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... a. Divergent plate boundary b. Transform plate boundary c. Convergent plate boundary d. Normal plate boundary 17. The bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth’s crust is known as ____B_____. a. Uplift b. Folding c. Faulting d. Subsidence 18. The type of fault in which the hanging wall moves ...
... a. Divergent plate boundary b. Transform plate boundary c. Convergent plate boundary d. Normal plate boundary 17. The bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth’s crust is known as ____B_____. a. Uplift b. Folding c. Faulting d. Subsidence 18. The type of fault in which the hanging wall moves ...
Homework Due Friday, January 15, 2016 The Plate Tectonic Theory
... partially melted rock. Have you ever put together a puzzle? The interlocking pieces must fit together perfectly in order to form a picture. Approximately 100 years ago, a German scientist named Alfred Wegener discovered something fascinating about a map of Earth. He realized that the continents seem ...
... partially melted rock. Have you ever put together a puzzle? The interlocking pieces must fit together perfectly in order to form a picture. Approximately 100 years ago, a German scientist named Alfred Wegener discovered something fascinating about a map of Earth. He realized that the continents seem ...
Midterm Study Guide - Historical Geology
... Organic Evolution: Lamarkian evolution Darwinian: Evolution by natural selection 1. Too many young 2. Natural variations 3. Best adaptations tend to survive Mendelian genetics and mutations as source of variation Phyletic Gradualism and Punctuated Equilibrium Evidence concerning Evolution: Biologic ...
... Organic Evolution: Lamarkian evolution Darwinian: Evolution by natural selection 1. Too many young 2. Natural variations 3. Best adaptations tend to survive Mendelian genetics and mutations as source of variation Phyletic Gradualism and Punctuated Equilibrium Evidence concerning Evolution: Biologic ...
Lab 2a_Plate Tectonics (preliminary)
... (3) There are 14 plates that make up our Earth’s crust, 8 of these are considered “major plates,” name them (Fig. 3-10 will help): ...
... (3) There are 14 plates that make up our Earth’s crust, 8 of these are considered “major plates,” name them (Fig. 3-10 will help): ...
Chapter 17 Notes Know the definition of each of these vocabulary
... When stress exceeds a certain value, a material undergoes ductile deformation. Unlike elastic strain, this type produces permanent deformation which means that the material stays deformed even if the stress is reduced to zero. When stress exceeds the strength of a material, the material breaks or fa ...
... When stress exceeds a certain value, a material undergoes ductile deformation. Unlike elastic strain, this type produces permanent deformation which means that the material stays deformed even if the stress is reduced to zero. When stress exceeds the strength of a material, the material breaks or fa ...
Earth: An Ever changing planet
... • Different periods of Earth’s history are broken into periods of time – just like a year is broken into months, weeks, days and hours • Earth history is broken into eons, eras, periods, epochs ...
... • Different periods of Earth’s history are broken into periods of time – just like a year is broken into months, weeks, days and hours • Earth history is broken into eons, eras, periods, epochs ...
Key concepts
... INTRODUCTION Key words: oceanography marine geology Physical oceanography marine biology chemical oceanography Marine engineering Key concepts: -know ocean covers 71% of the earth’s surface & has an average temp of 4oC -know what oceanography is, the subdisciplines and what is studied in each -be ab ...
... INTRODUCTION Key words: oceanography marine geology Physical oceanography marine biology chemical oceanography Marine engineering Key concepts: -know ocean covers 71% of the earth’s surface & has an average temp of 4oC -know what oceanography is, the subdisciplines and what is studied in each -be ab ...
Molten rock that comes to the surface of the earth is called:
... a. the cementation of rock fragments b. the carrying away of sediment c. the development of mineral crystals d. the decomposition of organisms 24. Fossils are generally found in what type of rocks? a. rocks from volcanoes b. sedimentary rocks c. metamorphic rocks d. rocks containing quartz 25. Which ...
... a. the cementation of rock fragments b. the carrying away of sediment c. the development of mineral crystals d. the decomposition of organisms 24. Fossils are generally found in what type of rocks? a. rocks from volcanoes b. sedimentary rocks c. metamorphic rocks d. rocks containing quartz 25. Which ...
Worksheet 1
... E. Ancient landmass made up of all the continents that began to break apart about 200 million years ago ...
... E. Ancient landmass made up of all the continents that began to break apart about 200 million years ago ...
Ch 12 Vocabulary - Taylor County Schools
... mountain ranges with a rift valley between them that extends around Earth on the . Formed at a plate boundary. Rift Valley – , linear, dropped-down between twin, parallel mountain ranges produced by faulting. Divergent Boundary – Plate moving from each other. ...
... mountain ranges with a rift valley between them that extends around Earth on the . Formed at a plate boundary. Rift Valley – , linear, dropped-down between twin, parallel mountain ranges produced by faulting. Divergent Boundary – Plate moving from each other. ...
Revision Booklet
... 2. Use an atlas or the internet to write the names of 15 countries, 5 capital cities and 5 physical features (e.g. rivers, mountains, seas or oceans) on the map below. Learn the location of all of these. ...
... 2. Use an atlas or the internet to write the names of 15 countries, 5 capital cities and 5 physical features (e.g. rivers, mountains, seas or oceans) on the map below. Learn the location of all of these. ...
Our AMAZING Planet
... •These circulations are called CONVECTION CURRENTS •Continents are in the CRUST so the movement below them makes the continents move too •This is called CONTINENTAL DRIFT. ...
... •These circulations are called CONVECTION CURRENTS •Continents are in the CRUST so the movement below them makes the continents move too •This is called CONTINENTAL DRIFT. ...
Case study: Boxing Day Tsunami, 2004
... Earthquakes Earthquakes are caused by friction as a result of two plates moving past each other. The edges of the tectonic plates are not smooth, as they move past each other they get stuck, pressure builds up and eventually the plates dramatically slip past each other releasing waves of energy kno ...
... Earthquakes Earthquakes are caused by friction as a result of two plates moving past each other. The edges of the tectonic plates are not smooth, as they move past each other they get stuck, pressure builds up and eventually the plates dramatically slip past each other releasing waves of energy kno ...
Chapter 14 The History of Life
... Ancestral species evolves into many species to fit a number of diverse habitats Convergent evolution: ...
... Ancestral species evolves into many species to fit a number of diverse habitats Convergent evolution: ...
Earth Science, 10th edition Chapter 5: Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind I
... a. Shape (eccentricity) of Earth's orbit varies b. Angle of Earth's axis (obliquity) changes c. Axis wobbles (precession) 2. Changes in climate over the past several hundred thousand years are closely associated with variations in Earth's orbit II. Deserts A. Geologic processes in arid climates 1. W ...
... a. Shape (eccentricity) of Earth's orbit varies b. Angle of Earth's axis (obliquity) changes c. Axis wobbles (precession) 2. Changes in climate over the past several hundred thousand years are closely associated with variations in Earth's orbit II. Deserts A. Geologic processes in arid climates 1. W ...
The Dynamic Earth - Fort Thomas Independent Schools
... • The presence of greenhouse gases, CO2 and H2O and methane (CH4) and a few other trace gases, serve to trap or absorb some of the infrared light radiated from the Earth’s surface. • Visible light’s wavelength is too short to be absorbed by these greenhouse gases, but infrared light’s wavelength is ...
... • The presence of greenhouse gases, CO2 and H2O and methane (CH4) and a few other trace gases, serve to trap or absorb some of the infrared light radiated from the Earth’s surface. • Visible light’s wavelength is too short to be absorbed by these greenhouse gases, but infrared light’s wavelength is ...
Earth*s Structure
... Meteoroids are rocks floating in space, when they enter our atmosphere, they heat up and burn. They are seen as “shooting stars” but are now called ...
... Meteoroids are rocks floating in space, when they enter our atmosphere, they heat up and burn. They are seen as “shooting stars” but are now called ...
Air Mass Classifications
... a) Low-velocity Zone - between 100-250km; P & S waves decrease in velocity; possibly due to molten rock; a.k.a. asthenosphere (weak ball), above it is the lithosphere (crust & upper mantle) & below is the mesosphere (rest of mantle) 3) Core - 1/6 Earth’s volume & 1/3 mass; radius = 3486km (larger th ...
... a) Low-velocity Zone - between 100-250km; P & S waves decrease in velocity; possibly due to molten rock; a.k.a. asthenosphere (weak ball), above it is the lithosphere (crust & upper mantle) & below is the mesosphere (rest of mantle) 3) Core - 1/6 Earth’s volume & 1/3 mass; radius = 3486km (larger th ...
The Theory of Plate Tectonics - Ouray School District R-1
... Continental and oceanic crust Lithosphere: Crust + ridgid upper mantle. Athenosphere: Plastic rock that flows slowly when under pressure. Lithosphere is broken into separate plates that “ride” on the athenosphere. 30 plates have been identified. Some are moving together…some apart this constant move ...
... Continental and oceanic crust Lithosphere: Crust + ridgid upper mantle. Athenosphere: Plastic rock that flows slowly when under pressure. Lithosphere is broken into separate plates that “ride” on the athenosphere. 30 plates have been identified. Some are moving together…some apart this constant move ...
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.