Larry Braile - Purdue University
... million scale model and Figures 2 and 6) suggest. The real Earth structure has significant lateral variability, particularly because of plate tectonic processes. A typical Earth structure showing oceanic and continental regions, a mid-ocean ridge spreading center and a subduction zone is illustrated ...
... million scale model and Figures 2 and 6) suggest. The real Earth structure has significant lateral variability, particularly because of plate tectonic processes. A typical Earth structure showing oceanic and continental regions, a mid-ocean ridge spreading center and a subduction zone is illustrated ...
Earth`s Interior Structure
... million scale model and Figures 2 and 6) suggest. The real Earth structure has significant lateral variability, particularly because of plate tectonic processes. A typical Earth structure showing oceanic and continental regions, a mid-ocean ridge spreading center and a subduction zone is illustrated ...
... million scale model and Figures 2 and 6) suggest. The real Earth structure has significant lateral variability, particularly because of plate tectonic processes. A typical Earth structure showing oceanic and continental regions, a mid-ocean ridge spreading center and a subduction zone is illustrated ...
Unit Plan - Teaching As Leadership
... 1a - Students know evidence of plate tectonics is derived from the fit of the continents; the location of earthquakes, volcanoes, and midocean ridges; and the distribution of fossils, rock types, and ancient climatic zones. 1c - Students know lithospheric plates the size of continents and oceans mov ...
... 1a - Students know evidence of plate tectonics is derived from the fit of the continents; the location of earthquakes, volcanoes, and midocean ridges; and the distribution of fossils, rock types, and ancient climatic zones. 1c - Students know lithospheric plates the size of continents and oceans mov ...
Investigation 1: Gathering Evidence and Modeling
... through the Earth to the other side. Think about the following before you begin: Some of the lines will go through the Earth without hitting the inner circle. Some of the lines, however, will hit the inner circle. This is a boundary between zones with different wave speeds – remember from the la ...
... through the Earth to the other side. Think about the following before you begin: Some of the lines will go through the Earth without hitting the inner circle. Some of the lines, however, will hit the inner circle. This is a boundary between zones with different wave speeds – remember from the la ...
New Title - Geneva Area City Schools
... creates Earth’s magnetic field. • The inner core is solid, even though it is extremely hot. It is under so much pressure that its particles are squeezed together in solid form. ...
... creates Earth’s magnetic field. • The inner core is solid, even though it is extremely hot. It is under so much pressure that its particles are squeezed together in solid form. ...
The Ever-Changing Surface of the Earth
... Physical (or mechanical) weathering breaks larger rocks into smaller rocks without actually changing the minerals in them. When water seeps into cracks and holes in rocks and temperatures fall below freezing, the water turns to ice. As the liquid changes to a solid, it expands, forcing the crack to ...
... Physical (or mechanical) weathering breaks larger rocks into smaller rocks without actually changing the minerals in them. When water seeps into cracks and holes in rocks and temperatures fall below freezing, the water turns to ice. As the liquid changes to a solid, it expands, forcing the crack to ...
How does the Earth`s crust move?
... incredibly large amounts of active volcanoes. • Most of the active volcanoes on Earth are located here! ...
... incredibly large amounts of active volcanoes. • Most of the active volcanoes on Earth are located here! ...
Restless Earth - Geography @ KE Camp Hill Boys
... Types of plate margins - Destructive plate margins - Constructive plate margins - Conservative plate margins ...
... Types of plate margins - Destructive plate margins - Constructive plate margins - Conservative plate margins ...
Continental Drift
... are found in different continents, separated by oceans, suggesting that these continents were once connected. (page 183) ...
... are found in different continents, separated by oceans, suggesting that these continents were once connected. (page 183) ...
2.1 Tectonic Forces
... Sedimentary rocks often have in them the remains of once-living organisms called fossils. Sedimentary rocks typically are formed in layers called strata. The layering of sedimentary rocks sometimes gives them the property of splitting along layer lines. The sand, silt and mud that become sedimentary ...
... Sedimentary rocks often have in them the remains of once-living organisms called fossils. Sedimentary rocks typically are formed in layers called strata. The layering of sedimentary rocks sometimes gives them the property of splitting along layer lines. The sand, silt and mud that become sedimentary ...
Earth Systems 3209 Answer Key
... Shale is a clastic sedimentary rock that is capable of being metamorphosed. As shale is buried deeper and deeper in Earth’s crust (e.g. within the folded mountains at a continent to continent plate collision), heat and pressure increase. Consequently, the degree of metamorphism will also increase (i ...
... Shale is a clastic sedimentary rock that is capable of being metamorphosed. As shale is buried deeper and deeper in Earth’s crust (e.g. within the folded mountains at a continent to continent plate collision), heat and pressure increase. Consequently, the degree of metamorphism will also increase (i ...
GEOS3101/3801 Earth`s Structure and Evolution: unit outline
... and problem-based learning. As most of the processes reflect time scales several orders of magnitude longer than our lives, we study them using an understanding of the physical variables and the context of their end products (what we can see). The restrictions of time and resources mean that we cann ...
... and problem-based learning. As most of the processes reflect time scales several orders of magnitude longer than our lives, we study them using an understanding of the physical variables and the context of their end products (what we can see). The restrictions of time and resources mean that we cann ...
File - Gobles Elementary Science Resources
... I can identify producers as organisms (like plants) that obtain their food by trapping light energy to make food and supply their energy needs. I can identify consumers as organisms (like animals, including humans) that obtain their food directly from another organism by eating it or being a parasit ...
... I can identify producers as organisms (like plants) that obtain their food by trapping light energy to make food and supply their energy needs. I can identify consumers as organisms (like animals, including humans) that obtain their food directly from another organism by eating it or being a parasit ...
reading-the-rocks-pages-3-6
... out and about you’ll discover many more. The grid references are for the sites themselves rather than viewpoints. Where a location covers an area or is a linear feature, the grid reference is for a roughly central or other obvious point. Unless otherwise indicated, the locations are accessible or vi ...
... out and about you’ll discover many more. The grid references are for the sites themselves rather than viewpoints. Where a location covers an area or is a linear feature, the grid reference is for a roughly central or other obvious point. Unless otherwise indicated, the locations are accessible or vi ...
Chapter6
... 3. On the side of the Earth nearest the Moon, water feels a greater force and flows to the area under the Moon, causing a high tide. 4. A high tide on the opposite side of the Earth (farthest from the Moon) occurs because the center of the Earth feels a greater force toward the Moon than water on th ...
... 3. On the side of the Earth nearest the Moon, water feels a greater force and flows to the area under the Moon, causing a high tide. 4. A high tide on the opposite side of the Earth (farthest from the Moon) occurs because the center of the Earth feels a greater force toward the Moon than water on th ...
Earth`s plates
... Plate Boundaries Transform Boundary Plate move past each other A type of stress called shearing occurs This causes faults or cracks in the crust Earthquakes can occur here ...
... Plate Boundaries Transform Boundary Plate move past each other A type of stress called shearing occurs This causes faults or cracks in the crust Earthquakes can occur here ...
Evidence for Continental Drift
... What is continental drift? In the early 20th century, German scientist Alfred Wegener proposed the continental drift theory, which argues that the continents “drifted” to their present locations over millions of years. On a world map, the curves of South America’s eastern coastline and Africa’s west ...
... What is continental drift? In the early 20th century, German scientist Alfred Wegener proposed the continental drift theory, which argues that the continents “drifted” to their present locations over millions of years. On a world map, the curves of South America’s eastern coastline and Africa’s west ...
Schedule Geology 101, Winter Semester 2016* Cool Places
... 3 – Understand how craters form by observing laboratory experiments. 4 – Understand the role of accretion and differentiation in the formation of Earth. 5 – Understand how to measure density, and how differences in density drive geological processes. 1 – Explain the origin and influence of Earth’s m ...
... 3 – Understand how craters form by observing laboratory experiments. 4 – Understand the role of accretion and differentiation in the formation of Earth. 5 – Understand how to measure density, and how differences in density drive geological processes. 1 – Explain the origin and influence of Earth’s m ...
D o e i
... where the next great earthquake will likely begin. This deficiency in ocean-based instrumentation could waste precious tens of seconds of potential warning time. In contrast, the country of Oman has a real-time earthquake warning system based on a WHOI-built offshore seismic observatory that is conn ...
... where the next great earthquake will likely begin. This deficiency in ocean-based instrumentation could waste precious tens of seconds of potential warning time. In contrast, the country of Oman has a real-time earthquake warning system based on a WHOI-built offshore seismic observatory that is conn ...
Nickel
... Most of this is concentrated in the Earth’s core; analyses of iron meteorites suggest the core contains ca 5 wt% Ni (McDonough, 2014), leaving ca 1860 ppm in the mantle (Palme and O’Neill, 2014) and 47 ppm in the continental crust (Rudnick and Gao, 2014). Ni substitutes readily into the Mg-rich mine ...
... Most of this is concentrated in the Earth’s core; analyses of iron meteorites suggest the core contains ca 5 wt% Ni (McDonough, 2014), leaving ca 1860 ppm in the mantle (Palme and O’Neill, 2014) and 47 ppm in the continental crust (Rudnick and Gao, 2014). Ni substitutes readily into the Mg-rich mine ...
Gaia by Any Other Name
... Lowman’s synthesis derives the earliest events in our planet’s evolution from those which surely occurred on our lifeless solar system neighbors: the Moon, Mercury, and Venus. The new science of comparative planetology is generated by many studies, especially the use of the superb new tools of space ...
... Lowman’s synthesis derives the earliest events in our planet’s evolution from those which surely occurred on our lifeless solar system neighbors: the Moon, Mercury, and Venus. The new science of comparative planetology is generated by many studies, especially the use of the superb new tools of space ...
A brief introduction to minerals, rocks and the rock cycle
... Ferromagnesian (mafic) are dark silicates, contain ions of iron and/or magnesium) ...
... Ferromagnesian (mafic) are dark silicates, contain ions of iron and/or magnesium) ...
Review for Earth Science NC Final Exam Astronomy: EEn1.1
... 9. How do each of the following human activities impact the quality of atmospheric composition? (aerosols, chlorofluorocarbons, burning, industrial byproducts, overfarming) 10. Give examples of methods to mitigate (minimize the effects) human impacts on the atmosphere. Global Climate Change: EEn2.6 ...
... 9. How do each of the following human activities impact the quality of atmospheric composition? (aerosols, chlorofluorocarbons, burning, industrial byproducts, overfarming) 10. Give examples of methods to mitigate (minimize the effects) human impacts on the atmosphere. Global Climate Change: EEn2.6 ...