Slide 1
... breaking of rocks into smaller pieces. • Erosion is the movement of pieces of broken rock. Gravity causes this. • There are two types of weathering: physical weathering and chemical ...
... breaking of rocks into smaller pieces. • Erosion is the movement of pieces of broken rock. Gravity causes this. • There are two types of weathering: physical weathering and chemical ...
Geological processes in the British Isles
... www.open.edu/openlearn/about-openlearn/frequently-asked-questions-on-openlearn. Copyright and rights falling outside the terms of the Creative Commons Licence are retained or controlled by The Open University. Please read the full text before using any of the content. We believe the primary barrier ...
... www.open.edu/openlearn/about-openlearn/frequently-asked-questions-on-openlearn. Copyright and rights falling outside the terms of the Creative Commons Licence are retained or controlled by The Open University. Please read the full text before using any of the content. We believe the primary barrier ...
Plate Tectonics Webquest
... 4. Give the name of the last large supercontinent that included all of the current continents. _____________ 5. During which geologic era were the northern continents joined in to Laurasia and the southern continents joined into Gondwanaland? _____________ 6. Until the 1700s, most Europeans thought ...
... 4. Give the name of the last large supercontinent that included all of the current continents. _____________ 5. During which geologic era were the northern continents joined in to Laurasia and the southern continents joined into Gondwanaland? _____________ 6. Until the 1700s, most Europeans thought ...
Exam 1 Study Guide - Napa Valley College
... drawn side view of these. What is a hotspot? What happened at Montserrat? What happened at Pompeii? What are pyroclastic flows? What are lahars and where might they occur on the west coast of the U.S.? When and how did Mount St. Helens explosively erupt? Why? What tectonic process generated the magm ...
... drawn side view of these. What is a hotspot? What happened at Montserrat? What happened at Pompeii? What are pyroclastic flows? What are lahars and where might they occur on the west coast of the U.S.? When and how did Mount St. Helens explosively erupt? Why? What tectonic process generated the magm ...
Review for Earthquakes Test
... 2. How does the type of ground material affect the amount of shaking during an earthquake? Be specific…know when the ground will shake the most/least. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ...
... 2. How does the type of ground material affect the amount of shaking during an earthquake? Be specific…know when the ground will shake the most/least. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ...
An East African desert will one day become an ocean
... material between Earth’s crust and new ocean will form in the gap left its core. The sizzling rocks in this behind. “The same processes that zone are less dense than the rocks created the Atlantic around them. As a Ocean millions of result, they are rising years ago are haptoward the surface. pening ...
... material between Earth’s crust and new ocean will form in the gap left its core. The sizzling rocks in this behind. “The same processes that zone are less dense than the rocks created the Atlantic around them. As a Ocean millions of result, they are rising years ago are haptoward the surface. pening ...
Internal Structure of the Earth File
... Seismic records have led geologist to believe that the Earth has a layered structure, and can be thought of as being a bit like a cracked egg. ...
... Seismic records have led geologist to believe that the Earth has a layered structure, and can be thought of as being a bit like a cracked egg. ...
Inside Earth: Layers of the Earth
... Plate sunk beneath the North American Plate during the Laramide orogeny, a period of mountain building that occurred some 70 – 80 million years ago. ...
... Plate sunk beneath the North American Plate during the Laramide orogeny, a period of mountain building that occurred some 70 – 80 million years ago. ...
Slide 1
... – Conduction = • Energy transferred directly from one object to another (i.e. burning feet at the beach). ...
... – Conduction = • Energy transferred directly from one object to another (i.e. burning feet at the beach). ...
Warm- up Question Summarize: What you know about Continental
... 2. What type of formation is formed at the mid-ocean ridge? (Ridges and valleys are formed.) 3. Where is the youngest rock located on the ocean floor? (The youngest rock will be located closed to the mid-ocean ridge. The rock gets progressively older as you move farther from the ridge ...
... 2. What type of formation is formed at the mid-ocean ridge? (Ridges and valleys are formed.) 3. Where is the youngest rock located on the ocean floor? (The youngest rock will be located closed to the mid-ocean ridge. The rock gets progressively older as you move farther from the ridge ...
Why is the Earth Moving?
... F. It are these currents that create friction with the crust above and causes it to move. G. Magma (semi-molten rock) near the outer core is heated. H. As the magma nears the crust it begins to cool. ...
... F. It are these currents that create friction with the crust above and causes it to move. G. Magma (semi-molten rock) near the outer core is heated. H. As the magma nears the crust it begins to cool. ...
fact finding answers
... 18. PIECES OF THE LITHOSPHERE THAT MOVE AROUND ON TOP OF THE ASTHENOSPHERE ARE CALLED TECTONIC __plates______. 19. THE LITHOSPHERE IS LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE AND THE TECTONIC PLATES ARE LIKE ____pieces__ OF A JIGSAW PUZZLE. 20. ALL OF THE TECTONIC PLATES HAVE names___, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM ARE THE SAME ...
... 18. PIECES OF THE LITHOSPHERE THAT MOVE AROUND ON TOP OF THE ASTHENOSPHERE ARE CALLED TECTONIC __plates______. 19. THE LITHOSPHERE IS LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE AND THE TECTONIC PLATES ARE LIKE ____pieces__ OF A JIGSAW PUZZLE. 20. ALL OF THE TECTONIC PLATES HAVE names___, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM ARE THE SAME ...
Plate Tectonics Webquest
... 4. Give the name of the last large supercontinent that included all of the current continents. _____________ 5. During which geologic era were the northern continents joined in to Laurasia and the southern continents joined into Gondwanaland? _____________ 6. Until the 1700s, most Europeans thought ...
... 4. Give the name of the last large supercontinent that included all of the current continents. _____________ 5. During which geologic era were the northern continents joined in to Laurasia and the southern continents joined into Gondwanaland? _____________ 6. Until the 1700s, most Europeans thought ...
Chapter 5 Section 1 Geologic History
... • By dating rock layers above and below these fossils, scientists can determine the time span in which the organism lived. • If the organism lived for a relatively short period of time, its fossils would show up in limited layers. ...
... • By dating rock layers above and below these fossils, scientists can determine the time span in which the organism lived. • If the organism lived for a relatively short period of time, its fossils would show up in limited layers. ...
Name - Duncanville ISD
... http://www.quia.com/jg/262313.html for review games! QUESTIONS: 1. Choose one to write about: Alfred Wegner, Harry Hess & Robert Dietz, or Fred Vine & Drummond Matthews How has this person (or these persons) contributed to the theory of plate tectonics? ...
... http://www.quia.com/jg/262313.html for review games! QUESTIONS: 1. Choose one to write about: Alfred Wegner, Harry Hess & Robert Dietz, or Fred Vine & Drummond Matthews How has this person (or these persons) contributed to the theory of plate tectonics? ...
Onstott_Wang_Geosciences_Summary_Sat_plenary
... Much like surgery permits a physician to examine internal bones and organs recognized on X-rays or CAT scans, NUSL will be a fully instrumented, dedicated laboratory and observatory for scientists to examine Earth’s interior. Courtesy: URL at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd ...
... Much like surgery permits a physician to examine internal bones and organs recognized on X-rays or CAT scans, NUSL will be a fully instrumented, dedicated laboratory and observatory for scientists to examine Earth’s interior. Courtesy: URL at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd ...
Oceans 11 - Course World
... 12. Read the following and answer the questions: Scientific team finds “Lost City” during deep-sea tour of Atlantic Oceanographers patrolling the mid-Atlantic in a miniature research submarine have stumbled onto a spectacular deep-sea garden of hot springs and towering spires they nicknamed the 'Lo ...
... 12. Read the following and answer the questions: Scientific team finds “Lost City” during deep-sea tour of Atlantic Oceanographers patrolling the mid-Atlantic in a miniature research submarine have stumbled onto a spectacular deep-sea garden of hot springs and towering spires they nicknamed the 'Lo ...
Sea-Floor Spreading Lab
... cooling. When the lava solidified, the pattern of magnetic alignment was locked into the rock. When the magnetic field changed direction again, the rock alignment remained as a record of the earth's magnetism at the time of cooling. Careful measurements showed that the patterns of North and South al ...
... cooling. When the lava solidified, the pattern of magnetic alignment was locked into the rock. When the magnetic field changed direction again, the rock alignment remained as a record of the earth's magnetism at the time of cooling. Careful measurements showed that the patterns of North and South al ...
Student Book Activity, p. 89 Student Book Question, p. 92
... between forces .... " Explain what this means. ANSWER: (pp. 93, 95) The earth's physical landscape is America, Africa. India. and Australia is nonsense! Glaciers partly the result of conflict between the forces that build could simply have formed over these land masses during the the land higher, an ...
... between forces .... " Explain what this means. ANSWER: (pp. 93, 95) The earth's physical landscape is America, Africa. India. and Australia is nonsense! Glaciers partly the result of conflict between the forces that build could simply have formed over these land masses during the the land higher, an ...
File
... origins of the universe. . . If you do or don’t believe any of it, that’s fine! Just learn it so you can pass tests, OK? ...
... origins of the universe. . . If you do or don’t believe any of it, that’s fine! Just learn it so you can pass tests, OK? ...
Chapter 1, Section 5 – The Theory of Plate Tectonics
... Chapter 1, Section 5 – The Theory of Plate Tectonics *J. Tuzo Wilson: proposed that the lithosphere is broken into sections called plates *Plates carry continents or parts of the ocean floor as they move I. ...
... Chapter 1, Section 5 – The Theory of Plate Tectonics *J. Tuzo Wilson: proposed that the lithosphere is broken into sections called plates *Plates carry continents or parts of the ocean floor as they move I. ...
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.