Lesson 15 - Seismology Earths Interior
... 2) Probing Earth’s interior The nature of seismic waves Seismic wave speeds: depend on material properties are faster in more rigid materials increase with increasing depth (from more pressure) P waves: compressional waves: are fastest vibrate material back/forth in direction wave trave ...
... 2) Probing Earth’s interior The nature of seismic waves Seismic wave speeds: depend on material properties are faster in more rigid materials increase with increasing depth (from more pressure) P waves: compressional waves: are fastest vibrate material back/forth in direction wave trave ...
Plate Tectonics Test Study Guide
... Describe three ways that heat is transferred. Describe the cause of convection currents. Apply the cause of convection currents in general to convection currents in the Earth’s mantle. Section 2: Key Terms ...
... Describe three ways that heat is transferred. Describe the cause of convection currents. Apply the cause of convection currents in general to convection currents in the Earth’s mantle. Section 2: Key Terms ...
Plate Tectonics Test Study Guide (A)
... Describe the three types of plate boundaries, including what happens at each type, and the landforms that can be created at each type. Section 5: Key Terms plate- a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust scientific theo ...
... Describe the three types of plate boundaries, including what happens at each type, and the landforms that can be created at each type. Section 5: Key Terms plate- a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust scientific theo ...
Layers of the Earth Notes - Howard Elementary School
... Earth’s Layers by Composition • Crust – Outermost layer – Thinnest layer – Composed mostly of oxygen, silicon, and aluminum – Two types • Oceanic (found under oceans; more dense) – Twice as much iron, calcium, and magnesium which are more dense minerals ...
... Earth’s Layers by Composition • Crust – Outermost layer – Thinnest layer – Composed mostly of oxygen, silicon, and aluminum – Two types • Oceanic (found under oceans; more dense) – Twice as much iron, calcium, and magnesium which are more dense minerals ...
Why do the terrestrial planets have different geological have
... channels, and pool at the bottom before freezing and evaporating. ...
... channels, and pool at the bottom before freezing and evaporating. ...
Surface Features of Venus
... – about 1000 of them from 2 to 280 km diameter – cf. Earth has 150; Moon has many more – very few are under 10 km (Why?) – nearly all are “pristine” – entire surface ~15% of Lunar maria density – entire surface is about 500 million years old ...
... – about 1000 of them from 2 to 280 km diameter – cf. Earth has 150; Moon has many more – very few are under 10 km (Why?) – nearly all are “pristine” – entire surface ~15% of Lunar maria density – entire surface is about 500 million years old ...
Unit 5_Lesson 109_Review
... Impacts from asteroids, comets, and meteors are an important part of Earth’s history. They are responsible for the creation of the Moon, the delivery of water to Earth, and the extinction of the dinosaurs. An impact from any of these objects creates a crater. Comets are balls of ice and rock (dirty ...
... Impacts from asteroids, comets, and meteors are an important part of Earth’s history. They are responsible for the creation of the Moon, the delivery of water to Earth, and the extinction of the dinosaurs. An impact from any of these objects creates a crater. Comets are balls of ice and rock (dirty ...
docx: Earth`s Interior Pre Assessment
... 18. On your journey to the center of the Earth, which layer on your map would have the shortest distance to cover? a. The mantle b. The asthenosphere c. The outer core d. They are all the same distance across 19. Heat inside the Earth came/comes from which of the following? a. Collisions during form ...
... 18. On your journey to the center of the Earth, which layer on your map would have the shortest distance to cover? a. The mantle b. The asthenosphere c. The outer core d. They are all the same distance across 19. Heat inside the Earth came/comes from which of the following? a. Collisions during form ...
Solutions
... The fact that the Moon is much more heavily cratered than the Earth tells us that the Moon’s surface is much older. This is because the Moon is long dead geologically, except for impact cratering. Earth, however, continues to have volcanism, tectonics, and erosion. All of these processes renew the ...
... The fact that the Moon is much more heavily cratered than the Earth tells us that the Moon’s surface is much older. This is because the Moon is long dead geologically, except for impact cratering. Earth, however, continues to have volcanism, tectonics, and erosion. All of these processes renew the ...
Earth science
... Plate Tectonics Seven large plates, several smaller ones Constant motion (a few cm per year) driven ...
... Plate Tectonics Seven large plates, several smaller ones Constant motion (a few cm per year) driven ...
Vocab-Chapter 7 - Wachter Middle School
... ____________________________ 1. A fault in which the two fault blocks move past each other horizontally. ____________________________ 2. A piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top of the asthenosphere. ____________________________ 3. The theory that the Earth’s lithosphere is divided into t ...
... ____________________________ 1. A fault in which the two fault blocks move past each other horizontally. ____________________________ 2. A piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top of the asthenosphere. ____________________________ 3. The theory that the Earth’s lithosphere is divided into t ...
The Wadati-Benioff Zone
... 2) If it is a divergent boundary, label where the ridge (spreading center) would be, if convergent, label the trench location, or if it is a transform, label (circle the region) where the transform fault comes to the surface of the Earth labeled above... 3) This particular plot, in general, shows a ...
... 2) If it is a divergent boundary, label where the ridge (spreading center) would be, if convergent, label the trench location, or if it is a transform, label (circle the region) where the transform fault comes to the surface of the Earth labeled above... 3) This particular plot, in general, shows a ...
How the Earth`s Surface Changes Over Time
... down rock into soil, sand, and other tiny particles called sediments. ...
... down rock into soil, sand, and other tiny particles called sediments. ...
Earthquake – violent shaking of the ground
... mantle – layer below crust that plates move across, where convection occurs meteorite – same composition as the inner core of the Earth outer core – liquid layer of the Earth inner core – solid inner-most layer of the Earth shadow zone - area on the surface where no p or s-waves are recorded from an ...
... mantle – layer below crust that plates move across, where convection occurs meteorite – same composition as the inner core of the Earth outer core – liquid layer of the Earth inner core – solid inner-most layer of the Earth shadow zone - area on the surface where no p or s-waves are recorded from an ...
Plate Tectonics - The Naked Science Society
... • The plate tectonic model suggests: (1) continents can move across the surface of the globe (2) patterns of volcanism can change and shift across the globe as plates and their boundaries evolve and move (3) new oceans may grow (4) oceans basins close and are deformed to produce mountains ...
... • The plate tectonic model suggests: (1) continents can move across the surface of the globe (2) patterns of volcanism can change and shift across the globe as plates and their boundaries evolve and move (3) new oceans may grow (4) oceans basins close and are deformed to produce mountains ...
Did You Know? - eRead and Report
... Wind and water are just two examples of nature’s powerful forces. The Earth itself can also be a powerful force. When the Earth moves, the whole face of the planet can change. Earthquakes happen along the edges of Earth’s tectonic plates. The area where two plates meet is called a fault. Large p ...
... Wind and water are just two examples of nature’s powerful forces. The Earth itself can also be a powerful force. When the Earth moves, the whole face of the planet can change. Earthquakes happen along the edges of Earth’s tectonic plates. The area where two plates meet is called a fault. Large p ...
Geothermal Energy - Faculty | Essex
... • Geothermal Energy has been around for as long as the Earth has existed. "Geo" means earth, and "thermal" means heat. So, geothermal means earth-heat. • Have you ever cut a boiled egg in half? The egg is similar to how the earth looks like inside. The yellow yolk of the egg is like the core of the ...
... • Geothermal Energy has been around for as long as the Earth has existed. "Geo" means earth, and "thermal" means heat. So, geothermal means earth-heat. • Have you ever cut a boiled egg in half? The egg is similar to how the earth looks like inside. The yellow yolk of the egg is like the core of the ...
Answer Key - MrTestaScienceClass
... The earthquake changed rotation of the planet (2.5 cm “wobble), causing the Earth to spin faster, making the day slightly shorter 10. What are 4 things that can cause tsunamis? Earthquakes, Asteroids, Volcanoes, Landslides 11. What might happen if a massive landslide occurred off the western (Atlant ...
... The earthquake changed rotation of the planet (2.5 cm “wobble), causing the Earth to spin faster, making the day slightly shorter 10. What are 4 things that can cause tsunamis? Earthquakes, Asteroids, Volcanoes, Landslides 11. What might happen if a massive landslide occurred off the western (Atlant ...
Life and the Evolution of Earth`s Atmosphere
... more advanced life would not have been able to emerge from the seas to colonize the land. We can safely say that the vast amount of ozone needed to permit the colonization of land became possible only after significant free oxygen accumulated from photosynthesis beginning early in Earth’s history. S ...
... more advanced life would not have been able to emerge from the seas to colonize the land. We can safely say that the vast amount of ozone needed to permit the colonization of land became possible only after significant free oxygen accumulated from photosynthesis beginning early in Earth’s history. S ...
EVR 1001 - Department of Earth and Environment (FIU)
... increasingly the topic of discussion and debate. The issues are global in scope and complex in nature, involving the functioning of both Earth’s natural systems and human societies. It is critical that we understand the function and importance of the natural services provided by planet Earth so that ...
... increasingly the topic of discussion and debate. The issues are global in scope and complex in nature, involving the functioning of both Earth’s natural systems and human societies. It is critical that we understand the function and importance of the natural services provided by planet Earth so that ...
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.