Layers Stations
... Explore it! Look at the model provided for you and answer the questions about the layers of the Earth on your lab sheet. Layer 1 is called the Earth’s crust. It is the thinnest layer and made up of mostly granite and basalt. If you think about the outer layer of an apple, the Earth’s crust would be ...
... Explore it! Look at the model provided for you and answer the questions about the layers of the Earth on your lab sheet. Layer 1 is called the Earth’s crust. It is the thinnest layer and made up of mostly granite and basalt. If you think about the outer layer of an apple, the Earth’s crust would be ...
CP Environmental Science 2013-2014 Chapter 3 Notes Packet: The
... - Earth’s atmosphere is pulled towards Earth’s surface by gravity. The atmosphere is denser near the Earth’s surface, compared to altitudes above 30km (18mi). As a result, the air at high altitudes becomes less dense (less pressure). II. Layers of the Atmosphere -Based on temperature chances at diff ...
... - Earth’s atmosphere is pulled towards Earth’s surface by gravity. The atmosphere is denser near the Earth’s surface, compared to altitudes above 30km (18mi). As a result, the air at high altitudes becomes less dense (less pressure). II. Layers of the Atmosphere -Based on temperature chances at diff ...
Earth
... As high-energy particles leak into the lower magnetosphere, they excite molecules near the Earth’s magnetic poles, causing the aurora ...
... As high-energy particles leak into the lower magnetosphere, they excite molecules near the Earth’s magnetic poles, causing the aurora ...
PS review Earth
... • A warm front forms as a warm air mass moves over a slower cold air mass. • A cold front forms as a cold air mass moves under a slower warm air mass. • Tornadoes are high-speed rotating winds that form as air begins to rotate around quickly rising warm air. • Hurricanes are large storm systems tha ...
... • A warm front forms as a warm air mass moves over a slower cold air mass. • A cold front forms as a cold air mass moves under a slower warm air mass. • Tornadoes are high-speed rotating winds that form as air begins to rotate around quickly rising warm air. • Hurricanes are large storm systems tha ...
Earth - Astronomy
... In the preceding chapter, you learned how our solar system formed as a by-product of the formation of the sun. You also saw how distance from the sun determined the general composition of each planet. In this chapter, you begin your study of individual planets with Earth. You will come to see Earth ...
... In the preceding chapter, you learned how our solar system formed as a by-product of the formation of the sun. You also saw how distance from the sun determined the general composition of each planet. In this chapter, you begin your study of individual planets with Earth. You will come to see Earth ...
Chapter 6: Plate Tectonics
... 6.2 Structure of Earth Indirect studies of Earth’s interior (such as earthquake monitoring) have provided insight as to how plate tectonic processes work o The Mohorovicic discontinuity (“Moho”), the boundary between Earth’s crust and upper mantle, was identified in this way The boundaries betwe ...
... 6.2 Structure of Earth Indirect studies of Earth’s interior (such as earthquake monitoring) have provided insight as to how plate tectonic processes work o The Mohorovicic discontinuity (“Moho”), the boundary between Earth’s crust and upper mantle, was identified in this way The boundaries betwe ...
The World`s Mountains
... are growing, and other times mountains are being eroded by natural forces, such as frost, ice, rain, and wind. Erosion is the process in which materials from the Earth’s crust are worn away, dissolved, or loosened and then moved from one location to another. Over millions of years all mountains will ...
... are growing, and other times mountains are being eroded by natural forces, such as frost, ice, rain, and wind. Erosion is the process in which materials from the Earth’s crust are worn away, dissolved, or loosened and then moved from one location to another. Over millions of years all mountains will ...
Newton`s 1st Law
... The force needed to keep an object sliding is equal to but opposite in direction of the frictional force – the vector sum is zero Inertia - what Galileo called the tendency of an object to maintain its initial state ...
... The force needed to keep an object sliding is equal to but opposite in direction of the frictional force – the vector sum is zero Inertia - what Galileo called the tendency of an object to maintain its initial state ...
Lecture 20 The Effects of the Earth`s Rotation
... Note that R = 6370km, ω = 7.292 × 10−5 s−1 , therefore ω 2 R ' 34mm/s2 << g. Hence, the deflection angle is very small and can be approximated by: tan β ' β ' ...
... Note that R = 6370km, ω = 7.292 × 10−5 s−1 , therefore ω 2 R ' 34mm/s2 << g. Hence, the deflection angle is very small and can be approximated by: tan β ' β ' ...
Earth structure
... mantle. Convection currents within the mantle cause the plates to move. Although they only move about 2 cm/year this can have huge effects over long periods of time. ...
... mantle. Convection currents within the mantle cause the plates to move. Although they only move about 2 cm/year this can have huge effects over long periods of time. ...
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... 15: Convergent plate boundaries are places where two plates moving towards each other collide. 16: The boundaries at which mid-ocean ridges are located are divergent. 17: Plate boundaries are the sites of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building. 18: Matching rock formations on facing ...
... 15: Convergent plate boundaries are places where two plates moving towards each other collide. 16: The boundaries at which mid-ocean ridges are located are divergent. 17: Plate boundaries are the sites of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building. 18: Matching rock formations on facing ...
Chapter 20
... Some high-energy particles leak through the magnetic field and produce a belt of high-energy particles around Earth, called Van Allen belts ...
... Some high-energy particles leak through the magnetic field and produce a belt of high-energy particles around Earth, called Van Allen belts ...
Circular Motion - Ch 7 #2
... 20. A racecar travels in a circular track of radius 200m. If the car increases its speed with constant linear acceleration from 80m/s to 95m/s in 10s. (a) Find the constant angular acceleration and (b) the angle the car moves through in this time. 22. A car moves down a straight highway at 24m/s. It ...
... 20. A racecar travels in a circular track of radius 200m. If the car increases its speed with constant linear acceleration from 80m/s to 95m/s in 10s. (a) Find the constant angular acceleration and (b) the angle the car moves through in this time. 22. A car moves down a straight highway at 24m/s. It ...
8th Grade Science
... • Factors that affect the patterns and features associated with streams and floodplains (e.g., discharge rates, gradients, velocity, erosion, deposition), glaciers (e.g., moraines, outwash, tills, erratic, kettles, eskers), tectonic activity (should include the features listed in the content statem ...
... • Factors that affect the patterns and features associated with streams and floodplains (e.g., discharge rates, gradients, velocity, erosion, deposition), glaciers (e.g., moraines, outwash, tills, erratic, kettles, eskers), tectonic activity (should include the features listed in the content statem ...
psc 201 ch3 hw W11.cwk (WP)
... 10. In the late 1800’s Lord Kelvin made a calculation of the time it would take a planet the size of the Earth to cool from a molten state to a state with the surface temperature of the Earth now. There were no serious errors in his calculation, and his result was about 80 million years. Because of ...
... 10. In the late 1800’s Lord Kelvin made a calculation of the time it would take a planet the size of the Earth to cool from a molten state to a state with the surface temperature of the Earth now. There were no serious errors in his calculation, and his result was about 80 million years. Because of ...
Lecture 1 Introduction and Mountain characteristics
... sandstone containing grains of magnetic minerals (magnetite) that have recorded the pattern of the Earth's flip-flopping magnetic field. These sandstones also contain plant and animal fossils that were deposited when the Tethys Sea periodically flooded the region. The study of these fossils has reve ...
... sandstone containing grains of magnetic minerals (magnetite) that have recorded the pattern of the Earth's flip-flopping magnetic field. These sandstones also contain plant and animal fossils that were deposited when the Tethys Sea periodically flooded the region. The study of these fossils has reve ...
The Earth`s Interior
... • S-wave shadow zone: the region on the earth’s surface (at any distance more than 103o from an earthquake epicenter) in which S waves from the earthquake are absent • The S-wave shadow zone seems to indicate that S waves do not travel through the core at all, if this is true, it implies that the co ...
... • S-wave shadow zone: the region on the earth’s surface (at any distance more than 103o from an earthquake epicenter) in which S waves from the earthquake are absent • The S-wave shadow zone seems to indicate that S waves do not travel through the core at all, if this is true, it implies that the co ...
Earth Science Study Guide - Darlington Middle School
... of the future. Landforms of Earth can be created or changed by volcanic eruptions and mountainbuilding forces. o Volcanic Eruptions Volcanic eruptions are constructive in that they add new rock to existing land and form new islands. Volcanic eruptions can be destructive when an eruption is explo ...
... of the future. Landforms of Earth can be created or changed by volcanic eruptions and mountainbuilding forces. o Volcanic Eruptions Volcanic eruptions are constructive in that they add new rock to existing land and form new islands. Volcanic eruptions can be destructive when an eruption is explo ...
Document
... Vocabulary • Magma – Molten rock, usually mostly silica. The liquid may contain dissolved gases as well as some solid minerals. • Erosion – The physical removal of rock by an agent such as running water, glacial ice, or wind. • Equilibrium – Material is in equilibrium if it is adjusted to the physi ...
... Vocabulary • Magma – Molten rock, usually mostly silica. The liquid may contain dissolved gases as well as some solid minerals. • Erosion – The physical removal of rock by an agent such as running water, glacial ice, or wind. • Equilibrium – Material is in equilibrium if it is adjusted to the physi ...
CC-CurriculumCalendarearthscince
... *Perimeter walks of school looking for evidence and examples of erosion. ...
... *Perimeter walks of school looking for evidence and examples of erosion. ...
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.