List the characteristics that ALL minerals share. 3. Summarize the 3 ways in which mineral crystallization occurs. Give an example of each. 4. Explain the two w ...
... that form rocks and minerals and cycle Earth’s materials. Unit 3, Lesson 1: Minerals 1. Define mineral, matter, elements, and compounds. 2. List the characteristics that ALL minerals share. 3. Summarize the 3 ways in which mineral crystallization occurs. Give an example of each. 4. Explain the two w ...
Rock Cycle unit 2 lesson 3
... Rock= Naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more mineral and organic matter ...
... Rock= Naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more mineral and organic matter ...
HERE
... • Can travel through the entire Earth. Through liquids (outer core) and solids (inner core). • The type of wave is called compression. It compresses (squeezes) the matter it’s moving through. (*** your chem teacher might call it longitudinal) • Click HERE for P-waves animation ...
... • Can travel through the entire Earth. Through liquids (outer core) and solids (inner core). • The type of wave is called compression. It compresses (squeezes) the matter it’s moving through. (*** your chem teacher might call it longitudinal) • Click HERE for P-waves animation ...
Measuring Earthquakes
... This measures the magnitude of a tremor (how powerful it is) using an instrument called a seismograph. On the Richter Scale, magnitude is expressed in whole numbers and decimal fractions. Although the Richter Scale has no upper limit, the largest earthquake ever recorded was in 1960 in Chile. It mea ...
... This measures the magnitude of a tremor (how powerful it is) using an instrument called a seismograph. On the Richter Scale, magnitude is expressed in whole numbers and decimal fractions. Although the Richter Scale has no upper limit, the largest earthquake ever recorded was in 1960 in Chile. It mea ...
John "Zack" Smith`s Paper
... million years ago. He spent his life trying to prove the theory of continental drift that is best explained by plate tectonics and eventually died crossing the Greenland ice cap in attempts to further prove his brilliant theory. He will be missed. Even to the untrained eye it can be seen that the co ...
... million years ago. He spent his life trying to prove the theory of continental drift that is best explained by plate tectonics and eventually died crossing the Greenland ice cap in attempts to further prove his brilliant theory. He will be missed. Even to the untrained eye it can be seen that the co ...
Lesson 1 Notes
... German scientist, said that the only possible answer was continental drift. He suggested that 300 million years ago all of the earth’s land masses, which were in constant motion, collided to form one supercontinent. He called it Pangaea (“all land”). ...
... German scientist, said that the only possible answer was continental drift. He suggested that 300 million years ago all of the earth’s land masses, which were in constant motion, collided to form one supercontinent. He called it Pangaea (“all land”). ...
Slide 1
... in any sequence of sedimentary strata, the order in which he strata were deposited from the bottom up. older strata are truncated by erosion before younger strata are deposited. fine deposits overlie coarser units. strata were deposited as horizontal layers. ...
... in any sequence of sedimentary strata, the order in which he strata were deposited from the bottom up. older strata are truncated by erosion before younger strata are deposited. fine deposits overlie coarser units. strata were deposited as horizontal layers. ...
Tectoinic Plates and Rock Cycle
... material to sink at subduction zones. So: moving plates, EQs, & volcanic eruptions are due to Earth’s loss of internal heat. ...
... material to sink at subduction zones. So: moving plates, EQs, & volcanic eruptions are due to Earth’s loss of internal heat. ...
Layers of the Earth
... • The Earth’s crust is divided into 12 major plates which are moved in various directions. • This plate motion causes them to collide, pull apart, or scrape against each other. • Each type of interaction causes a characteristic set of Earth structures or “tectonic” features. • The word, tectonic, re ...
... • The Earth’s crust is divided into 12 major plates which are moved in various directions. • This plate motion causes them to collide, pull apart, or scrape against each other. • Each type of interaction causes a characteristic set of Earth structures or “tectonic” features. • The word, tectonic, re ...
Igneous Rocks - ElementaryScienceOlympiadBCS
... Felsic, on the other hand, is used for silicate minerals, magmas, and rocks which have a lower percentage of the heavier elements, and are correspondingly enriched in the lighter elements, such as silicon and oxygen, aluminum, and potassium. The term comes from FEL for feldspar (in this case the pot ...
... Felsic, on the other hand, is used for silicate minerals, magmas, and rocks which have a lower percentage of the heavier elements, and are correspondingly enriched in the lighter elements, such as silicon and oxygen, aluminum, and potassium. The term comes from FEL for feldspar (in this case the pot ...
Introduction to Earth Science Ch. 01
... Intrusive Igneous Activity • Plutons result from the cooling and hardening of magma within the earth • Exposed at surface after uplift and erosion • Pluton refers to Pluto, the Roman god of the underworld ...
... Intrusive Igneous Activity • Plutons result from the cooling and hardening of magma within the earth • Exposed at surface after uplift and erosion • Pluton refers to Pluto, the Roman god of the underworld ...
Earth Structure, Materials, Systems, and Cycles
... Gravitational Energy -- Energy released when an object falls from higher elevations to lower elevations. As the object falls the energy can be converted to kinetic energy (energy of motion) or heat energy. Heat Energy -- Energy exhibited by moving atoms, the more heat energy an object has, the highe ...
... Gravitational Energy -- Energy released when an object falls from higher elevations to lower elevations. As the object falls the energy can be converted to kinetic energy (energy of motion) or heat energy. Heat Energy -- Energy exhibited by moving atoms, the more heat energy an object has, the highe ...
Earth Science Chapter 20: Mountain Building Chapter Overview
... • The displacement of the mantle by Earth’s continental and oceanic crust is a condition of equilibrium called isostasy. The crust and mantle are in equilibrium when the force of gravity on the mass of crust involved is balanced by the upward force of buoyancy • Gravitational and seismic studies hav ...
... • The displacement of the mantle by Earth’s continental and oceanic crust is a condition of equilibrium called isostasy. The crust and mantle are in equilibrium when the force of gravity on the mass of crust involved is balanced by the upward force of buoyancy • Gravitational and seismic studies hav ...
Plate Tectonics Lesson Plan
... a. Part 4 introduces some vocabulary and asks students to label a cross-section of the Earth. Students are also asked to apply Plate Tectonics vocabulary words to describe the activities in Parts 1-3. b. Part 5 requires internet access. It may be done by lab groups if computers are available or by t ...
... a. Part 4 introduces some vocabulary and asks students to label a cross-section of the Earth. Students are also asked to apply Plate Tectonics vocabulary words to describe the activities in Parts 1-3. b. Part 5 requires internet access. It may be done by lab groups if computers are available or by t ...
Study Guide – Plate Tectonics (Chapter 21) Name _____ Question
... 13. What is a subduction zone? ...
... 13. What is a subduction zone? ...
ONTOLOGICAL REPRESENTATION OF RIFTS
... Hence, the study of rifts will enable us to determine - the original local and regional states of stress - the spatial and temporal distribution and rate of strain - the pressures and temperatures - the physical and chemical properties of rocks and fluids ...
... Hence, the study of rifts will enable us to determine - the original local and regional states of stress - the spatial and temporal distribution and rate of strain - the pressures and temperatures - the physical and chemical properties of rocks and fluids ...
Weathering
... The MOVEMENT of (weathered) sediment by wind, water, ice or gravity which wears away or lowers Earth’s land surfaces. *Erosion is NOT weathering! ...
... The MOVEMENT of (weathered) sediment by wind, water, ice or gravity which wears away or lowers Earth’s land surfaces. *Erosion is NOT weathering! ...
Chapter 1 Planet Earth
... and scoured by running water, which moves rocks around and changes their appearance. Erosion is the process in which the materials of the Earth’s surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and transported form one place to another by a natural agent, such as wind, water, ice or gravity. Erosi ...
... and scoured by running water, which moves rocks around and changes their appearance. Erosion is the process in which the materials of the Earth’s surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and transported form one place to another by a natural agent, such as wind, water, ice or gravity. Erosi ...
ContinentalDrift
... fingernails grow (1-4cm per year) The ones you need to worry about are the ones that are trying to move, but don’t on a yearly basis – eventually they will move and cause great damage Think EARTHQUAKES – more later on! ...
... fingernails grow (1-4cm per year) The ones you need to worry about are the ones that are trying to move, but don’t on a yearly basis – eventually they will move and cause great damage Think EARTHQUAKES – more later on! ...
Age of the Earth
The age of the Earth is 4.54 ± 0.05 billion years (4.54 × 109 years ± 1%). This age is based on evidence from radiometric age dating of meteorite material and is consistent with the radiometric ages of the oldest-known terrestrial and lunar samples.Following the development of radiometric age dating in the early 20th century, measurements of lead in uranium-rich minerals showed that some were in excess of a billion years old.The oldest such minerals analyzed to date—small crystals of zircon from the Jack Hills of Western Australia—are at least 4.404 billion years old. Comparing the mass and luminosity of the Sun to those of other stars, it appears that the Solar System cannot be much older than those rocks. Calcium-aluminium-rich inclusions – the oldest known solid constituents within meteorites that are formed within the Solar System – are 4.567 billion years old, giving an age for the solar system and an upper limit for the age of Earth.It is hypothesised that the accretion of Earth began soon after the formation of the calcium-aluminium-rich inclusions and the meteorites. Because the exact amount of time this accretion process took is not yet known, and the predictions from different accretion models range from a few millions up to about 100 million years, the exact age of Earth is difficult to determine. It is also difficult to determine the exact age of the oldest rocks on Earth, exposed at the surface, as they are aggregates of minerals of possibly different ages.