PlateBoundaries2 by Joy Bryson
... • All Earth processes operate at the same rate (on the same time-scale). • All changes to Earth occur so slowly that they cannot be detected during a human lifetime. • Earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation usually occur in the same general areas, but there is no explanation for this. • Volc ...
... • All Earth processes operate at the same rate (on the same time-scale). • All changes to Earth occur so slowly that they cannot be detected during a human lifetime. • Earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation usually occur in the same general areas, but there is no explanation for this. • Volc ...
Plate Tectonics
... 4. Explain the contributions of Alfred Wegener and why scientists initially rejected his theory. (DOK1) 5. Describe the three plate boundaries and where they occur. (DOK1) 6. Explain how hot spots are used to track plate movement. (DOK2) 7. Describe what happens when plates move apart (rift valleys ...
... 4. Explain the contributions of Alfred Wegener and why scientists initially rejected his theory. (DOK1) 5. Describe the three plate boundaries and where they occur. (DOK1) 6. Explain how hot spots are used to track plate movement. (DOK2) 7. Describe what happens when plates move apart (rift valleys ...
VEST `96, Plate Tectonics
... rocks’ magnetic fields and find that they are different from the present magnetic field, either the magnetic poles have moved relative to the rock or the rock has moved relative to the magnetic poles. Or both. How do you decide which happened? Plot the apparent pole positions of two different contin ...
... rocks’ magnetic fields and find that they are different from the present magnetic field, either the magnetic poles have moved relative to the rock or the rock has moved relative to the magnetic poles. Or both. How do you decide which happened? Plot the apparent pole positions of two different contin ...
Earth Structure, Materials, Systems, and Cycles
... Precipitation from living organisms - the process that results in biochemical sedimentary rocks Change to more stable state - the process that results in the formation of soil, through weathering, and the formation of metamorphic rocks. Precipitation from vapor. (not common, but sometimes does occur ...
... Precipitation from living organisms - the process that results in biochemical sedimentary rocks Change to more stable state - the process that results in the formation of soil, through weathering, and the formation of metamorphic rocks. Precipitation from vapor. (not common, but sometimes does occur ...
Plate Tectonics
... 2. The Antarctic once had a hotter climate. 3. The Antarctic was once attached to India. 4. The Dinosaur could survive in the Arctic climate. ...
... 2. The Antarctic once had a hotter climate. 3. The Antarctic was once attached to India. 4. The Dinosaur could survive in the Arctic climate. ...
Earthquakes
... the earth. Sudden movement along a fault may create a shallow crevice but there has never been any recordings of a person falling into such a place and dying. ...
... the earth. Sudden movement along a fault may create a shallow crevice but there has never been any recordings of a person falling into such a place and dying. ...
Earth & Ocean Formation
... Classification according to physical properties 3. Mesosphere - rigid but not as hard as lithosphere • higher temp than asthenosphere, but not molten because of compression pressure • 4950km thick ...
... Classification according to physical properties 3. Mesosphere - rigid but not as hard as lithosphere • higher temp than asthenosphere, but not molten because of compression pressure • 4950km thick ...
sam and kawthar
... volcano is a landform (usually a mountain) where molten rock erupts through the surface of the planet. In simple terms a volcano is a mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock (magma) below the surface of the earth. It is a hole in the Earth from which molten rock and gas erupt.Did you k ...
... volcano is a landform (usually a mountain) where molten rock erupts through the surface of the planet. In simple terms a volcano is a mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock (magma) below the surface of the earth. It is a hole in the Earth from which molten rock and gas erupt.Did you k ...
What Are Earthquakes?
... lithosphere to break up into fault blocks. • These blocks thrust over one another as the plates move. • Two types of earthquakes may occur. • Between the two plates & • Inside the down going plate. ...
... lithosphere to break up into fault blocks. • These blocks thrust over one another as the plates move. • Two types of earthquakes may occur. • Between the two plates & • Inside the down going plate. ...
Physical Geology Lab
... 1. What are the deepest parts of the ocean, where are they located, and how do they form? Draw and label a diagram. 2. How does heat inside the Earth power our planet‟s dynamic processes (plate movement, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building, and formation of the atmosphere, weather and climate) ...
... 1. What are the deepest parts of the ocean, where are they located, and how do they form? Draw and label a diagram. 2. How does heat inside the Earth power our planet‟s dynamic processes (plate movement, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building, and formation of the atmosphere, weather and climate) ...
What is below the Earth`s crust
... State University in Arcata, Calif. "And it may not stop here." Earthquakes occur along the boundaries between sections of Earth's surface known as plates. These plates are constantly moving, slowly but inexorably pushing against one another. "They are squeezing together over geologic time at about t ...
... State University in Arcata, Calif. "And it may not stop here." Earthquakes occur along the boundaries between sections of Earth's surface known as plates. These plates are constantly moving, slowly but inexorably pushing against one another. "They are squeezing together over geologic time at about t ...
Plate Tectonics Summary - Leigh
... did these organisms travel across vast oceans? Could there have been a land bridge across the Atlantic? Wegener proposed that rocks formed together in the same area and were later broken and drifted apart. The same layers in the same order are now separated by large distances. Many geologists doubte ...
... did these organisms travel across vast oceans? Could there have been a land bridge across the Atlantic? Wegener proposed that rocks formed together in the same area and were later broken and drifted apart. The same layers in the same order are now separated by large distances. Many geologists doubte ...
Continental Drift - Monroe County Schools
... •The rocks are younger near the oceanic ridge and older as you move away •The younger rocks always have present day (normal) polarity •The stripes run parallel to the ridge and alternate between normalreverse-normal suggesting that the Earth’s magnetic field has reversed in the past many times. ...
... •The rocks are younger near the oceanic ridge and older as you move away •The younger rocks always have present day (normal) polarity •The stripes run parallel to the ridge and alternate between normalreverse-normal suggesting that the Earth’s magnetic field has reversed in the past many times. ...
Seismic Waves
... Here blocks of rock move sideways on either side of the fault plane. Stress that pushes blocks of rock horizontally causes earthquakes along strikeslip faults. These faults can occur where plates scrape past each other. The San Andreas Fault is a strikeslip fault. ...
... Here blocks of rock move sideways on either side of the fault plane. Stress that pushes blocks of rock horizontally causes earthquakes along strikeslip faults. These faults can occur where plates scrape past each other. The San Andreas Fault is a strikeslip fault. ...
Blakeley Jones GEOL 1104 Review 6 – Earth`s Interior and Plate
... b. two, converging, oceanic plates meeting head-on and piling up into a mid-ocean ridge c. a divergent boundary where the continental plate changes to an oceanic plate d. a deep, vertical fault along which two plates slide past one another in opposite directions 26) ________ plate boundaries have th ...
... b. two, converging, oceanic plates meeting head-on and piling up into a mid-ocean ridge c. a divergent boundary where the continental plate changes to an oceanic plate d. a deep, vertical fault along which two plates slide past one another in opposite directions 26) ________ plate boundaries have th ...
A. Shield volcanoes
... in the Earth's atmosphere (the volume of one tonne of water is approximately 1 cubic meter). Approximately 75% of the Earth's surface, an area of some 361 million square kilometers (139.5 million square miles), is covered by ocean. The average salinity of the Earth's oceans is about 35 grams of salt ...
... in the Earth's atmosphere (the volume of one tonne of water is approximately 1 cubic meter). Approximately 75% of the Earth's surface, an area of some 361 million square kilometers (139.5 million square miles), is covered by ocean. The average salinity of the Earth's oceans is about 35 grams of salt ...
Theory of Plate Tectonics
... Hot material rises while cool material sinks Cool material is dense The motion of sinking and rising material drags the tectonic plate away from mid-ocean ridge Flash Presentation ...
... Hot material rises while cool material sinks Cool material is dense The motion of sinking and rising material drags the tectonic plate away from mid-ocean ridge Flash Presentation ...
Accretion and Differentiation of Earth
... In current terrestrial accretion models, the material that goes into making Earth comes from many different regions Volatile depletion in the terrestrial planet forming materials (affects potassium; not U & Th) Zonation of composition in terrestrial zone is unlikely ...
... In current terrestrial accretion models, the material that goes into making Earth comes from many different regions Volatile depletion in the terrestrial planet forming materials (affects potassium; not U & Th) Zonation of composition in terrestrial zone is unlikely ...
Temperatures and tectonic history of the North American continent
... Background: There are many open questions about the internal structure of the continental plates that we live on, and what this structure tells us about how continents are formed. For example, why are old continental cores impervious to the type of recycling that happens to oceanic lithosphere? Is t ...
... Background: There are many open questions about the internal structure of the continental plates that we live on, and what this structure tells us about how continents are formed. For example, why are old continental cores impervious to the type of recycling that happens to oceanic lithosphere? Is t ...
Curriculum Mapping: Integrating Magnet Theme with Ongoing Units
... Curriculum Mapping: Integrating Magnet Theme with Ongoing Units John Muir K-12 Magnet School for Global Citizenship Subject: Earth Science Grade level: 9 - 12 Teacher: V.Stevens Date: 4/14/09 Essential questions: How do we become globally aware? How do we draw together as a community to use our coll ...
... Curriculum Mapping: Integrating Magnet Theme with Ongoing Units John Muir K-12 Magnet School for Global Citizenship Subject: Earth Science Grade level: 9 - 12 Teacher: V.Stevens Date: 4/14/09 Essential questions: How do we become globally aware? How do we draw together as a community to use our coll ...
6th Grade Earth Science Syllabus
... OVERVIEW: Earth processes that are observed today are similar to those that have occurred in the past. Focus Standards: S6E5. Students will investigate the scientific view of how the earth’s surface is formed. d. Describe processes that change rocks and the surface of the earth. f. Explain the effec ...
... OVERVIEW: Earth processes that are observed today are similar to those that have occurred in the past. Focus Standards: S6E5. Students will investigate the scientific view of how the earth’s surface is formed. d. Describe processes that change rocks and the surface of the earth. f. Explain the effec ...
Name___________________________ Date: Plate Tectonics
... Transform 19. What type of boundary creates new oceanic crust? Ocean/ocean divergent 20. What type of boundary destroys oceanic crust? Continent/ocean convergent 21. What type of boundary neither creates nor destroys oceanic crust? Transform 22. Explain what force caused the movement of the continen ...
... Transform 19. What type of boundary creates new oceanic crust? Ocean/ocean divergent 20. What type of boundary destroys oceanic crust? Continent/ocean convergent 21. What type of boundary neither creates nor destroys oceanic crust? Transform 22. Explain what force caused the movement of the continen ...
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.