RFP - Montgomery County Public Schools
... MYP Guiding Question: What shapes our world? MYP Area of Interaction: Environments Background The surface of the Earth is broken into pieces, called plates. The plates carry continents and ocean basins as the molten mantle below drags them in all directions. In some places plates collide, in others ...
... MYP Guiding Question: What shapes our world? MYP Area of Interaction: Environments Background The surface of the Earth is broken into pieces, called plates. The plates carry continents and ocean basins as the molten mantle below drags them in all directions. In some places plates collide, in others ...
A2 : Plate Tectonics (essay outline)
... Being lighter, molten magma rises along lines of weakness and eject out as volcanoes. Examples include Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Fuji. Sometimes, a chain of volcanic islands may be formed offshore, parallel to the plate margin. This is known as the volcanic island arc, e.g. Japan Islands and Aleutian Isla ...
... Being lighter, molten magma rises along lines of weakness and eject out as volcanoes. Examples include Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Fuji. Sometimes, a chain of volcanic islands may be formed offshore, parallel to the plate margin. This is known as the volcanic island arc, e.g. Japan Islands and Aleutian Isla ...
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... 2. The Aleutian Islands off of the coast of Alaska lie at the edge of the Pacific Oceanic Plate. These islands move at a rate of about 5 cm per year. The islands are moving because __________. a. The North American plate is sinking into the ocean b. Earthquakes have pushed the plate as they shake th ...
... 2. The Aleutian Islands off of the coast of Alaska lie at the edge of the Pacific Oceanic Plate. These islands move at a rate of about 5 cm per year. The islands are moving because __________. a. The North American plate is sinking into the ocean b. Earthquakes have pushed the plate as they shake th ...
The Interior of Venus - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... • A more temporally varied, “non-directional” history is more likely (e.g., Guest and Stofan, 1999). • Atmospheric 40Ar is about 25% of Earth. Implies either reduced time-integrated volcanic outgassing or lower primoridal potassium abundance on Venus. ...
... • A more temporally varied, “non-directional” history is more likely (e.g., Guest and Stofan, 1999). • Atmospheric 40Ar is about 25% of Earth. Implies either reduced time-integrated volcanic outgassing or lower primoridal potassium abundance on Venus. ...
!GLG 101-Illustrated Vocabulary-Chapter 18 !Plate Tectonics
... temperature. !divergent boundary *the two crustal plates at a boundary are moving away from each other. !East African Rift Valley *a long rift valley marked by volcanoes and lakes located along the southeastern portion of Africa. !East Pacific Rise *an undersea spreading ridge located in the souther ...
... temperature. !divergent boundary *the two crustal plates at a boundary are moving away from each other. !East African Rift Valley *a long rift valley marked by volcanoes and lakes located along the southeastern portion of Africa. !East Pacific Rise *an undersea spreading ridge located in the souther ...
Earth System Science: The Big Ideas
... flora and fauna, and they are changing atmospheric chemistry in ways that affect the climate. Earth system processes also influence where and how humans live. For example: With human populations increasing the world over, the emission of greenhouse gases has also increased dramatically. These gases ...
... flora and fauna, and they are changing atmospheric chemistry in ways that affect the climate. Earth system processes also influence where and how humans live. For example: With human populations increasing the world over, the emission of greenhouse gases has also increased dramatically. These gases ...
Doc Format - Science in Hawaii Project
... word bank below. Some words in the bank will not be used. 4½ points asthenosphere basalt caldera composite convection core Hawai‘i Japan Oregon billions millions thousands ...
... word bank below. Some words in the bank will not be used. 4½ points asthenosphere basalt caldera composite convection core Hawai‘i Japan Oregon billions millions thousands ...
Inside the Restless Earth
... C. Mapping the Earth’s Interior (pg 94) a. Seismic waves are ……vibrations that travel through the Earth. Caused by earthquakes b. Seismic waves travel at different___speeds_______ depending on…. the density and strength of the material they travel through. Seismologists use these speeds to calculate ...
... C. Mapping the Earth’s Interior (pg 94) a. Seismic waves are ……vibrations that travel through the Earth. Caused by earthquakes b. Seismic waves travel at different___speeds_______ depending on…. the density and strength of the material they travel through. Seismologists use these speeds to calculate ...
Topic 12 guided reading answer key
... 32. Is there a difference between plates, lithospheric plates, and tectonic plates? NO 33. Approximately how much do the lithospheric plates move each year? A FEW CENTIMETERS A YEAR p.230 34. Study figure 12-3. What do these diagrams show us about the positions of the continents? THE CONTINENTS HAVE ...
... 32. Is there a difference between plates, lithospheric plates, and tectonic plates? NO 33. Approximately how much do the lithospheric plates move each year? A FEW CENTIMETERS A YEAR p.230 34. Study figure 12-3. What do these diagrams show us about the positions of the continents? THE CONTINENTS HAVE ...
Tectonic–climatic interaction
Tectonic–climatic interaction is the interrelationship between tectonic processes and the climate system. The tectonic processes in question include orogenesis, volcanism, and erosion, while relevant climatic processes include atmospheric circulation, orographic lift, monsoon circulation and the rain shadow effect. As the geological record of past climate changes over millions of years is sparse and poorly resolved, many questions remain unresolved regarding the nature of tectonic-climate interaction, although it is an area of active research by geologists and palaeoclimatologists.