plate tectonics
... “all land”). He further suggested that this supercontinent later broke into smaller pieces and drifted to their present positions. ...
... “all land”). He further suggested that this supercontinent later broke into smaller pieces and drifted to their present positions. ...
PowerPoint Presentation - GNSS use for Earth Sciences
... • Following figures give results from the African GPS sites expressed as velocity vectors (the rates at which the stations are moving). • Since all the tectonic plates move relative to each other, when the results are plotted we show them relative to a fixed plate. For African results we choose eith ...
... • Following figures give results from the African GPS sites expressed as velocity vectors (the rates at which the stations are moving). • Since all the tectonic plates move relative to each other, when the results are plotted we show them relative to a fixed plate. For African results we choose eith ...
Landforms depend on types of crust that meet
... • Explain how the Earth’s lithospheric plates move at the three types of plate boundaries, and discuss how this movement creates different types of landforms or events at each. ...
... • Explain how the Earth’s lithospheric plates move at the three types of plate boundaries, and discuss how this movement creates different types of landforms or events at each. ...
Pangea - Mrs. LeFevre`s Class
... Australia, and Antarctica) were one gigantic continent which scientists call Pangaea (pan-gee-uh). The name Pangaea is derived from the Ancient Greek words “pan” meaning "entire," and “Gaia” meaning "Earth." Continental drift, the process by which the continents broke apart and spread out across t ...
... Australia, and Antarctica) were one gigantic continent which scientists call Pangaea (pan-gee-uh). The name Pangaea is derived from the Ancient Greek words “pan” meaning "entire," and “Gaia” meaning "Earth." Continental drift, the process by which the continents broke apart and spread out across t ...
File - Hoblitzell`s Science Spot
... 1995:5). There are now over 100,000 homes and over 200,000 Puget Sound residents that work in buildings located on these deposits (Krakauer, 1996:34). The largest of these lahars is the Osceola Mudflow that occurred approximately 5,600 years ago and extends to the Port of Tacoma including the areas ...
... 1995:5). There are now over 100,000 homes and over 200,000 Puget Sound residents that work in buildings located on these deposits (Krakauer, 1996:34). The largest of these lahars is the Osceola Mudflow that occurred approximately 5,600 years ago and extends to the Port of Tacoma including the areas ...
D o e I
... their achievements. The seafloor geodetic experiment being carried out by Jeff McGuire and Mark Behn underscores how important technology development is to conducting world-class experiments on fundamental earth and ocean science problems. Their experiment is unique. It will provide not only crucial ...
... their achievements. The seafloor geodetic experiment being carried out by Jeff McGuire and Mark Behn underscores how important technology development is to conducting world-class experiments on fundamental earth and ocean science problems. Their experiment is unique. It will provide not only crucial ...
plates - pribaudo
... • All information in YELLOW – details – should be written to the RIGHT of your divided page notes ...
... • All information in YELLOW – details – should be written to the RIGHT of your divided page notes ...
Historical Geology
... onset of ice ages • movement of continents creates corridors or barriers to migration, the creation of ecological niches, and transport of habitats into more or less favorable climates ...
... onset of ice ages • movement of continents creates corridors or barriers to migration, the creation of ecological niches, and transport of habitats into more or less favorable climates ...
2014 HSC Earth and Environmental Science
... Australia and Antarctica began drifting apart about 30 million years ago, and are now separated by the Great Southern Ocean. (a) ...
... Australia and Antarctica began drifting apart about 30 million years ago, and are now separated by the Great Southern Ocean. (a) ...
Oceanic crust
... Continental crust • The first continental rocks were the result of repeated melting, cooling, and remixing of oceanic crust, driven by volcanic activity above mantle convection cells, which were much more numerous and vigorous than today’s. • Geologists believe that the major continental cores were ...
... Continental crust • The first continental rocks were the result of repeated melting, cooling, and remixing of oceanic crust, driven by volcanic activity above mantle convection cells, which were much more numerous and vigorous than today’s. • Geologists believe that the major continental cores were ...
plates
... 70 million years ago, flowering plants became the dominant plant type in many habitats. Which type of organism would benefit directly from the increase in flowering plants? A. Aquatic mammals, which are able to use the plants for shelter B. Anaerobic bacteria, which can thrive in low oxygen environm ...
... 70 million years ago, flowering plants became the dominant plant type in many habitats. Which type of organism would benefit directly from the increase in flowering plants? A. Aquatic mammals, which are able to use the plants for shelter B. Anaerobic bacteria, which can thrive in low oxygen environm ...
Layers of the Earth Project
... the 4 main layers of the Earth or the layers of the model you choose. This can be a cardboard chart, index cards, ribbon attached to the model, or some other creative idea for describing each layer. A plain paper key will not be acceptable. Descriptions of the 4 MAIN Layers should include: ...
... the 4 main layers of the Earth or the layers of the model you choose. This can be a cardboard chart, index cards, ribbon attached to the model, or some other creative idea for describing each layer. A plain paper key will not be acceptable. Descriptions of the 4 MAIN Layers should include: ...
CE Earthquake Review- 2010 1. How do
... 33. What is the intensity of an earthquake? The measure of the amount of damage done by an earthquake. 34. What happens when two oceanic plates collide? The older, colder, denser plate moves deep into earth creating a trench, or deep valley. 35. What happens when oceanic and continental plates coll ...
... 33. What is the intensity of an earthquake? The measure of the amount of damage done by an earthquake. 34. What happens when two oceanic plates collide? The older, colder, denser plate moves deep into earth creating a trench, or deep valley. 35. What happens when oceanic and continental plates coll ...
Geology 12 - Mr. Gauthier
... 71. The angle that a bed of sedimentary rock sinks in to the crust is called its: (a) strike (b) dip (c) anticline (d) syncline 72. The orientation of a bed of sedimentary rock, relative to North, is known as: (a) strike (b) dip (c) anticline (d) syncline 73. A plane that is drawn vertically through ...
... 71. The angle that a bed of sedimentary rock sinks in to the crust is called its: (a) strike (b) dip (c) anticline (d) syncline 72. The orientation of a bed of sedimentary rock, relative to North, is known as: (a) strike (b) dip (c) anticline (d) syncline 73. A plane that is drawn vertically through ...
earthquake
... • So far, methods for short-range predictions of earthquakes have not been successful. ...
... • So far, methods for short-range predictions of earthquakes have not been successful. ...
355 Geoscience for Elementary Educators
... http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0046-convergent-boundaries.php ...
... http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0046-convergent-boundaries.php ...
ES Practice quiz part 2 sect 3
... Asthenosphere 4. This is an example of a(n) ______________________________________________boundary. The full name should have three words including “ocean” and/or “continent”. 5. Draw arrows in the plates to show the direction of the movement of the two plates. 6. The process in which one plate slid ...
... Asthenosphere 4. This is an example of a(n) ______________________________________________boundary. The full name should have three words including “ocean” and/or “continent”. 5. Draw arrows in the plates to show the direction of the movement of the two plates. 6. The process in which one plate slid ...
What is the Earth made of?
... moving towards each other. This is usually a continental plate (a plate carrying land) and an oceanic plate (a plate carrying ocean). The oceanic plate is denser than the continental plate so, as they move together, the oceanic plate is forced underneath the continental plate. As the oceanic plate i ...
... moving towards each other. This is usually a continental plate (a plate carrying land) and an oceanic plate (a plate carrying ocean). The oceanic plate is denser than the continental plate so, as they move together, the oceanic plate is forced underneath the continental plate. As the oceanic plate i ...
NSTA Geology Reading 1 • Plate Tectonics
... ‣ Rift valley = crack or series of cracks in Earth’s crust that occurs in places where the plates are being pulled apart; lie roughly midway between the continents in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans - Seafloor Spreading ‣ Age of rocks from seafloor increased moving away from the ridges and toward the ...
... ‣ Rift valley = crack or series of cracks in Earth’s crust that occurs in places where the plates are being pulled apart; lie roughly midway between the continents in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans - Seafloor Spreading ‣ Age of rocks from seafloor increased moving away from the ridges and toward the ...
Unit 2 note
... 7. Describe how stress in the crust changes Earth’s surface. 8. State where faults are usually found and why they formed. 9. Describe how the energy of an earthquake travels through the Earth. 10. Discuss the scales used to measure the strength of an earthquake. 11. Explain how scientists detect and ...
... 7. Describe how stress in the crust changes Earth’s surface. 8. State where faults are usually found and why they formed. 9. Describe how the energy of an earthquake travels through the Earth. 10. Discuss the scales used to measure the strength of an earthquake. 11. Explain how scientists detect and ...
Journey to the Center of the EarthÓ Lawrence W. Braile, Professor
... radius. The Earth is actually not quite spherical. Because of the rotation on its axis, the Earth is approximately an ellipsoid with the equatorial radius being about 21 km larger than the polar radius. Also, in detail, the Earth is not exactly spherically symmetric. Lateral as well as vertical vari ...
... radius. The Earth is actually not quite spherical. Because of the rotation on its axis, the Earth is approximately an ellipsoid with the equatorial radius being about 21 km larger than the polar radius. Also, in detail, the Earth is not exactly spherically symmetric. Lateral as well as vertical vari ...
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.