Text - Cumberland School Department
... 4c – Explain the relationship between differential heating/convection and the production of winds. 4d – Analyze global patterns of atmospheric movements to explain effects on weather. 4e – With the passing of various fronts, predict the changes in temperature and precipitation. 6a - Identify and com ...
... 4c – Explain the relationship between differential heating/convection and the production of winds. 4d – Analyze global patterns of atmospheric movements to explain effects on weather. 4e – With the passing of various fronts, predict the changes in temperature and precipitation. 6a - Identify and com ...
The History of Life
... one another • The early atmosphere probably contained hydrogen cyanide, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, and water • Violent volcanic activity, comets and asteroids bombarded the surface, oceans did not exist • About 3.8 billion years ago, Earth’s surface cooled enough fo ...
... one another • The early atmosphere probably contained hydrogen cyanide, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, and water • Violent volcanic activity, comets and asteroids bombarded the surface, oceans did not exist • About 3.8 billion years ago, Earth’s surface cooled enough fo ...
Chapter 1 - Geological Sciences
... • Divergent - where plates move apart from one another. • Convergent - where plates move toward one another. • Transform - where two plates slide past one another ...
... • Divergent - where plates move apart from one another. • Convergent - where plates move toward one another. • Transform - where two plates slide past one another ...
Earth Processes Test Review Sheet
... hardness - a test used to determine if one substance is harder than another How do you identify a mineral? determine the physical properties such as luster, streak and hardness and look for the match on a mineral identification key Which property is the most useful in identifying a mineral? of the o ...
... hardness - a test used to determine if one substance is harder than another How do you identify a mineral? determine the physical properties such as luster, streak and hardness and look for the match on a mineral identification key Which property is the most useful in identifying a mineral? of the o ...
NAME - KCSE Online
... (c) Two reasons why some lakes are salty. - Some of them lack fresh water rivers emptying into them. - Some are fed by rivers which flow over rocks with high salt content. - Some of the lakes are underlain with rocks containing a lot of mineral salts. - Some lakes are situated in areas with high tem ...
... (c) Two reasons why some lakes are salty. - Some of them lack fresh water rivers emptying into them. - Some are fed by rivers which flow over rocks with high salt content. - Some of the lakes are underlain with rocks containing a lot of mineral salts. - Some lakes are situated in areas with high tem ...
Earth is composed of 3 layers
... which forms earth’s surface -broken into more than a dozen slabs of rock called plates that rest on layer of the upper mantle -these plates carry earth’s oceans & continents ...
... which forms earth’s surface -broken into more than a dozen slabs of rock called plates that rest on layer of the upper mantle -these plates carry earth’s oceans & continents ...
Earthquakes
... An earthquake is the shaking and trembling that result from the sudden movement of part of the Earth’s surface. ...
... An earthquake is the shaking and trembling that result from the sudden movement of part of the Earth’s surface. ...
Guided Notes – Lithospheric Plates
... After years of observations _______________ came up with a hypothesis he called continental drift. He thought _______________________________ were once joined in a single, huge continent. ...
... After years of observations _______________ came up with a hypothesis he called continental drift. He thought _______________________________ were once joined in a single, huge continent. ...
Student Notes - Unit 3 (P.2)
... o Meteorite = fragments of asteroids and small early plants that broke upon impact with other bodies in space. o It is believed meteorites were formed the same way and are made from similar materials as Earth. o There are two kinds: 1. iron-nickel meteorites = similar to Earth’s core 2. stony meteor ...
... o Meteorite = fragments of asteroids and small early plants that broke upon impact with other bodies in space. o It is believed meteorites were formed the same way and are made from similar materials as Earth. o There are two kinds: 1. iron-nickel meteorites = similar to Earth’s core 2. stony meteor ...
6th Grade Final Exam Review - Immaculata Catholic School
... Neutron neutral part of the atom, found in the nucleus, protons and neutrons together make up the atomic mass. Element a pure substance made of all the same atoms that cannot be broken down into other substances by physical or chemical means Know information from most recent test: Physical science ...
... Neutron neutral part of the atom, found in the nucleus, protons and neutrons together make up the atomic mass. Element a pure substance made of all the same atoms that cannot be broken down into other substances by physical or chemical means Know information from most recent test: Physical science ...
ALFRED WEGENER AND PANGAEA In 1915, the German geologist
... Fossil Evidence in Support of the Theory Eduard Suess was an Austrian geologist who first realized that there had once been a land bridge between South America, Africa, India, Australia, and Antarctica.. Fossils of Mesosaurus (one of the first marine reptiles, even older than the dinosaurs) were fou ...
... Fossil Evidence in Support of the Theory Eduard Suess was an Austrian geologist who first realized that there had once been a land bridge between South America, Africa, India, Australia, and Antarctica.. Fossils of Mesosaurus (one of the first marine reptiles, even older than the dinosaurs) were fou ...
Geology-Sheet-3-Carboniferous-Period
... of the Carboniferous period. It was warmer and more humid, and there were no distinct seasons. Average global temperature was 20°C in the early Carboniferous - it is only about 12°C today. Later during the Carboniferous, global temperatures cooled to levels similar to today, and there was a great ic ...
... of the Carboniferous period. It was warmer and more humid, and there were no distinct seasons. Average global temperature was 20°C in the early Carboniferous - it is only about 12°C today. Later during the Carboniferous, global temperatures cooled to levels similar to today, and there was a great ic ...
Inside Earth WebQuest: Worksheet
... surface you would find it contains three main layers: the crust, the mantle and the core. To learn more about the layers of Earth, search the internet and click on the following links and answer the questions that follow: Read the Definitions. Using the internet, answer the questions that follow: cr ...
... surface you would find it contains three main layers: the crust, the mantle and the core. To learn more about the layers of Earth, search the internet and click on the following links and answer the questions that follow: Read the Definitions. Using the internet, answer the questions that follow: cr ...
Due: Tuesday February 1
... 5. What happens to pressure and temperature as you down into the earth? ...
... 5. What happens to pressure and temperature as you down into the earth? ...
Bryson Article
... deflection, but at a shallower level. He had discovered the boundary between the crust and the mantle (the layer just below the crust). In 1936 a Danish scientist, studying seismographs of earthquakes in New Zealand, discovered that there were two cores. An inner core we now believe to be solid and ...
... deflection, but at a shallower level. He had discovered the boundary between the crust and the mantle (the layer just below the crust). In 1936 a Danish scientist, studying seismographs of earthquakes in New Zealand, discovered that there were two cores. An inner core we now believe to be solid and ...
Geography 12
... The point in the earth where rock fractures, resulting in an earthquake is known as __FOCUS_____. Point on the earth’s surface directly above the focus is known as the __EPICENTER_________. ___VISCOSITY_______ is the resistance to flow of a liquid, such as magma. Magma composed of andesite and grani ...
... The point in the earth where rock fractures, resulting in an earthquake is known as __FOCUS_____. Point on the earth’s surface directly above the focus is known as the __EPICENTER_________. ___VISCOSITY_______ is the resistance to flow of a liquid, such as magma. Magma composed of andesite and grani ...
PPT
... accepted until the mid-20th Century, explains a great many features of Earth’s current activity and past history which were previously seemingly unrelated. • Several lines of evidence indicate that the continents as they now exist have moved large distances over the last few hundred million years, b ...
... accepted until the mid-20th Century, explains a great many features of Earth’s current activity and past history which were previously seemingly unrelated. • Several lines of evidence indicate that the continents as they now exist have moved large distances over the last few hundred million years, b ...
Planet Earth11aw
... center forks into two branches which can be seen as forming a brandnew oceanic rift in the land. ...
... center forks into two branches which can be seen as forming a brandnew oceanic rift in the land. ...
GEOL 2312 IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY Lecture
... rocks from a gradually subsiding ocean. The theory was nearly universally accepted in the late 1700’s. Defined five crustal units: Primitive Series – crystalline rocks considered to be the first precipitates from the ocean before the emergence of land. Transition Series - more indurated sedimentary ...
... rocks from a gradually subsiding ocean. The theory was nearly universally accepted in the late 1700’s. Defined five crustal units: Primitive Series – crystalline rocks considered to be the first precipitates from the ocean before the emergence of land. Transition Series - more indurated sedimentary ...
Review Mid-Term Exam
... In time EARTH’S interior accumulated heat New atmosphere created by volcanic outgassing and delivery of gases and water by ice-covered comets. ...
... In time EARTH’S interior accumulated heat New atmosphere created by volcanic outgassing and delivery of gases and water by ice-covered comets. ...
plate tectonics study guide
... The tilt of the Earth’s axis while it rotates and revolves around the Sun. 2. Why are places near the equator warmer than places closer to the poles? They receive more direct sunlight all year long than the poles do. 3. What causes tides? The gravitational pull of the moon as it revolves around the ...
... The tilt of the Earth’s axis while it rotates and revolves around the Sun. 2. Why are places near the equator warmer than places closer to the poles? They receive more direct sunlight all year long than the poles do. 3. What causes tides? The gravitational pull of the moon as it revolves around the ...
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.