3 The Inner Planets
... Critical Thinking 6. Apply Concepts What would have happened if Earth’s oceans did not absorb carbon dioxide in the ...
... Critical Thinking 6. Apply Concepts What would have happened if Earth’s oceans did not absorb carbon dioxide in the ...
Plate Tectonics Study Guide
... Folded mountains: squeezed together (converging boundary) and forced upwards (Alps, Himalayas) Fault block mountains: Caused by tension (diverging boundary) causes areas to drop down relative to ...
... Folded mountains: squeezed together (converging boundary) and forced upwards (Alps, Himalayas) Fault block mountains: Caused by tension (diverging boundary) causes areas to drop down relative to ...
Physical Geology
... or chemically precipitated. Metamorphic Rocks - Igneous rocks, sediment, or sedimentary rocks altered by being subjected to temperature or pressure conditions above those at the Earth's surface. ...
... or chemically precipitated. Metamorphic Rocks - Igneous rocks, sediment, or sedimentary rocks altered by being subjected to temperature or pressure conditions above those at the Earth's surface. ...
Millikan`s Oil-Drop Experiment
... To obtain the value of e from the measured fall and rise times, one needs to know the mass of the drop (or its radius, since the density is known). The radius is obtained from Stokes’ law using Equation 3-12. Notice that the right sides of Equations 3-16 and 3-17 are equal to the same constant, albe ...
... To obtain the value of e from the measured fall and rise times, one needs to know the mass of the drop (or its radius, since the density is known). The radius is obtained from Stokes’ law using Equation 3-12. Notice that the right sides of Equations 3-16 and 3-17 are equal to the same constant, albe ...
Seismic Waves
... • move out from the earthquake focus • move slower than primary waves • move through solid rock only • move at right angles to primary waves causing rocks to move up & down & side to side ...
... • move out from the earthquake focus • move slower than primary waves • move through solid rock only • move at right angles to primary waves causing rocks to move up & down & side to side ...
Plate Tectonics
... indicated that this frozen land once had a tropical climate Antarctica must have been closer to the Equator ...
... indicated that this frozen land once had a tropical climate Antarctica must have been closer to the Equator ...
KEY for Tectonics Study Guide #1
... Locations of mountains (along edges), Plant/animal fossils (found on different continents) Evidence of climate change (ancient glaciers on different continents), 6. Why didn’t other scientists accept the theory of Continental Drift? ...
... Locations of mountains (along edges), Plant/animal fossils (found on different continents) Evidence of climate change (ancient glaciers on different continents), 6. Why didn’t other scientists accept the theory of Continental Drift? ...
MOUNTAIN BUILDING
... 4. principle of isostasy = parts of crust will rise or subside until these parts are buoyantly supported by their roots a. mountain ranges have thick roots of continental material that extend into mantle b. as mountains erode and mass becomes smaller, roots will become smaller c. balance between er ...
... 4. principle of isostasy = parts of crust will rise or subside until these parts are buoyantly supported by their roots a. mountain ranges have thick roots of continental material that extend into mantle b. as mountains erode and mass becomes smaller, roots will become smaller c. balance between er ...
Earth Science EOC - Wayne Early/Middle College High School
... Volcanoes form primarily from subduction activity and magma rising at divergent plate boundaries. They are also produced by hot spots, which are mantle plumes of rising magma at the center of a lithospheric plate. Older volcanoes are further from a hot spot due to plate movement. The viscosity of ma ...
... Volcanoes form primarily from subduction activity and magma rising at divergent plate boundaries. They are also produced by hot spots, which are mantle plumes of rising magma at the center of a lithospheric plate. Older volcanoes are further from a hot spot due to plate movement. The viscosity of ma ...
The Dynamic Crust
... P-waves will travel through solids, liquids and gases S-waves will only travel through solids ...
... P-waves will travel through solids, liquids and gases S-waves will only travel through solids ...
Rocks and Minerals
... continental crust. -the Baikal Rift Valley and the East African Rift. - Tectonic activity splits continental crust much in the same way it does along mid-ocean ridges. As the sides of a rift valley move farther apart, the floor sinks lower. ...
... continental crust. -the Baikal Rift Valley and the East African Rift. - Tectonic activity splits continental crust much in the same way it does along mid-ocean ridges. As the sides of a rift valley move farther apart, the floor sinks lower. ...
The Layer`s Of The Earth! - Mrs. V. Murphy`s Science Class
... 1) What are the four layers of the Earth? 2) The Earth’s crust is very ______? 3) The mantle is the largest layer of the Earth? True or False 4) Is the Outer Core a liquid or a solid? ...
... 1) What are the four layers of the Earth? 2) The Earth’s crust is very ______? 3) The mantle is the largest layer of the Earth? True or False 4) Is the Outer Core a liquid or a solid? ...
Schiehallion experiment
The Schiehallion experiment was an 18th-century experiment to determine the mean density of the Earth. Funded by a grant from the Royal Society, it was conducted in the summer of 1774 around the Scottish mountain of Schiehallion, Perthshire. The experiment involved measuring the tiny deflection of a pendulum due to the gravitational attraction of a nearby mountain. Schiehallion was considered the ideal location after a search for candidate mountains, thanks to its isolation and almost symmetrical shape. One of the triggers for the experiment were anomalies noted during the survey of the Mason–Dixon Line.The experiment had previously been considered, but rejected, by Isaac Newton as a practical demonstration of his theory of gravitation. However, a team of scientists, notably Nevil Maskelyne, the Astronomer Royal, were convinced that the effect would be detectable and undertook to conduct the experiment. The deflection angle depended on the relative densities and volumes of the Earth and the mountain: if the density and volume of Schiehallion could be ascertained, then so could the density of the Earth. Once this was known, then this would in turn yield approximate values for those of the other planets, their moons, and the Sun, previously known only in terms of their relative ratios. As an additional benefit, the concept of contour lines, devised to simplify the process of surveying the mountain, later became a standard technique in cartography.