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... • Outer core is liquid and composed of an iron-nickel alloy. Convective flow of this fluid generates much of the Earth’s magnetic field. • Inner core is solid iron-nickel alloy. It is hotter than the outer core, but the intense pressure keeps it solid. ...
... • Outer core is liquid and composed of an iron-nickel alloy. Convective flow of this fluid generates much of the Earth’s magnetic field. • Inner core is solid iron-nickel alloy. It is hotter than the outer core, but the intense pressure keeps it solid. ...
Continental Drift
... Theory that explains that continents were once connected in a huge mass that separated in different parts. The different parts moved slowly to the positions where the actual continents are. ...
... Theory that explains that continents were once connected in a huge mass that separated in different parts. The different parts moved slowly to the positions where the actual continents are. ...
To examine life in Lassen`s thermal pools we will need to dive down
... forces that heat the groundwater beneath the Lassen’s surface and produce hydrothermal features of the park also built the chain of volcanoes that stretch northward into British Columbia.] These forces rely on the dynamic nature of the earth’s surface and can be understood through the lens of plate ...
... forces that heat the groundwater beneath the Lassen’s surface and produce hydrothermal features of the park also built the chain of volcanoes that stretch northward into British Columbia.] These forces rely on the dynamic nature of the earth’s surface and can be understood through the lens of plate ...
Convection and Plate Motion - Alaska Tsunami Education Program
... Earth’s crust and the top of Earth’s mantle form a solid layer called the lithosphere. Under this layer lies a soft, jelly-like layer called the asthenosphere. The lithosphere floats and moves around on top of the mushy asthenosphere. Convection currents within Earth contribute to large-scale moveme ...
... Earth’s crust and the top of Earth’s mantle form a solid layer called the lithosphere. Under this layer lies a soft, jelly-like layer called the asthenosphere. The lithosphere floats and moves around on top of the mushy asthenosphere. Convection currents within Earth contribute to large-scale moveme ...
Plate Tectonics - BSHYear7Geography
... Almost identical patterns of rock layers on different continents is evidence that the rocks were once close together or joined. Why are the continents moving? 14 of 31 ...
... Almost identical patterns of rock layers on different continents is evidence that the rocks were once close together or joined. Why are the continents moving? 14 of 31 ...
Dynamic Earth – Earth`s crust, plate tectonics, earthquakes and
... 5.7 The student will investigate and understand how Earth’s surface is constantly ...
... 5.7 The student will investigate and understand how Earth’s surface is constantly ...
Tectonic activity – The essentials
... The oceanic plate is denser than the continental plate so, as they move together, the oceanic plate is forced underneath the continental plate. The point at which this happens is called the subduction zone. As the oceanic plate is forced below the continental plate it melts to form magma. The magma ...
... The oceanic plate is denser than the continental plate so, as they move together, the oceanic plate is forced underneath the continental plate. The point at which this happens is called the subduction zone. As the oceanic plate is forced below the continental plate it melts to form magma. The magma ...
Geodynamics of divergent double subduction: 3
... subduction of an oceanic plate can drive convergence of overriding plates and arc-arc collision; morphology of the subducting plate and convergence of the overriding plates can be controlled by order of subduction initiation on both sides, or depends on if the overriding plates are mobile. Our resul ...
... subduction of an oceanic plate can drive convergence of overriding plates and arc-arc collision; morphology of the subducting plate and convergence of the overriding plates can be controlled by order of subduction initiation on both sides, or depends on if the overriding plates are mobile. Our resul ...
Inside the Earth - ReedEarthScience
... up rock samples • Theses samples allow scientists to infer about conditions inside Earth ...
... up rock samples • Theses samples allow scientists to infer about conditions inside Earth ...
Splitting continents - Workspace
... The consensus among scientists before our work was that these very different styles of break-up are controlled by the temperature of the mantle beneath the separating continents. According to this theory, if hot mantle is present, for example due to an underlying plume rising from deeper in the Eart ...
... The consensus among scientists before our work was that these very different styles of break-up are controlled by the temperature of the mantle beneath the separating continents. According to this theory, if hot mantle is present, for example due to an underlying plume rising from deeper in the Eart ...
Powerpoint Presentation Physical Geology, 10th ed.
... The theory of Plate Tectonics was proposed in the late 1960s, largely in response to a new understanding of seafloor geology. The theory describes lithosphere as being broken into plates that move slowly on top of the plastic aesthenosphere. This motion is driven by convection in the mantle (hot buo ...
... The theory of Plate Tectonics was proposed in the late 1960s, largely in response to a new understanding of seafloor geology. The theory describes lithosphere as being broken into plates that move slowly on top of the plastic aesthenosphere. This motion is driven by convection in the mantle (hot buo ...
- Orangefield ISD
... Slide slowly across earth’s surface - Ocean basins form where continents crack and pull apart. - Magma (molten rock) forced up through the cracks forms new oceanic crust that piles up underwater in mid-ocean ridges. ...
... Slide slowly across earth’s surface - Ocean basins form where continents crack and pull apart. - Magma (molten rock) forced up through the cracks forms new oceanic crust that piles up underwater in mid-ocean ridges. ...
CH02_Outline
... Parallel magnetic anomalies record changes in Earth’s magnetic polarity as sea floor created Age of ocean floor increases away from crest of mid-ocean ridge ...
... Parallel magnetic anomalies record changes in Earth’s magnetic polarity as sea floor created Age of ocean floor increases away from crest of mid-ocean ridge ...
CE Earthquake Review- 2010 1. How do
... 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 collide? The oceanic plate will dive into the ground and create a subduction zone. 36. What happens when two ...
... 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 collide? The oceanic plate will dive into the ground and create a subduction zone. 36. What happens when two ...
Earth Science S5E1a (EarthScienceS5E1a)
... 8. Which landforms are a result of deposition? A. beaches and river deltas B. mountains and valleys C. bays and peninsulas D. plateaus and mesas 9. Which landform results when one of Earth's plates slides past another? A. faults B. plateaus C. mountains D. deltas 10. Volcanoes are formed from A. hot ...
... 8. Which landforms are a result of deposition? A. beaches and river deltas B. mountains and valleys C. bays and peninsulas D. plateaus and mesas 9. Which landform results when one of Earth's plates slides past another? A. faults B. plateaus C. mountains D. deltas 10. Volcanoes are formed from A. hot ...
chapter_3_powerpoint_le
... • Oceanic mountain ranges and deep trenches – Ocean bottom is mostly about 3.7 km deep, with two areas of exception: – Continuous mountain ranges extend more than 65,000 km along the ocean floors • Volcanic mountains that form at spreading centers, where plates pull apart and magma rises to fill the ...
... • Oceanic mountain ranges and deep trenches – Ocean bottom is mostly about 3.7 km deep, with two areas of exception: – Continuous mountain ranges extend more than 65,000 km along the ocean floors • Volcanic mountains that form at spreading centers, where plates pull apart and magma rises to fill the ...
Document
... b. When crust faults at a convergent boundary c. When crust faults at a divergent boundary d. When crust folds at a convergent boundary ...
... b. When crust faults at a convergent boundary c. When crust faults at a divergent boundary d. When crust folds at a convergent boundary ...
History of Earth Part 2 SG AK
... • East Africa may be the site of the Earth's next major ocean. Plate interactions in the region provide scientists an opportunity to study first hand how the Atlantic may have begun to form about 200 million years ago. Geologists believe that, if spreading continues, the three plates that meet at t ...
... • East Africa may be the site of the Earth's next major ocean. Plate interactions in the region provide scientists an opportunity to study first hand how the Atlantic may have begun to form about 200 million years ago. Geologists believe that, if spreading continues, the three plates that meet at t ...
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... As we learned in Unit 2 on Heat, hot liquids/gases tend to rise and cool liquids/gases tend to sink, creating convection currents. The same process might be occurring in Earth’s mantle. Hot magma in the lower mantle moves upward after it is heated by the intent heat in Earth’s core. At the upper par ...
... As we learned in Unit 2 on Heat, hot liquids/gases tend to rise and cool liquids/gases tend to sink, creating convection currents. The same process might be occurring in Earth’s mantle. Hot magma in the lower mantle moves upward after it is heated by the intent heat in Earth’s core. At the upper par ...
tropical cyclone
... closer two objects are, the stronger the gravitational pull between them. SO, putting these two rules together, the more massive and the closer two objects are, the greater the gravitational attraction between them. Think of Newton when you think of gravity! Think of how early scientists got in trou ...
... closer two objects are, the stronger the gravitational pull between them. SO, putting these two rules together, the more massive and the closer two objects are, the greater the gravitational attraction between them. Think of Newton when you think of gravity! Think of how early scientists got in trou ...
Plate tectonics of the Mediterranean area and its mountain belts
... Understanding the motion of tectonic plates helps us assess the long-term hazard associated with earthquakes and volcanoes on a global scale. This is particularly true of the Mediterranean area, the site of several active plate boundaries and one of the most densely populated, developed areas on Ear ...
... Understanding the motion of tectonic plates helps us assess the long-term hazard associated with earthquakes and volcanoes on a global scale. This is particularly true of the Mediterranean area, the site of several active plate boundaries and one of the most densely populated, developed areas on Ear ...
The Creation of the Ocean Floor SCI 209 Oceanography The ocean
... one another as well as move over the plates. The hypotheses concerning plate tectonics as well as continental move incorporate a magnetic like structure across the Earth’s crust or each region has an anchor like structure which gradually drags the areas away from one another. The proof of the segreg ...
... one another as well as move over the plates. The hypotheses concerning plate tectonics as well as continental move incorporate a magnetic like structure across the Earth’s crust or each region has an anchor like structure which gradually drags the areas away from one another. The proof of the segreg ...
Plate Tectonics in a Nutshell Name
... the magma cools and solidifies as large bodies of plutonic (intrusive) rocks far below the Earth’s surface. These large bodies or rocks, when later exposed by erosion, commonly form cores of many great mountain ranges [such as the Sierra Nevada (California) or the Andes (South America)] that are cre ...
... the magma cools and solidifies as large bodies of plutonic (intrusive) rocks far below the Earth’s surface. These large bodies or rocks, when later exposed by erosion, commonly form cores of many great mountain ranges [such as the Sierra Nevada (California) or the Andes (South America)] that are cre ...
Plate tectonics
Plate tectonics (from the Late Latin tectonicus, from the Greek: τεκτονικός ""pertaining to building"") is a scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere. This theoretical model builds on the concept of continental drift which was developed during the first few decades of the 20th century. The geoscientific community accepted the theory after the concepts of seafloor spreading were later developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.The lithosphere, which is the rigid outermost shell of a planet (on Earth, the crust and upper mantle), is broken up into tectonic plates. On Earth, there are seven or eight major plates (depending on how they are defined) and many minor plates. Where plates meet, their relative motion determines the type of boundary; convergent, divergent, or transform. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along these plate boundaries. The lateral relative movement of the plates typically varies from zero to 100 mm annually.Tectonic plates are composed of oceanic lithosphere and thicker continental lithosphere, each topped by its own kind of crust. Along convergent boundaries, subduction carries plates into the mantle; the material lost is roughly balanced by the formation of new (oceanic) crust along divergent margins by seafloor spreading. In this way, the total surface of the globe remains the same. This prediction of plate tectonics is also referred to as the conveyor belt principle. Earlier theories (that still have some supporters) propose gradual shrinking (contraction) or gradual expansion of the globe.Tectonic plates are able to move because the Earth's lithosphere has greater strength than the underlying asthenosphere. Lateral density variations in the mantle result in convection. Plate movement is thought to be driven by a combination of the motion of the seafloor away from the spreading ridge (due to variations in topography and density of the crust, which result in differences in gravitational forces) and drag, with downward suction, at the subduction zones. Another explanation lies in the different forces generated by the rotation of the globe and the tidal forces of the Sun and Moon. The relative importance of each of these factors and their relationship to each other is unclear, and still the subject of much debate.