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... 20. Identify what landforms are created at each type of boundary. a. Divergent boundary at two continental plates can result in a rift valley – example, Great Rift Valley in Africa b. Divergent boundary of two oceanic plates results in mid-ocean ridges ...
... 20. Identify what landforms are created at each type of boundary. a. Divergent boundary at two continental plates can result in a rift valley – example, Great Rift Valley in Africa b. Divergent boundary of two oceanic plates results in mid-ocean ridges ...
Plate Tectonics
... when two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions. • Earthquakes often happen in areas with transform boundaries. • The San Andreas fault in California is a good example of this type of fault • Tend to have the most earthquakes. • Crust is not created or destroyed ...
... when two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions. • Earthquakes often happen in areas with transform boundaries. • The San Andreas fault in California is a good example of this type of fault • Tend to have the most earthquakes. • Crust is not created or destroyed ...
Planet Earth - Manasquan Public Schools
... Continental Crust – thicker less dense (20-40 km, 25 miles) ...
... Continental Crust – thicker less dense (20-40 km, 25 miles) ...
Weathering and Erosion
... • These are low-lying areas along the sides of a river channel that have regular times of heavy waterflow to cause the river to spill over and flood the land. ...
... • These are low-lying areas along the sides of a river channel that have regular times of heavy waterflow to cause the river to spill over and flood the land. ...
Chapter 8 - Earth Systems
... Convergent plate boundaries – moving together, one plate forced under the other Transform plate boundaries – one plate moving past another ...
... Convergent plate boundaries – moving together, one plate forced under the other Transform plate boundaries – one plate moving past another ...
COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH`S MANTLE - IDC
... At a depth of 1800 km (1100 miles), after an irregular strip of 8 km thick, secondary seismic waves begin to appear, this line indicates that the material is stiffer and less plastic (initiating the formation of magma), abounding silicates, oxides of magnesium and iron. The density of this area is ...
... At a depth of 1800 km (1100 miles), after an irregular strip of 8 km thick, secondary seismic waves begin to appear, this line indicates that the material is stiffer and less plastic (initiating the formation of magma), abounding silicates, oxides of magnesium and iron. The density of this area is ...
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... 2. What is the main idea of this theory? 3. What causes the plates of the earth to move? 4. What causes magma to move in the mantle? 5. What is sea floor spreading? Who proposed ...
... 2. What is the main idea of this theory? 3. What causes the plates of the earth to move? 4. What causes magma to move in the mantle? 5. What is sea floor spreading? Who proposed ...
Spring Study Guide
... 1. What are the characteristics of Earth’s crust, mantle, and core? 2. What is the composition of each layer of the Earth? The Theory of Plate Tectonics 1. What is plate tectonics? 2. What evidence supports the theory that lithospheric plate movement occurs? 3. What causes the movement of Earth’s li ...
... 1. What are the characteristics of Earth’s crust, mantle, and core? 2. What is the composition of each layer of the Earth? The Theory of Plate Tectonics 1. What is plate tectonics? 2. What evidence supports the theory that lithospheric plate movement occurs? 3. What causes the movement of Earth’s li ...
Geology of Connecticut
... As pressure builds between them there is a point at which rocks break allowing the plates to move, relieving the pressure in the form of vibrations that spread outward from the center of the motion. (S 17) Fault – Break in the crust along which movement takes place Focus – Point at which the motion ...
... As pressure builds between them there is a point at which rocks break allowing the plates to move, relieving the pressure in the form of vibrations that spread outward from the center of the motion. (S 17) Fault – Break in the crust along which movement takes place Focus – Point at which the motion ...
Earth Science Regents Review
... number of minutes apart. Slide the paper until the dots match the curves. Look down to see the distance. ...
... number of minutes apart. Slide the paper until the dots match the curves. Look down to see the distance. ...
Composition of the earth, Geologic Time, and Plate Tectonics
... 0.465 lb/psi (10.53kPa/m) Greater than fresh water gradient due to brines which contain dissolved solids Is affected by temperature and dissolved gas – decreases hydro. gradient ...
... 0.465 lb/psi (10.53kPa/m) Greater than fresh water gradient due to brines which contain dissolved solids Is affected by temperature and dissolved gas – decreases hydro. gradient ...
Geology Test
... present location of part of the Hawaiian Island chain. These volcanic islands may have formed as the Pacific Plate moved over a mantle hot spot. This diagram provides evidence that the Pacific Crustal Plate was moving toward the ...
... present location of part of the Hawaiian Island chain. These volcanic islands may have formed as the Pacific Plate moved over a mantle hot spot. This diagram provides evidence that the Pacific Crustal Plate was moving toward the ...
Evidence for Continental Drift
... continents “drifted” to their present locations over millions of years. On a world map, the curves of South America’s eastern coastline and Africa’s western coastline seemed to match, giving Wegener his first piece of evidence for continental drift. The fit suggested that, millions of years ago, all ...
... continents “drifted” to their present locations over millions of years. On a world map, the curves of South America’s eastern coastline and Africa’s western coastline seemed to match, giving Wegener his first piece of evidence for continental drift. The fit suggested that, millions of years ago, all ...
1. The Earth system 1.1. introduction 1.2. Earth structure and plate
... (surface ice and snow, e.g. polar ice caps, mountain glaciers, permafrost), the hydrosphere (liquid surface water, including groundwater), the lithosphere (rigid rocky outer layer of Earth), and the biosphere (all living things). Recent global warming calls to our attention the role of human activit ...
... (surface ice and snow, e.g. polar ice caps, mountain glaciers, permafrost), the hydrosphere (liquid surface water, including groundwater), the lithosphere (rigid rocky outer layer of Earth), and the biosphere (all living things). Recent global warming calls to our attention the role of human activit ...
OCEAN FLOOR TOPOGRAPHY
... SONAR, SOUND NAVIGATION AND RANGING, IS A TOOL USED TO MAP THE OCEAN FLOOR. SOUND WAVES TRAVEL FURTHER IN WATER THAN DO LIGHT AND RADAR WAVES. SONAR IS USED TO DEVELOP NAUTICAL CHARTS WHICH SHOW THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SHORELINE, SEA FLOOR, AND WATER DEPTHS. SONAR ALSO PROVIDES LOCATIONS OF DANGERS ...
... SONAR, SOUND NAVIGATION AND RANGING, IS A TOOL USED TO MAP THE OCEAN FLOOR. SOUND WAVES TRAVEL FURTHER IN WATER THAN DO LIGHT AND RADAR WAVES. SONAR IS USED TO DEVELOP NAUTICAL CHARTS WHICH SHOW THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SHORELINE, SEA FLOOR, AND WATER DEPTHS. SONAR ALSO PROVIDES LOCATIONS OF DANGERS ...
Student Handouts and Teacher Resources containing graphics.
... Use saltine crackers and peanut butter to model how the Earth’s plates move, causing changes in landforms. Spread a thick layer of peanut butter on a piece of waxed paper. Then move the crackers in the following ways to show plate movements. 1. Place two saltine crackers next to each other on top of ...
... Use saltine crackers and peanut butter to model how the Earth’s plates move, causing changes in landforms. Spread a thick layer of peanut butter on a piece of waxed paper. Then move the crackers in the following ways to show plate movements. 1. Place two saltine crackers next to each other on top of ...
Layers of the Earth
... • Temperatures can reach up to 2800 degree Celsius. • The Lithosphere is located in the upper mantle. ...
... • Temperatures can reach up to 2800 degree Celsius. • The Lithosphere is located in the upper mantle. ...
Planet Earth - Wayne State University Physics and Astronomy
... All planets with atmospheres have weather Weather is simply the name given to the circulation of air through the atmosphere Climate is a term used to describe the evolution of weather through long periods of time: decades or centuries Changes in climate are typically difficult to detect over short p ...
... All planets with atmospheres have weather Weather is simply the name given to the circulation of air through the atmosphere Climate is a term used to describe the evolution of weather through long periods of time: decades or centuries Changes in climate are typically difficult to detect over short p ...
Key term
... A thin dense layer (6-10km thick), which lines the ocean floors. An older, thicker layer (usually 45 – 50km thick), which makes up the Earth’s landmasses. It is less dense than oceanic crust. Volcanoes can also form in the middle of plates, where plumes of hot magma rise upward and erupt onto the se ...
... A thin dense layer (6-10km thick), which lines the ocean floors. An older, thicker layer (usually 45 – 50km thick), which makes up the Earth’s landmasses. It is less dense than oceanic crust. Volcanoes can also form in the middle of plates, where plumes of hot magma rise upward and erupt onto the se ...
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics part 1
... The following two slides show maps of the current major plate boundaries and their relative motions. You should be able to describe ...
... The following two slides show maps of the current major plate boundaries and their relative motions. You should be able to describe ...
Volcanoes and Igneous Activity Earth
... Below mantle A sphere having a radius of 3486 km (2161 miles) Composed of an iron-nickel alloy Average density of nearly 11 g/cm3 ...
... Below mantle A sphere having a radius of 3486 km (2161 miles) Composed of an iron-nickel alloy Average density of nearly 11 g/cm3 ...
Plate Tectonics
... Plate tectonics theory suggests that Earth’s surface is not a static arrangement of continents and ocean, but a dynamic mosaic of jostling segments called lithospheric plates. The plates have collided, moved apart, and slipped past one another since Earth’s crust first solidified. The confirmation o ...
... Plate tectonics theory suggests that Earth’s surface is not a static arrangement of continents and ocean, but a dynamic mosaic of jostling segments called lithospheric plates. The plates have collided, moved apart, and slipped past one another since Earth’s crust first solidified. The confirmation o ...
Geography 12
... A steep-sided mountain formed where a block of the earth’s crust has been squeezed upward between two parallel fault lines; also known as a block mountain ...
... A steep-sided mountain formed where a block of the earth’s crust has been squeezed upward between two parallel fault lines; also known as a block mountain ...
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.