Geology Unit Study Guide - Mr. Ruggiero`s Science 8-2
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October 10, 2011
... 1. Plate Tectonics Theory states that the pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection in the mantle. a. The Theory of PT explains the formation, movement, and subduction of Earth’s plates. 2. Gravity helps pull a subducting plate down into the mantle. 3. As plate ...
... 1. Plate Tectonics Theory states that the pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection in the mantle. a. The Theory of PT explains the formation, movement, and subduction of Earth’s plates. 2. Gravity helps pull a subducting plate down into the mantle. 3. As plate ...
2nd 6 week test review 2015-2016 ppt
... What is an element? • A substance that cannot be broken into simpler substances by chemical means • All atoms are the same type • Example: Mg / C / H ...
... What is an element? • A substance that cannot be broken into simpler substances by chemical means • All atoms are the same type • Example: Mg / C / H ...
Week 27 CCA Review
... The International Space Station (ISS) is a permanently orbiting space laboratory. It is constructed from more than 100 separate modules and is designed to house up to seven people for months at a time. The moon lacks the oxygen that people need in order to survive. The sun and all the celestial obje ...
... The International Space Station (ISS) is a permanently orbiting space laboratory. It is constructed from more than 100 separate modules and is designed to house up to seven people for months at a time. The moon lacks the oxygen that people need in order to survive. The sun and all the celestial obje ...
Overhead: Continental Drift / Plate Tectonics
... • About 300 million years ago all the earth’s land masses were joined together into one supercontinent called Pangaea • About 200 million years ago Pangaea began to break up, with each tectonic plate moving in a different direction. ...
... • About 300 million years ago all the earth’s land masses were joined together into one supercontinent called Pangaea • About 200 million years ago Pangaea began to break up, with each tectonic plate moving in a different direction. ...
86:12 And by the Earth full of cracks/faults
... When plate edges override one another, one of the plates is forced down into the hot mantle and melts. This process is called subduction. Molten crust material is lighter than mantle, and it rises - melting its way through the overlying solid rock and erupting as volcanic lava. When a continental pl ...
... When plate edges override one another, one of the plates is forced down into the hot mantle and melts. This process is called subduction. Molten crust material is lighter than mantle, and it rises - melting its way through the overlying solid rock and erupting as volcanic lava. When a continental pl ...
Mid-Term Exam Study Guide
... • Fires can also occur afterwards by way of Earthquake aftershocks, as these too can cause significant movement in the ground ...
... • Fires can also occur afterwards by way of Earthquake aftershocks, as these too can cause significant movement in the ground ...
Unit 5 - mrhebert.org
... was provided by the ship, Glomar Challenger, which brought drill samples up from the ocean floor (younger rock was closer to the ridge and older rock was closer to the continents) • Lava that cools very quickly on the ocean floor is called ...
... was provided by the ship, Glomar Challenger, which brought drill samples up from the ocean floor (younger rock was closer to the ridge and older rock was closer to the continents) • Lava that cools very quickly on the ocean floor is called ...
Physical Geology 101*Midterm 1
... 23. Mesosaurus was a fossil freshwater lizard that formed part of the paleontologic evidence to support continental drift along with fossil Glossopteris flora. 24. The original geologic column was determined through the use of A. radiometric dating of rocks using 238U 206 Pb decay rates B. paleoma ...
... 23. Mesosaurus was a fossil freshwater lizard that formed part of the paleontologic evidence to support continental drift along with fossil Glossopteris flora. 24. The original geologic column was determined through the use of A. radiometric dating of rocks using 238U 206 Pb decay rates B. paleoma ...
Layers.of.Earth.part.2
... magnetic field because it is solid! Venus has a liquid iron core, but it has no magnetic field because there is very little motion within the liquid ...
... magnetic field because it is solid! Venus has a liquid iron core, but it has no magnetic field because there is very little motion within the liquid ...
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... Ocean-Ocean Plate Collision • When two oceanic plates collide, one runs over the other which causes it to _________ into the mantle forming a _____________ _________. • The subducting plate is bent downward to form a _____ ________ depression in the ocean floor called a __________. • The worlds dee ...
... Ocean-Ocean Plate Collision • When two oceanic plates collide, one runs over the other which causes it to _________ into the mantle forming a _____________ _________. • The subducting plate is bent downward to form a _____ ________ depression in the ocean floor called a __________. • The worlds dee ...
Unit 6 geology mining study
... Continental Puzzle: The earth’s continents look as if they fit together like a puzzle o (ex. Africa & S. America) Similar Fossils: there are fossils that have been found on different continents during the same geologic time frame. o (Ex. A fossil that was found on both the eastern part of the US ...
... Continental Puzzle: The earth’s continents look as if they fit together like a puzzle o (ex. Africa & S. America) Similar Fossils: there are fossils that have been found on different continents during the same geologic time frame. o (Ex. A fossil that was found on both the eastern part of the US ...
Earth Science - Issaquah Connect
... • Plate tectonics is the concept that the outer surface of the Earth is made of large plates of crust and outer mantle that are slowly moving over the surface of the liquid outer mantle. – Heat from the Earth causes the slow movement. – Plates are pulling apart in some areas, and colliding in others ...
... • Plate tectonics is the concept that the outer surface of the Earth is made of large plates of crust and outer mantle that are slowly moving over the surface of the liquid outer mantle. – Heat from the Earth causes the slow movement. – Plates are pulling apart in some areas, and colliding in others ...
Unit 2 - Plate Tectonics
... upper part of the mantle. Volcano – an opening in Earth’s crust from which magma (molten rock), gas, and ash erupt. Continental drift – the theory that the continents are moving very slowly. Alfred Wegener proposed continental drift in 1915. Wegener found evidence that the continents were once joine ...
... upper part of the mantle. Volcano – an opening in Earth’s crust from which magma (molten rock), gas, and ash erupt. Continental drift – the theory that the continents are moving very slowly. Alfred Wegener proposed continental drift in 1915. Wegener found evidence that the continents were once joine ...
Slideshow Review for Midterm
... 1. Composed of potassium feldspar & quartz crystals of size 3mm. 2. What environment did this rock form in, and at what rate did it cool? ...
... 1. Composed of potassium feldspar & quartz crystals of size 3mm. 2. What environment did this rock form in, and at what rate did it cool? ...
Benchmark Test Study Guide October 2013 Standard: The student
... •Forms from the _compaction__ and/or _cementation_ of rock pieces, _mineral grains_, or shell fragments called sediments_. •Sediments are formed through the processes of _weathering _ and erosion of rocks exposed at Earth’s surface. •_Sedimentary__ rocks can also form from the chemical depositing of ...
... •Forms from the _compaction__ and/or _cementation_ of rock pieces, _mineral grains_, or shell fragments called sediments_. •Sediments are formed through the processes of _weathering _ and erosion of rocks exposed at Earth’s surface. •_Sedimentary__ rocks can also form from the chemical depositing of ...
Grade 6: Earth Science
... Heat moves in a predictable flow from warmer objects to cooler objects until all objects are at the same temperature. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know: a. energy can be carried from one place to another by heat flow, or by waves including water waves, light and sound, or by m ...
... Heat moves in a predictable flow from warmer objects to cooler objects until all objects are at the same temperature. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know: a. energy can be carried from one place to another by heat flow, or by waves including water waves, light and sound, or by m ...
Concept Test
... Concept Test • Scientists hypothesize that evidence for past liquid water will be found at Gusev Crater because: a. Chemical analysis from space shows signs of minerals that (on Earth) tend to primarily form in the presence of water. b. From orbit gullies are seen along the rim of Gusev Crater indi ...
... Concept Test • Scientists hypothesize that evidence for past liquid water will be found at Gusev Crater because: a. Chemical analysis from space shows signs of minerals that (on Earth) tend to primarily form in the presence of water. b. From orbit gullies are seen along the rim of Gusev Crater indi ...
Section: The Geosphere - Environmental Science
... made of rock that flows very slow and allows tectonic plates to move on top of it. Beneath the asthenosphere is the mesosphere, the lower part of the mantle. The Earth’s outer core is a dense liquid layer. At the center of the Earth is the dense, solid inner core, which is made up mostly of the meta ...
... made of rock that flows very slow and allows tectonic plates to move on top of it. Beneath the asthenosphere is the mesosphere, the lower part of the mantle. The Earth’s outer core is a dense liquid layer. At the center of the Earth is the dense, solid inner core, which is made up mostly of the meta ...
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... The Hawaiian island chain is a wonderful example of plate tectonics in the middle of a plate. It is fed by a stationary mantle plume under Loihi, and the Pacific Plate glides over it at a speed of ~ 5 cm/year, carrying the islands with it in a northwesterly direction. ...
... The Hawaiian island chain is a wonderful example of plate tectonics in the middle of a plate. It is fed by a stationary mantle plume under Loihi, and the Pacific Plate glides over it at a speed of ~ 5 cm/year, carrying the islands with it in a northwesterly direction. ...
11th Grade Earth Science
... Why does it matter whether or not a glacier is melting or not? What effects can it have on the earth system as a whole? ...
... Why does it matter whether or not a glacier is melting or not? What effects can it have on the earth system as a whole? ...
Earth and atmosphere Topic Checklist
... Sedimentary rocks include sandstone, limestone and mudstone Sedimentary rocks are formed in layers (strata) and may contain fossils Metamorphic rocks are formed when rocks are changed by heat and/or pressure Metamorphic rocks include marble (from limestone) and slate (from mudstone) In the rock cycl ...
... Sedimentary rocks include sandstone, limestone and mudstone Sedimentary rocks are formed in layers (strata) and may contain fossils Metamorphic rocks are formed when rocks are changed by heat and/or pressure Metamorphic rocks include marble (from limestone) and slate (from mudstone) In the rock cycl ...
Unit 17 STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH
... • have large crystals and are coarse-grained because the crystals have enough time to grow to a large size • ex. - granite ...
... • have large crystals and are coarse-grained because the crystals have enough time to grow to a large size • ex. - granite ...
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.