Earth Systems - Northwest ISD Moodle
... • Parent material- what the soil is made of influences soil formation • Climate- what type of climate influences soil formation • Topography- the surface and slope can influence soil formation • Organisms- plants and animals can have an effect on soil formation • Time- the amount of time a soil has ...
... • Parent material- what the soil is made of influences soil formation • Climate- what type of climate influences soil formation • Topography- the surface and slope can influence soil formation • Organisms- plants and animals can have an effect on soil formation • Time- the amount of time a soil has ...
Plate Motion and Convection Currents
... the Earth are at least partially responsible for the movement of plates, but there is still much to find out about how the plates move and how convection currents work. For example, it is known that sometimes heat from the molten asthenosphere does not move evenly in convection currents but comes to ...
... the Earth are at least partially responsible for the movement of plates, but there is still much to find out about how the plates move and how convection currents work. For example, it is known that sometimes heat from the molten asthenosphere does not move evenly in convection currents but comes to ...
Slide 1
... Summary answers 1 a They reacted a mixture of water, ammonia, methane and hydrogen to model the early atmosphere. To produce the energy needed for reactions to take place they used a high voltage. They kept the experiment going for a week, then analysed the mixture of new compounds formed. b C – It ...
... Summary answers 1 a They reacted a mixture of water, ammonia, methane and hydrogen to model the early atmosphere. To produce the energy needed for reactions to take place they used a high voltage. They kept the experiment going for a week, then analysed the mixture of new compounds formed. b C – It ...
Earthquakes
... Locating Earthquakes • How do scientists/geologist locate the epicenter of an earthquake? ...
... Locating Earthquakes • How do scientists/geologist locate the epicenter of an earthquake? ...
Candy Bar Tectonics
... Part A: Getting Ready 1. Use your fingernail to make small cracks in the surface of your “Earth” or candy bar. Place on a paper towel. What do we call the cracks in the Earth’s surface? ________________ What do we call the large pieces of Earth’s crust? ________________ 2. Compare the candy bar to t ...
... Part A: Getting Ready 1. Use your fingernail to make small cracks in the surface of your “Earth” or candy bar. Place on a paper towel. What do we call the cracks in the Earth’s surface? ________________ What do we call the large pieces of Earth’s crust? ________________ 2. Compare the candy bar to t ...
Outline Miller Chapter 14 Review Chapter 14: Nonrenewable
... erodible bank of soil and rock (highwall) ix. Mountaintop removal – this destroys forests, buries mountain streams, and increases the risk of flooding – wastewater and toxic sludge, produced when the coal is processed are often stored behind dams in these valleys – which can overflow or collapse and ...
... erodible bank of soil and rock (highwall) ix. Mountaintop removal – this destroys forests, buries mountain streams, and increases the risk of flooding – wastewater and toxic sludge, produced when the coal is processed are often stored behind dams in these valleys – which can overflow or collapse and ...
ppt - Earth2Class
... Crater in northern Canada shows the remains of a collision estimated to have taken place 215 million years ago. It’s about 85 km in diameter. ...
... Crater in northern Canada shows the remains of a collision estimated to have taken place 215 million years ago. It’s about 85 km in diameter. ...
Textbook Powerpoint
... Locations of earthquakes and volcanoes. A “Ring of Fire” circles the Pacific Ocean along plate boundaries. Other zones of seismic and volcanic activity, including hot spots, are also shown on this map. ...
... Locations of earthquakes and volcanoes. A “Ring of Fire” circles the Pacific Ocean along plate boundaries. Other zones of seismic and volcanic activity, including hot spots, are also shown on this map. ...
Earth and Space Science 2015 Semester 2 Exam Review Part 1 Convection
... - Occurs when an oceanic crust subducts or moves underneath a continental (less dense) and into the Mantle. -Subduction can also occur between two oceanic crusts (the denser oceanic crust subducts). - An oceanic trench occurs prior to the subduction. ...
... - Occurs when an oceanic crust subducts or moves underneath a continental (less dense) and into the Mantle. -Subduction can also occur between two oceanic crusts (the denser oceanic crust subducts). - An oceanic trench occurs prior to the subduction. ...
File
... plates move. • Back then, we had no GPS (global position satellites) nor did we know much about atomic radiation nor CONVECTION! ...
... plates move. • Back then, we had no GPS (global position satellites) nor did we know much about atomic radiation nor CONVECTION! ...
Plate: a rigid slab of solid lithosphere rock that has defined
... A steep sided valley formed when a block of the earth’s crust falls down getween two parallel fault lines; also know as a graben. 1. What sets the continental plates in motion? Describe the process. Convention currents (heat rising) in the asthenosphere expand and migrate to the surface while cooler ...
... A steep sided valley formed when a block of the earth’s crust falls down getween two parallel fault lines; also know as a graben. 1. What sets the continental plates in motion? Describe the process. Convention currents (heat rising) in the asthenosphere expand and migrate to the surface while cooler ...
plate tectonics - Middletown High School
... Oceanic - Continental At sites where oceanic and continental plates collide, subduction zones form. At subduction zones, the more dense plate (oceanic) sinks beneath the less dense plate (continental). The sinking plate melts and forms magma that rises to the surface through a ...
... Oceanic - Continental At sites where oceanic and continental plates collide, subduction zones form. At subduction zones, the more dense plate (oceanic) sinks beneath the less dense plate (continental). The sinking plate melts and forms magma that rises to the surface through a ...
Plate Tectonic Theory
... can only be reached by combing all this evidence. . . It is only by combing the information furnished by all the earth sciences that we can hope to determine 'truth' here, that is to say, to find the picture that sets out all the known facts in the best arrangement and that therefore has the highest ...
... can only be reached by combing all this evidence. . . It is only by combing the information furnished by all the earth sciences that we can hope to determine 'truth' here, that is to say, to find the picture that sets out all the known facts in the best arrangement and that therefore has the highest ...
Plate Tectonic Vocabulary Chapter 10 Pages 239-260
... A sudden movement along the boundary of a tectonic plate is a(n) ________________________________________________________________ ...
... A sudden movement along the boundary of a tectonic plate is a(n) ________________________________________________________________ ...
Chapter6
... 2. Rift zone is a place where tectonic plates are being pushed apart, normally by molten material being forced up out of the mantle. 3. The theory of plate tectonics states that sections of the Earth’s crust move across the underlying mantle. There are about 12 tectonic plates that extend about 50–1 ...
... 2. Rift zone is a place where tectonic plates are being pushed apart, normally by molten material being forced up out of the mantle. 3. The theory of plate tectonics states that sections of the Earth’s crust move across the underlying mantle. There are about 12 tectonic plates that extend about 50–1 ...
1 - Lyndhurst Schools
... Is the mantle a solid or liquid? _____________________________________ ...
... Is the mantle a solid or liquid? _____________________________________ ...
The Earth’s Layers - Welcome to Ms. George's Science Class
... very thin in comparison to the other layers. • The crust is 5-100 km. thick • There are two types of crust: Continental Crust and Oceanic Crust • Both continental crust and oceanic crust are made of the elements oxygen, silicon, and ...
... very thin in comparison to the other layers. • The crust is 5-100 km. thick • There are two types of crust: Continental Crust and Oceanic Crust • Both continental crust and oceanic crust are made of the elements oxygen, silicon, and ...
Notes on Earthquakes
... E. Surface waves (Longitudinal waves) - Waves that travel like ripples on a pond across Earth's surface Travel out from the epicenter Particles move in an elliptical motion, as well as back & forth Cause the most destruction Slowest waves Two types: Rayleigh & Love waves ...
... E. Surface waves (Longitudinal waves) - Waves that travel like ripples on a pond across Earth's surface Travel out from the epicenter Particles move in an elliptical motion, as well as back & forth Cause the most destruction Slowest waves Two types: Rayleigh & Love waves ...
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.