PLATE TECTONICS
... People Didn’t Get Wegener’s “Drift” … - So, without an explanation for how these plates were moving, people didn’t believe Wegener’s theory. They needed more proof for how huge continents could “drift.” - Then World War II came, and with it, technology. After WWII, oceanographers began to use more ...
... People Didn’t Get Wegener’s “Drift” … - So, without an explanation for how these plates were moving, people didn’t believe Wegener’s theory. They needed more proof for how huge continents could “drift.” - Then World War II came, and with it, technology. After WWII, oceanographers began to use more ...
Continental Drift Plate Tectonics
... 8.9A (Supporting) Describe the historical development of evidence that supports the plate tectonic theory. 8.9B (Readiness) Relate plate tectonics to the formation of crustal features. 8.9C (Readiness) Interpret t ...
... 8.9A (Supporting) Describe the historical development of evidence that supports the plate tectonic theory. 8.9B (Readiness) Relate plate tectonics to the formation of crustal features. 8.9C (Readiness) Interpret t ...
Earth, Sun, & Moon PBL
... 5) In what months would it be better for farmers in the northern hemisphere to plant their crops? Why? (L) ...
... 5) In what months would it be better for farmers in the northern hemisphere to plant their crops? Why? (L) ...
Chapter 15
... • How do we find and extract mineral resources from the earth’s crust, and what harmful environmental effects result from removing and using these minerals? ...
... • How do we find and extract mineral resources from the earth’s crust, and what harmful environmental effects result from removing and using these minerals? ...
rock - LPS
... A _______________ is any size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole. Closed systems are self contained (e.g., an automobile cooling system). _________________ systems allow both energy and matter to flow in and out of the system (e.g., a river system). ...
... A _______________ is any size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole. Closed systems are self contained (e.g., an automobile cooling system). _________________ systems allow both energy and matter to flow in and out of the system (e.g., a river system). ...
to Ch. 8 Notes
... 2. focus: the point within Earth where an earthquake originates 3. epicenter: the location on Earth’s surface directly above the focus, or origin, of an earthquake 4. fault: a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred 5. elastic rebound hypothesis: the explanation stating that when are roc ...
... 2. focus: the point within Earth where an earthquake originates 3. epicenter: the location on Earth’s surface directly above the focus, or origin, of an earthquake 4. fault: a fracture in Earth along which movement has occurred 5. elastic rebound hypothesis: the explanation stating that when are roc ...
earthquake
... • So far, methods for short-range predictions of earthquakes have not been successful. ...
... • So far, methods for short-range predictions of earthquakes have not been successful. ...
Geology and Nonrenewable Mineral Resources - Baxley
... How do we find and extract mineral resources from the earth’s crust, and what harmful environmental effects result from removing and using these minerals? ...
... How do we find and extract mineral resources from the earth’s crust, and what harmful environmental effects result from removing and using these minerals? ...
CHAPTER 7: PLATE TECTONICS--
... The crust of the Earth is broken into many pieces called plates. There are about 15 plates. The plates "float" on the soft, plastic mantle which is located below the crust. These plates bump and grind as they move and sometimes they stick and build up pressure. The pressure builds and the rock b ...
... The crust of the Earth is broken into many pieces called plates. There are about 15 plates. The plates "float" on the soft, plastic mantle which is located below the crust. These plates bump and grind as they move and sometimes they stick and build up pressure. The pressure builds and the rock b ...
Plate Tectonics PowerPoint
... combined continental drift and seafloor spreading. Called the Theory of Plate Tectonics. Theory states – Earth’s crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections. These sections are called plates, and move on a plastic like layer of mantle. Similar to rafts on water. ...
... combined continental drift and seafloor spreading. Called the Theory of Plate Tectonics. Theory states – Earth’s crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections. These sections are called plates, and move on a plastic like layer of mantle. Similar to rafts on water. ...
Earth Shakes, Rattles, and Rolls
... •Formed when molten rock, or magma deep within the earth, erupts, and piles upon the surface •Made of basalt and rhyolite. •Takes place where two of the earth's tectonic plates collide. ...
... •Formed when molten rock, or magma deep within the earth, erupts, and piles upon the surface •Made of basalt and rhyolite. •Takes place where two of the earth's tectonic plates collide. ...
Chapter 10 - Continents
... How would you identify a region where active orogeny is taking place today? Give an example. ...
... How would you identify a region where active orogeny is taking place today? Give an example. ...
Ever Since Wegener: A Brief History of the Expanding Earth
... Another point of contention between Plate Tectonics and Earth expansion is orogenesis – the origin of mountains and fold belts. According to the Plate Tectonic theory, orogenesis is a compressional phenomenon: folding results from crustal foreshortening caused by the collision of two lithospheric pl ...
... Another point of contention between Plate Tectonics and Earth expansion is orogenesis – the origin of mountains and fold belts. According to the Plate Tectonic theory, orogenesis is a compressional phenomenon: folding results from crustal foreshortening caused by the collision of two lithospheric pl ...
Ocean basins
... continent is called the continental shelf • Continental shelves are underlain by granitic continental crust – Much more like the continent in composition than the ocean floor; continental shelves contain hills, depressions, sedimentary rocks and mineral and/or oil deposits that are similar to those ...
... continent is called the continental shelf • Continental shelves are underlain by granitic continental crust – Much more like the continent in composition than the ocean floor; continental shelves contain hills, depressions, sedimentary rocks and mineral and/or oil deposits that are similar to those ...
Quadratic Functions
... major plates and many minor plates that are moving across the surface of the earth. The cause of their movement is believed to be from radioactive material deep below the earth’s surface decays releasing heat, which produces convection currents. This movement forces plates to interact in three diffe ...
... major plates and many minor plates that are moving across the surface of the earth. The cause of their movement is believed to be from radioactive material deep below the earth’s surface decays releasing heat, which produces convection currents. This movement forces plates to interact in three diffe ...
Seismic Wave
... the first to reach a seismic station. An S wave different kinds of seismic waves. They move in (secondary wave) is slower than a P wave and can different ways. The two main types of waves are only move through solid rock, not through any body waves and surface waves. Body waves can liquid medium. It ...
... the first to reach a seismic station. An S wave different kinds of seismic waves. They move in (secondary wave) is slower than a P wave and can different ways. The two main types of waves are only move through solid rock, not through any body waves and surface waves. Body waves can liquid medium. It ...
Plate Tectonics
... mountain range in the world. • In 7 countries in South America Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, & Argentina. ...
... mountain range in the world. • In 7 countries in South America Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, & Argentina. ...
Helpful Landform Websites
... A great website to learn about earthquakes, volcanoes, Earth processes, and geology (rocks and minerals) http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/information/kids_geozone/Pages/Index.aspx CA.Gov Department of Conservation Go to links : “Geologic Hazards” or “Mineral Resources” http://www.factmonster.com/s ...
... A great website to learn about earthquakes, volcanoes, Earth processes, and geology (rocks and minerals) http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/information/kids_geozone/Pages/Index.aspx CA.Gov Department of Conservation Go to links : “Geologic Hazards” or “Mineral Resources” http://www.factmonster.com/s ...
Oceanography – EXAM 1 Review Questions
... 33) Wegener used all of the following provide evidence for continental drift except: A) age of selected continental rocks. B) apparent polar wandering. C) location of coral reef fossils. D) seafloor magnetic pattern. E) shape of continental margins. 34) The book The History of Ocean Basins, which c ...
... 33) Wegener used all of the following provide evidence for continental drift except: A) age of selected continental rocks. B) apparent polar wandering. C) location of coral reef fossils. D) seafloor magnetic pattern. E) shape of continental margins. 34) The book The History of Ocean Basins, which c ...
Nature
Nature, in the broadest sense, is the natural, physical, or material world or universe. ""Nature"" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large part of science. Although humans are part of nature, human activity is often understood as a separate category from other natural phenomena.The word nature is derived from the Latin word natura, or ""essential qualities, innate disposition"", and in ancient times, literally meant ""birth"". Natura is a Latin translation of the Greek word physis (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics that plants, animals, and other features of the world develop of their own accord. The concept of nature as a whole, the physical universe, is one of several expansions of the original notion; it began with certain core applications of the word φύσις by pre-Socratic philosophers, and has steadily gained currency ever since. This usage continued during the advent of modern scientific method in the last several centuries.Within the various uses of the word today, ""nature"" often refers to geology and wildlife. Nature can refer to the general realm of living plants and animals, and in some cases to the processes associated with inanimate objects – the way that particular types of things exist and change of their own accord, such as the weather and geology of the Earth. It is often taken to mean the ""natural environment"" or wilderness–wild animals, rocks, forest, and in general those things that have not been substantially altered by human intervention, or which persist despite human intervention. For example, manufactured objects and human interaction generally are not considered part of nature, unless qualified as, for example, ""human nature"" or ""the whole of nature"". This more traditional concept of natural things which can still be found today implies a distinction between the natural and the artificial, with the artificial being understood as that which has been brought into being by a human consciousness or a human mind. Depending on the particular context, the term ""natural"" might also be distinguished from the unnatural or the supernatural.