Ch 11 - Mr. Neason`s Earth Science
... Faults in which the movement is horizontal and parallel to the trend, or strike, of the fault surface are called strike-slip faults. Because of their large size and linear nature, many strike slip faults produce a trace that is visible over a great distance. Rather than a single fracture, large stri ...
... Faults in which the movement is horizontal and parallel to the trend, or strike, of the fault surface are called strike-slip faults. Because of their large size and linear nature, many strike slip faults produce a trace that is visible over a great distance. Rather than a single fracture, large stri ...
earthquake - St Hugh`s School
... • The point inside the crust where the pressure is released is called the focus. The point on the Earth's surface above the focus is called the epicentre. • Earthquake energy is released in seismic waves. These waves spread out from the focus. The waves are felt most strongly at the epicentre, becom ...
... • The point inside the crust where the pressure is released is called the focus. The point on the Earth's surface above the focus is called the epicentre. • Earthquake energy is released in seismic waves. These waves spread out from the focus. The waves are felt most strongly at the epicentre, becom ...
Using Google Earth to Explore Plate Tectonics
... The theory of plate tectonics posits that the Earth’s lithosphere is broken into a finite number of jigsaw puzzle-like pieces, or plates, which more relative to one another over a plastically-deforming (but still solid) asthenosphere. The boundaries between plates are marked by active tectonic featu ...
... The theory of plate tectonics posits that the Earth’s lithosphere is broken into a finite number of jigsaw puzzle-like pieces, or plates, which more relative to one another over a plastically-deforming (but still solid) asthenosphere. The boundaries between plates are marked by active tectonic featu ...
Plate Tectonics
... that the lithosphere is broken into separate sections called plates and that they fit together closely along cracks in the crust. ...
... that the lithosphere is broken into separate sections called plates and that they fit together closely along cracks in the crust. ...
PART 1 - earth science!
... the mid ocean ridge and solidifies (hardens) making new crust. This new crust pushes the older, colder, denser crust away from the ridge. This movement of the crust away from the ridge moves the continents with it. ...
... the mid ocean ridge and solidifies (hardens) making new crust. This new crust pushes the older, colder, denser crust away from the ridge. This movement of the crust away from the ridge moves the continents with it. ...
Dynamic Earth Interactive Web Quest
... ii. Discovered evidence that the same plant and animal fossils were found along the coasts of these continents, although they were now separated by vast oceans. iii. Noticed geological formations like mountain ranges, on the two continents also matched up. ...
... ii. Discovered evidence that the same plant and animal fossils were found along the coasts of these continents, although they were now separated by vast oceans. iii. Noticed geological formations like mountain ranges, on the two continents also matched up. ...
Metamorphic Sedimentary Igneous Metamorphic Sedimentary Igneous
... sections of the Earth’s crust called tectonic plates are slowly moving —about as fast as your fingernails grow. The rock cycle, the process by which rocks form, is ultimately driven by plate tectonics. Due to the driving forces of plate tectonics, rocks do not remain in equilibrium and are instead f ...
... sections of the Earth’s crust called tectonic plates are slowly moving —about as fast as your fingernails grow. The rock cycle, the process by which rocks form, is ultimately driven by plate tectonics. Due to the driving forces of plate tectonics, rocks do not remain in equilibrium and are instead f ...
Lesson Plans for Bobby Mochman, Baker 6th Grade
... Earth by constructing a model of Earth's interior layers to illustrate the inner/outer core, upper/lower mantle, crust, asthenosphere, lithosphere, and crust. ...
... Earth by constructing a model of Earth's interior layers to illustrate the inner/outer core, upper/lower mantle, crust, asthenosphere, lithosphere, and crust. ...
Divergent Margins
... Mid ocean ridge—the fracture zone along the ocean bottom where molten mantle material comes to the surface, thus creating new crust. This fracture can be seen beneath the ocean as a line of ridges that form as molten rock reaches the ocean bottom and solidifies. Plate Tectonics—the theory supported ...
... Mid ocean ridge—the fracture zone along the ocean bottom where molten mantle material comes to the surface, thus creating new crust. This fracture can be seen beneath the ocean as a line of ridges that form as molten rock reaches the ocean bottom and solidifies. Plate Tectonics—the theory supported ...
Pangaea The Earth is divided into three layers
... continents were a single landmass. Hey, it was called Pangaea once when the continents were all joined as one. The outermost layer of the crust is the lithosphere and it is made of tectonic plates which divide the Earth into puzzle-like pieces. Hey, it is thought Pangaea was when the continents were ...
... continents were a single landmass. Hey, it was called Pangaea once when the continents were all joined as one. The outermost layer of the crust is the lithosphere and it is made of tectonic plates which divide the Earth into puzzle-like pieces. Hey, it is thought Pangaea was when the continents were ...
Plate Tectonics - Issaquah Connect
... Boundaries are where the plates are sliding past each other. (Like two trains going past each other, I know it’s a stretch). ...
... Boundaries are where the plates are sliding past each other. (Like two trains going past each other, I know it’s a stretch). ...
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... • Folded Mountains - These are formed as layers of the earth react to forces pushing in on either side, much as a piece of paper folds when pushed together. • Fault Block Mountains - These mountains form when faults or cracks in the earth's crust force some materials or blocks of rock up and others ...
... • Folded Mountains - These are formed as layers of the earth react to forces pushing in on either side, much as a piece of paper folds when pushed together. • Fault Block Mountains - These mountains form when faults or cracks in the earth's crust force some materials or blocks of rock up and others ...
Measuring Earthquakes
... seismologist, you would receive data from all across the country. Within minutes after an earthquake, seismographs located in Denver, Houston, and Miami would record the times of arrival of the P waves and S waves. You would use this data to zero in on the exact location of the earthquake’s epicente ...
... seismologist, you would receive data from all across the country. Within minutes after an earthquake, seismographs located in Denver, Houston, and Miami would record the times of arrival of the P waves and S waves. You would use this data to zero in on the exact location of the earthquake’s epicente ...
Plate Tectonics-DONE
... What did Pangaea mean? In what Earth period did Pangaea occur? Pangaea means “all lands.” The theory of Pangaea was in 1912. Alfred's hypothesis was a geological mechanism to explain how the continents could drift across the earths surface. ...
... What did Pangaea mean? In what Earth period did Pangaea occur? Pangaea means “all lands.” The theory of Pangaea was in 1912. Alfred's hypothesis was a geological mechanism to explain how the continents could drift across the earths surface. ...
Chapter 6 Section 2
... At these locations, transform boundaries run perpendicular to the ridge where plates are pulling apart. ...
... At these locations, transform boundaries run perpendicular to the ridge where plates are pulling apart. ...
Tectonic Plates Webquest
... 10. Go to http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/slip.html Scroll to the bottom and click on “see what happens at different plate boundaries.” Move your mouse over the words on the diagram to learn more about the different types of boundaries. The first boundary picture is when an ocean cr ...
... 10. Go to http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/slip.html Scroll to the bottom and click on “see what happens at different plate boundaries.” Move your mouse over the words on the diagram to learn more about the different types of boundaries. The first boundary picture is when an ocean cr ...
Science | Unit: Earth Science and Systems | Lesson 3: Spheres as
... frozen ice of the cryosphere. The atmosphere gets its __________ from the hydrosphere. The hydrosphere interacts with the geosphere in the ______________ of pieces of earth's crust—a bit like the role of oil in ___________ the moving parts of your family car's engine. And liquid water is essential t ...
... frozen ice of the cryosphere. The atmosphere gets its __________ from the hydrosphere. The hydrosphere interacts with the geosphere in the ______________ of pieces of earth's crust—a bit like the role of oil in ___________ the moving parts of your family car's engine. And liquid water is essential t ...
Plate Boundaries
... • Two Plates moving towards each other (oceanic crust towards continental crust) converging results in the seduction of oceanic plate ...
... • Two Plates moving towards each other (oceanic crust towards continental crust) converging results in the seduction of oceanic plate ...
Plate Motion
... No subduction – no density difference Tall uplifted mountain ranges form Folded and deformed sedimentary rocks originally deposited on the sea floor Himalayas formed from the collision of the India with Asia plates ...
... No subduction – no density difference Tall uplifted mountain ranges form Folded and deformed sedimentary rocks originally deposited on the sea floor Himalayas formed from the collision of the India with Asia plates ...
Volcanoes
... Where Volcanoes Occur • Volcanoes occur most frequently at plate boundaries. • Some volcanoes, like those that form the Hawaiian Islands, occur in the interior of plates at areas called hot spots. • The greatest number of volcanoes occur on the ocean floor along spreading ridges spreading ridges. • ...
... Where Volcanoes Occur • Volcanoes occur most frequently at plate boundaries. • Some volcanoes, like those that form the Hawaiian Islands, occur in the interior of plates at areas called hot spots. • The greatest number of volcanoes occur on the ocean floor along spreading ridges spreading ridges. • ...
The Reykjanes Peninsula Oblique Rift, a zone of crustal extension
... patterns, which makes their seismogenic potential and seismic hazard difficult to assess. The Reykjanes Peninsula oblique rift has an over-all trend of 70°, highly oblique with respect to the spreading direction, 101° in this region. It contains both volcanic systems and seismogenic strike-slip faul ...
... patterns, which makes their seismogenic potential and seismic hazard difficult to assess. The Reykjanes Peninsula oblique rift has an over-all trend of 70°, highly oblique with respect to the spreading direction, 101° in this region. It contains both volcanic systems and seismogenic strike-slip faul ...
Mt. Fuji, Japan The Theory of Plate Tectonics Steps in Development
... Hess presented sea-floor spreading as a mechanism in 1960’s ...
... Hess presented sea-floor spreading as a mechanism in 1960’s ...
Geology
Geology (from the Greek γῆ, gē, i.e. ""earth"" and -λoγία, -logia, i.e. ""study of, discourse"") is an earth science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change. Geology can also refer generally to the study of the solid features of any celestial body (such as the geology of the Moon or Mars).Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth by providing the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates. Geology is important for mineral and hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation, evaluating water resources, understanding of natural hazards, the remediation of environmental problems, and for providing insights into past climate change. Geology also plays a role in geotechnical engineering and is a major academic discipline.