CP Earth Science
... How do intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks differ? How are granite and rhyolite similar? How are they different? Which would most likely cause molten rock material to become glassy igneous rock? a)cooling under high pressure b)cooling over a long period of time c) cooling on the surface d)cooling ...
... How do intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks differ? How are granite and rhyolite similar? How are they different? Which would most likely cause molten rock material to become glassy igneous rock? a)cooling under high pressure b)cooling over a long period of time c) cooling on the surface d)cooling ...
Plate Tectonics
... has not changed significantly during the past 600 million years, and very likely not since shortly after its formation 4.6 billion years ago. The earth's unchanging size implies that the crust must be destroyed at about the same rate as it is being created. ...
... has not changed significantly during the past 600 million years, and very likely not since shortly after its formation 4.6 billion years ago. The earth's unchanging size implies that the crust must be destroyed at about the same rate as it is being created. ...
The complicated birth of a volcano: Researchers unravel
... Snow storms, ice and glaciers—these are the usual images we associate with the Antarctic. But at the same time it is also a region of fire: the Antarctic continent and surrounding waters are dotted with volcanoes - some of them still active and others extinct for quite some time. The Marie Byrd Seam ...
... Snow storms, ice and glaciers—these are the usual images we associate with the Antarctic. But at the same time it is also a region of fire: the Antarctic continent and surrounding waters are dotted with volcanoes - some of them still active and others extinct for quite some time. The Marie Byrd Seam ...
Chapter 2 Lecture Powerpoint Handout
... • Locations where the edges of two plates slide past one another • Spreading zone is not a single, continuous rift offset by transform faults • Most transform plate boundaries are within oceanic crust, some occur within continents • Famous transform plate boundary on land is the San Andreas fault Fi ...
... • Locations where the edges of two plates slide past one another • Spreading zone is not a single, continuous rift offset by transform faults • Most transform plate boundaries are within oceanic crust, some occur within continents • Famous transform plate boundary on land is the San Andreas fault Fi ...
Types of rocks
... - made up of iron and nickel - liquid rock - mantle - upper and lower – 1000-4000oC - partly melted, consistency of taffy - rock can flow slowly - crust - 5oC, - 5-60 km thick - can walk on it - very thin under the ocean - types of crust - oceanic – thinner (over the water/oceans) - continental (ove ...
... - made up of iron and nickel - liquid rock - mantle - upper and lower – 1000-4000oC - partly melted, consistency of taffy - rock can flow slowly - crust - 5oC, - 5-60 km thick - can walk on it - very thin under the ocean - types of crust - oceanic – thinner (over the water/oceans) - continental (ove ...
World Geography - San Diego Unified School District
... Mantle plumes are columns of rising magma that begin deep in the earth A hot spot is a volcanically active area of Earth’s surface that is thought to lie directly above a rising mantle plumes Hot spots often form long chains of volcanoes because the mantle plume below a hot spot stays in the s ...
... Mantle plumes are columns of rising magma that begin deep in the earth A hot spot is a volcanically active area of Earth’s surface that is thought to lie directly above a rising mantle plumes Hot spots often form long chains of volcanoes because the mantle plume below a hot spot stays in the s ...
Plate Tectonics - British Geological Survey
... www.bgs.ac.uk/education/earthquakes.html www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html ...
... www.bgs.ac.uk/education/earthquakes.html www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html ...
Transform Boundary
... • Wegener hypothesized that there was an original, gigantic supercontinent 200 million years ago, which he named Pangaea, meaning "All-earth". Pangaea was a supercontinent consisting of all of Earth's land masses.. • Pangaea started to break up into two smaller supercontinents, called Laurasia and G ...
... • Wegener hypothesized that there was an original, gigantic supercontinent 200 million years ago, which he named Pangaea, meaning "All-earth". Pangaea was a supercontinent consisting of all of Earth's land masses.. • Pangaea started to break up into two smaller supercontinents, called Laurasia and G ...
Sea floor spreading= the process by which new oceanic crust is
... Team of Scientists Unveil “Earth Shattering” New Observations to Support Plate Tectonic Theory! By Kinzie Sikkema We all live on the Earth, but most of us don’t care to learn about it. It is an amazing planet, constantly moving through space. But, did you know that it is also changing on itself? The ...
... Team of Scientists Unveil “Earth Shattering” New Observations to Support Plate Tectonic Theory! By Kinzie Sikkema We all live on the Earth, but most of us don’t care to learn about it. It is an amazing planet, constantly moving through space. But, did you know that it is also changing on itself? The ...
Investigation 1: Gathering Evidence and Modeling
... Several of the world’s mountain ranges that appear on a continent today are similar in age and form to mountain ranges that today are on another continent. Some of these mountain ranges are shown in the continent cutouts. They are numbered according to those that have similarities with one another. ...
... Several of the world’s mountain ranges that appear on a continent today are similar in age and form to mountain ranges that today are on another continent. Some of these mountain ranges are shown in the continent cutouts. They are numbered according to those that have similarities with one another. ...
Exam #2 - MSU Billings
... c. They are what is left over after the rest of the limestone forming the cave has dissolved d. Dissolved minerals, such as calcite, precipitate as the water dripping from the ceiling evaporates 25. What are the two types of glaciers? a. Temporary and Permanent b. Flowing and Non-flowing c. Continen ...
... c. They are what is left over after the rest of the limestone forming the cave has dissolved d. Dissolved minerals, such as calcite, precipitate as the water dripping from the ceiling evaporates 25. What are the two types of glaciers? a. Temporary and Permanent b. Flowing and Non-flowing c. Continen ...
We Are Stardust … Concentrated by Earth!
... nuclei of atoms are bound so tightly by the strong nuclear force that wholesale changes can take place only at the extremely high temperatures and pressures in the cores of stars. On the other hand, the concentrating of elements inside Earth and at its surface takes place under much lower pressures ...
... nuclei of atoms are bound so tightly by the strong nuclear force that wholesale changes can take place only at the extremely high temperatures and pressures in the cores of stars. On the other hand, the concentrating of elements inside Earth and at its surface takes place under much lower pressures ...
U1-T2.4-Earths Layers
... Earth’s Interior Focus on . . . recognizing that Earth (Geosphere) has a layered Interior. identifying the characteristics of each layer. drawing a diagram representing Earth's interior. ...
... Earth’s Interior Focus on . . . recognizing that Earth (Geosphere) has a layered Interior. identifying the characteristics of each layer. drawing a diagram representing Earth's interior. ...
petrology of continental rocks
... (1937, 1939) was categorically against the views of Rosenbusch. Nieuwenkamp of Utrecht in various lectures and publications since 1948 emphasized the importance of the cycles, and demonstrated historically how our interpretation of the cycles was influenced by mysteriously authorized notions, and ho ...
... (1937, 1939) was categorically against the views of Rosenbusch. Nieuwenkamp of Utrecht in various lectures and publications since 1948 emphasized the importance of the cycles, and demonstrated historically how our interpretation of the cycles was influenced by mysteriously authorized notions, and ho ...
Origins of Magma
... 5) How do magmas form in the middle of plates? How do the rocks of the upper mantle and lower crust melt to produce magmas? A common answer that people give is that increased temperature will cause a rock to melt. Although this is true, there are two other factors that have an important affect in me ...
... 5) How do magmas form in the middle of plates? How do the rocks of the upper mantle and lower crust melt to produce magmas? A common answer that people give is that increased temperature will cause a rock to melt. Although this is true, there are two other factors that have an important affect in me ...
Compare and contrast divergent, convergent, and transform
... the continental plate will slide above the ocean plate. This creates a subduction zone. Volcanoes will form on the land. ...
... the continental plate will slide above the ocean plate. This creates a subduction zone. Volcanoes will form on the land. ...
Study guide for Mrs
... Tectonic plates B. Know the directions in which the different boundaries move (Remember: “definition disco” divergent…convergent…transform…subduct. We used this in class). I may draw arrows to show the direction of a plate. You will need to identify these. C. I may ask a few open ended or short answ ...
... Tectonic plates B. Know the directions in which the different boundaries move (Remember: “definition disco” divergent…convergent…transform…subduct. We used this in class). I may draw arrows to show the direction of a plate. You will need to identify these. C. I may ask a few open ended or short answ ...
History of geology
The history of geology is concerned with the development of the natural science of geology. Geology is the scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the Earth. Throughout the ages geology provides essential theories and data that shape how society conceptualizes the Earth.