File - RBSS Outdoors
... rock. Use Concept Definition Handout 2. Describe the sub-categories 3. Give at least 3 or 4 examples of these types of rocks and possible human uses.. Eg. Granite is an igneous rock used for countertops.. 4. Describe how your rock fits into the rock cycle.. Pg.12-Transformations. ...
... rock. Use Concept Definition Handout 2. Describe the sub-categories 3. Give at least 3 or 4 examples of these types of rocks and possible human uses.. Eg. Granite is an igneous rock used for countertops.. 4. Describe how your rock fits into the rock cycle.. Pg.12-Transformations. ...
The Third Planet
... If we calculate the average density of the Earth by dividing its entire mass by its volume, we find its average density is about 5.5 times that of water. Of course, some rocks are denser than others, but a representative density for the rocks on the surface of the Earth is about 2.7 times that of wa ...
... If we calculate the average density of the Earth by dividing its entire mass by its volume, we find its average density is about 5.5 times that of water. Of course, some rocks are denser than others, but a representative density for the rocks on the surface of the Earth is about 2.7 times that of wa ...
Geology of National Parks
... Explain how plate tectonics accounts for the features and processes (sea floor spreading, mid-ocean ridges, subduction zones, earthquakes and volcanoes, mountain ranges) that occur on or near the Earth’s surface. E3.3B Explain why tectonic plates move using the concept of heat flowing through mantle ...
... Explain how plate tectonics accounts for the features and processes (sea floor spreading, mid-ocean ridges, subduction zones, earthquakes and volcanoes, mountain ranges) that occur on or near the Earth’s surface. E3.3B Explain why tectonic plates move using the concept of heat flowing through mantle ...
34722 Pt 2 Plate Tectonics
... 3. Discuss examples of plate tectonics that exist in your neighborhood or surrounding areas. Are there roads cut through mountains that exhibit geological strata? Have you ever been in an earthquake? If there are no local examples, then what stories have you heard about earthquakes, tsunamis, or vol ...
... 3. Discuss examples of plate tectonics that exist in your neighborhood or surrounding areas. Are there roads cut through mountains that exhibit geological strata? Have you ever been in an earthquake? If there are no local examples, then what stories have you heard about earthquakes, tsunamis, or vol ...
First stop – the CRUST
... of iron and nickel. The silicates are much less dense than the metals. This separation occurred in the very early stages of the Earth’s formation, as heavier elements were pulled by gravity towards the center, and the lighter elements rose to the surface. ...
... of iron and nickel. The silicates are much less dense than the metals. This separation occurred in the very early stages of the Earth’s formation, as heavier elements were pulled by gravity towards the center, and the lighter elements rose to the surface. ...
Background for Terrestrial Antineutrino Investigations: Radionuclide
... 2001), time steps of 2 X 106 years were used throughout, nuclear georeactor operation was assumed to have commenced 4.5 X 109 years ago and ceased when the effective neutron multiplication constant Keff < 1, and in all cases fission products were promptly removed upon formation; 36.84 g/cm3 was used ...
... 2001), time steps of 2 X 106 years were used throughout, nuclear georeactor operation was assumed to have commenced 4.5 X 109 years ago and ceased when the effective neutron multiplication constant Keff < 1, and in all cases fission products were promptly removed upon formation; 36.84 g/cm3 was used ...
Plate Tectonics
... down into the mantle. The slab of oceanic rock melts when the endges get to a depth which is hot enough. This process is called subduction. Molten material produced in a subduction zone can rise to the earth’s surface and cause mountains, and islands. ...
... down into the mantle. The slab of oceanic rock melts when the endges get to a depth which is hot enough. This process is called subduction. Molten material produced in a subduction zone can rise to the earth’s surface and cause mountains, and islands. ...
Opener 1/6/2015 What are “Big Ideas”? What are the four classroom
... 1. What did the “plugged into CO2” activity show us? 2. What are the two CO2 problems Earth is currently facing? 3. How are humans changing the chemistry of the ocean? 4. Why should we care if we are changing the pH of the ocean? ...
... 1. What did the “plugged into CO2” activity show us? 2. What are the two CO2 problems Earth is currently facing? 3. How are humans changing the chemistry of the ocean? 4. Why should we care if we are changing the pH of the ocean? ...
9-2 Section Summary
... mantle. Hot columns of mantle material rise slowly. At the top of the asthenosphere, the hot material spreads out and pushes the cooler material out of the way. This cooler material sinks back into the asthenosphere. Convection currents like these have been moving inside Earth for more than four bil ...
... mantle. Hot columns of mantle material rise slowly. At the top of the asthenosphere, the hot material spreads out and pushes the cooler material out of the way. This cooler material sinks back into the asthenosphere. Convection currents like these have been moving inside Earth for more than four bil ...
Mountain Building - AC Reynolds High
... metamorphism, and igneous intrusions—that is characteristic of orogenic belts. Interactions at each type of convergent boundary create different types of mountain ranges. Oceanic-Oceanic Convergence When an oceanic plate converges with another oceanic plate, one plate descends into the mantle to cre ...
... metamorphism, and igneous intrusions—that is characteristic of orogenic belts. Interactions at each type of convergent boundary create different types of mountain ranges. Oceanic-Oceanic Convergence When an oceanic plate converges with another oceanic plate, one plate descends into the mantle to cre ...
earthquake
... 8.2 Measuring Earthquakes Earthquake Waves Body Waves • Identified as P waves or S waves • P waves - Are push-pull waves that push (compress) and pull (expand) in the direction that the waves travel - Travel through solids, liquids, and gases - Have the greatest velocity of all earthquake waves ...
... 8.2 Measuring Earthquakes Earthquake Waves Body Waves • Identified as P waves or S waves • P waves - Are push-pull waves that push (compress) and pull (expand) in the direction that the waves travel - Travel through solids, liquids, and gases - Have the greatest velocity of all earthquake waves ...
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.