Unit 1 Plate Tectonics UNIT 2: LAYERS OF THE EARTH STUDY
... the tremendous pressure upon it. There are two types of crust: oceanic crust and continental crust. ...
... the tremendous pressure upon it. There are two types of crust: oceanic crust and continental crust. ...
Lab 3&4 PowerPoint
... The outermost layer of the Earth is the crust. The Earth’s crust (lithosphere) is like a puzzle. It is made up of a series of plates (Lithospheric plates) that move around the earth slowly due to convection in the mantle (more specifically the asthenosphere) ...
... The outermost layer of the Earth is the crust. The Earth’s crust (lithosphere) is like a puzzle. It is made up of a series of plates (Lithospheric plates) that move around the earth slowly due to convection in the mantle (more specifically the asthenosphere) ...
Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Word Search
... ______________ spreading - The theory that magma from Earth’s mantle rises to the surface at mid-ocean ridges and cools to form new seafloor, which new magma slowly pushes away from the ridge. ...
... ______________ spreading - The theory that magma from Earth’s mantle rises to the surface at mid-ocean ridges and cools to form new seafloor, which new magma slowly pushes away from the ridge. ...
Light: The Cosmic Messenger
... It will be on the test! You should have learned some of this in middle school, but that is a rough time for most of us. Actually when I was in middle school this was only taught in graduate school at Columbia University in geology. ...
... It will be on the test! You should have learned some of this in middle school, but that is a rough time for most of us. Actually when I was in middle school this was only taught in graduate school at Columbia University in geology. ...
Inside the Earth Ch. 4 Section 1
... • Layer between the crust and the core Asthenosphere: upper mantle; layer of weakened rock between crust and mantle; means “weak sphere” • Extremely thick; 2/3 of the Earth’s mass • No one has ever seen this layer; observations made from surface (volcanoes/lava) • Made of almost solid rock (magma) ...
... • Layer between the crust and the core Asthenosphere: upper mantle; layer of weakened rock between crust and mantle; means “weak sphere” • Extremely thick; 2/3 of the Earth’s mass • No one has ever seen this layer; observations made from surface (volcanoes/lava) • Made of almost solid rock (magma) ...
of the same age is form in southern Africa, South America, India, and
... igneous rock is created, any magnetic minerals in that rock crystalize and align themselves within the Earth’s current magnetic field. This is important because if the continents had not moved, igneous rocks on every continent should point towards the current magnetic North Pole. However, this is no ...
... igneous rock is created, any magnetic minerals in that rock crystalize and align themselves within the Earth’s current magnetic field. This is important because if the continents had not moved, igneous rocks on every continent should point towards the current magnetic North Pole. However, this is no ...
What’s Shakin? - Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic
... What causes the continental plates to move? •Energy from the earth’s core causes the oceanic and continental plates to move •They move on an average of 10cm a year ...
... What causes the continental plates to move? •Energy from the earth’s core causes the oceanic and continental plates to move •They move on an average of 10cm a year ...
EQ I - Facts, Rebound, & Seismograph
... Although it’s possible, most earthquakes do not happen right at the earth’s surface The depth that they occur, depends upon the plate boundary Convergent boundaries produce the largest quakes and also the deepest ones— 600 km depth is maximum Transform boundary quakes can also be large but are gener ...
... Although it’s possible, most earthquakes do not happen right at the earth’s surface The depth that they occur, depends upon the plate boundary Convergent boundaries produce the largest quakes and also the deepest ones— 600 km depth is maximum Transform boundary quakes can also be large but are gener ...
Layers of the Earth, Continental Drift, and Plate Tectonic Overview
... 11. Name and describe the type of tectonic stress that forms folded mountains. 12. Name and describe the type of tectonic stress that forms fault-block mountains. 13. If the Earth's crust is growing at mid-ocean ridges, why doesn't the Earth itself grow larger? 14. What was Pangaea? 15. Where would ...
... 11. Name and describe the type of tectonic stress that forms folded mountains. 12. Name and describe the type of tectonic stress that forms fault-block mountains. 13. If the Earth's crust is growing at mid-ocean ridges, why doesn't the Earth itself grow larger? 14. What was Pangaea? 15. Where would ...
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... direction, moisture, and associated weather. How to hurricanes, t-storms, & tornadoes form? Interpret weather maps and make forecasts. Climate What factors determine a region’s climate? (Latitude, altitude, proximity to water, ocean currents, global wind patterns, pressure systems, Mt. barriers, etc ...
... direction, moisture, and associated weather. How to hurricanes, t-storms, & tornadoes form? Interpret weather maps and make forecasts. Climate What factors determine a region’s climate? (Latitude, altitude, proximity to water, ocean currents, global wind patterns, pressure systems, Mt. barriers, etc ...
The Earths interior structure - Lecture 1
... • seismic velocities in the Earth generally increase with depth due to effects of pressure ...
... • seismic velocities in the Earth generally increase with depth due to effects of pressure ...
Earth Science Final Exam Study Guide
... 6. Know the water cycle---transpiration too! 7. Know alternative energy to fossil fuels. 8. Explain the carbon footprint made by countries in relation to their wealth. 9. Know the greenhouse gases, and what are not greenhouse gases, and their relative proportions. 10. Know what the atmosphere is com ...
... 6. Know the water cycle---transpiration too! 7. Know alternative energy to fossil fuels. 8. Explain the carbon footprint made by countries in relation to their wealth. 9. Know the greenhouse gases, and what are not greenhouse gases, and their relative proportions. 10. Know what the atmosphere is com ...
Section 1
... 6. a. Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core. The plates act like a hard and rigid shell compared to Earth's mantle. b. A : Lithosphere B : Asthenosphere c. The plates along the surface of ...
... 6. a. Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core. The plates act like a hard and rigid shell compared to Earth's mantle. b. A : Lithosphere B : Asthenosphere c. The plates along the surface of ...
Adopted Programs FOSS, Matter and Energy (Physical), Structures
... the functions they serve in an ecosystem. Students know different kinds of organisms may play similar ecological roles in similar biomes. Students know the number and types of organisms an ecosystem can support depends on the resources available and on abiotic factors, such as quantities of lig ...
... the functions they serve in an ecosystem. Students know different kinds of organisms may play similar ecological roles in similar biomes. Students know the number and types of organisms an ecosystem can support depends on the resources available and on abiotic factors, such as quantities of lig ...
APES Earth Science Study Guide
... soybeans for a couple of years-----the corn uses up nitrogen while the soy is a nitrogen fixer and thus replaces the nitrogen) ...
... soybeans for a couple of years-----the corn uses up nitrogen while the soy is a nitrogen fixer and thus replaces the nitrogen) ...
Fourth lecture - 16 September, 2015
... able to show that this was physically not possible. The proposed mechanism was thus discredited, so the entire hypothesis was set aside (by most!) as yet more wishful thinking. ...
... able to show that this was physically not possible. The proposed mechanism was thus discredited, so the entire hypothesis was set aside (by most!) as yet more wishful thinking. ...
NCEA Level 2 Earth and Space Science (91191) 2016
... Alpine Fault. These two plates are pushing into each other in a transform (right-lateral strikeslip) fault – this is a major 600 km transform fault, which also causes uplift, forming the Southern Alps. Strain energy (30 mm per year) builds up over a period of time, and eventually the rock cannot wit ...
... Alpine Fault. These two plates are pushing into each other in a transform (right-lateral strikeslip) fault – this is a major 600 km transform fault, which also causes uplift, forming the Southern Alps. Strain energy (30 mm per year) builds up over a period of time, and eventually the rock cannot wit ...
Continental Margins
... Deep-ocean Basins – the ocean floor that lies deeper than 2000 m Mid-ocean Ridges – a continuous underwater mountain range that winds its way through all the oceans ...
... Deep-ocean Basins – the ocean floor that lies deeper than 2000 m Mid-ocean Ridges – a continuous underwater mountain range that winds its way through all the oceans ...
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... that early Earth was much hotter than it is now. Earth’s materials flowed, just like they do in the asthenosphere today. As you learned earlier in the chapter, early Earth was soft enough for gravity to pull the densest material to the center. That dense material is metal. The core is mostly iron wi ...
... that early Earth was much hotter than it is now. Earth’s materials flowed, just like they do in the asthenosphere today. As you learned earlier in the chapter, early Earth was soft enough for gravity to pull the densest material to the center. That dense material is metal. The core is mostly iron wi ...
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... The same fossils and rock types ae found along matching coastlines, such as those mentioned above. ...
... The same fossils and rock types ae found along matching coastlines, such as those mentioned above. ...
19.1 Earthquakes
... bent or stretched; when the stress returns to zero, the original rock shape is maintained • Plastic Deformation: more stress than elastic deformation, this type of strain produces permanent deformation ...
... bent or stretched; when the stress returns to zero, the original rock shape is maintained • Plastic Deformation: more stress than elastic deformation, this type of strain produces permanent deformation ...
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.