Earth Science Quiz-1
... Earth Science Quiz-1 Please answer the following multiple choice questions using the 882-E scantron and complete one of three essay questions. Quiz answers (scantron only) and essay response are due on Tuesday, June 19th. 1 What are the basic differences between the disciplines of physical and histo ...
... Earth Science Quiz-1 Please answer the following multiple choice questions using the 882-E scantron and complete one of three essay questions. Quiz answers (scantron only) and essay response are due on Tuesday, June 19th. 1 What are the basic differences between the disciplines of physical and histo ...
Earth Formation Powerpoint
... • As this happens, the older crust spreads apart and the oceanic crust is spread far enough till subduction happens. • Subduction is when the oceanic crust goes under the continental crust. This causes continental crust to be pushed by the oceanic crust… contributing to Plate Tectonics ...
... • As this happens, the older crust spreads apart and the oceanic crust is spread far enough till subduction happens. • Subduction is when the oceanic crust goes under the continental crust. This causes continental crust to be pushed by the oceanic crust… contributing to Plate Tectonics ...
What Is Inside Earth?
... drilled is only about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) deep. But the distance to Earth’s center is more than 6,300 kilometers (almost 4,000 miles). So geologists use other ways to collect information about what it is like inside Earth. Scientists get clues about Earth’s interior by studying the lava of vol ...
... drilled is only about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) deep. But the distance to Earth’s center is more than 6,300 kilometers (almost 4,000 miles). So geologists use other ways to collect information about what it is like inside Earth. Scientists get clues about Earth’s interior by studying the lava of vol ...
The Changing Face of the Planet new ppt
... currents in the liquid outer core create Earth’s magnetic field ...
... currents in the liquid outer core create Earth’s magnetic field ...
Tectonic plates
... energy as energy travels from plant to animal which is eaten by other animals. In the process, some energy is lost as heat to the environment. ...
... energy as energy travels from plant to animal which is eaten by other animals. In the process, some energy is lost as heat to the environment. ...
Year 9 Term 1: Earth and Space- Plate Tectonics 2015 (Week 6-10)
... The ocean network by Peter Calamai: Issue 39 pg47 OR students research another related article. Students then write a series of questions that MUST include 5 multiple choice, 2 identify, 2 describe, 1 explain and either 1 assess or evaluate question. 5ES2d. describe how some technological developmen ...
... The ocean network by Peter Calamai: Issue 39 pg47 OR students research another related article. Students then write a series of questions that MUST include 5 multiple choice, 2 identify, 2 describe, 1 explain and either 1 assess or evaluate question. 5ES2d. describe how some technological developmen ...
SLB-013 (10-1-06) Spiritual Life Basics Part II: What is Life? Lesson
... perfection," although that is what it often is portrayed as; species don't get better at anything other than fitting the environment of the day, which could change at any time. ...
... perfection," although that is what it often is portrayed as; species don't get better at anything other than fitting the environment of the day, which could change at any time. ...
Erosion - The Agents of Erosion Are Water, Wind, Ice, and Waves
... the Earth's continents fit together somehow and Wegener proposed an idea that all of the continents had at one time been connected in a single supercontinent called Pangaea. He believed that the continents gradually began to drift apart around 300 million years ago - this was his theory that became ...
... the Earth's continents fit together somehow and Wegener proposed an idea that all of the continents had at one time been connected in a single supercontinent called Pangaea. He believed that the continents gradually began to drift apart around 300 million years ago - this was his theory that became ...
Earth’s Layers
... The crust is composed of two rocks. The continental crust is mostly granite. The oceanic crust is basalt. Basalt is much denser than the granite. Because of this the less dense continents ride on the denser oceanic plates. ...
... The crust is composed of two rocks. The continental crust is mostly granite. The oceanic crust is basalt. Basalt is much denser than the granite. Because of this the less dense continents ride on the denser oceanic plates. ...
Earth Structure
... core, each layer having a distinctive thickness, composition, density and physical state. Write notes using your textbooks (ES 1, ES 2 and ES 3) about each layer in the earth. TASK 2 EVIDENCE USED TO DISCOVER ABOUT THE EARTH Discuss with your group about how scientists can find out about what is ins ...
... core, each layer having a distinctive thickness, composition, density and physical state. Write notes using your textbooks (ES 1, ES 2 and ES 3) about each layer in the earth. TASK 2 EVIDENCE USED TO DISCOVER ABOUT THE EARTH Discuss with your group about how scientists can find out about what is ins ...
Plate Tectonics Chapter 10
... Why supercontinents form? Formation of Pangaea- time/mountain ranges Breakup of Pangaea The Modern Continents On the bottom of your pyramid list three changes in geography that are likely to happen in the future ...
... Why supercontinents form? Formation of Pangaea- time/mountain ranges Breakup of Pangaea The Modern Continents On the bottom of your pyramid list three changes in geography that are likely to happen in the future ...
Crust - UNLV Geoscience
... • Heating beyond the melting point of most components of undifferentiated solar material during planet formation is inevitable for bodies above a certain size (> approx. 1,000 km radius) that formed early enough or fast enough. ...
... • Heating beyond the melting point of most components of undifferentiated solar material during planet formation is inevitable for bodies above a certain size (> approx. 1,000 km radius) that formed early enough or fast enough. ...
Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals
... ◦ Lower environmental impact than mining and processing metals from ores Example – Recycling aluminum beverage cans and scrap aluminum produces 95% less air pollution and 97% less water pollution and uses 95% less energy than mining and processing aluminum ore. ...
... ◦ Lower environmental impact than mining and processing metals from ores Example – Recycling aluminum beverage cans and scrap aluminum produces 95% less air pollution and 97% less water pollution and uses 95% less energy than mining and processing aluminum ore. ...
The Earth Guiding Questions Minerals Telling Rocks Apart • How
... 2. Is the Earth completely solid inside? How can scientists tell? 3. How is it possible for entire continents to move across the face of the Earth? 4. How does our planet’s magnetic field protect life on Earth? 5. Why is Earth the only planet with an oxygen-rich atmosphere? 6. Why are prevailing win ...
... 2. Is the Earth completely solid inside? How can scientists tell? 3. How is it possible for entire continents to move across the face of the Earth? 4. How does our planet’s magnetic field protect life on Earth? 5. Why is Earth the only planet with an oxygen-rich atmosphere? 6. Why are prevailing win ...
111 - Bossier Parish Community College
... 11. Describe the role of the Earth’s geothermal gradient in the formation of rocks and minerals. (C, D) 12. Describe the composition of and formational processes involved in extrusive rock. (D) 13. Describe the various forms of mechanical and chemical weathering. (C) 14. Explain the role that climat ...
... 11. Describe the role of the Earth’s geothermal gradient in the formation of rocks and minerals. (C, D) 12. Describe the composition of and formational processes involved in extrusive rock. (D) 13. Describe the various forms of mechanical and chemical weathering. (C) 14. Explain the role that climat ...
Section 1
... down the rock starts to get warmer. • For every 40 meters down , the temperature increases 1 Celsius degree. • The high temperatures inside Earth are the results of great rock pressure, energy released from radioactive elements. ...
... down the rock starts to get warmer. • For every 40 meters down , the temperature increases 1 Celsius degree. • The high temperatures inside Earth are the results of great rock pressure, energy released from radioactive elements. ...
Suggested Content SC 33 Earth and Space Science
... (Ability to do what?) Terms: 1. Astronomy 2. Atmosphere 3. Biosphere 4. Geology 5. Geosphere 6. Hydrosphere 7. Hypothesis 8. Interface 9. Mantle 10. Meteorology 11. Minerals 12. Non-renewable Resource 13. Oceanography 14. Renewable Resource 15. Silicon Oxygen Tetrahedron 16. System 17. Theory ...
... (Ability to do what?) Terms: 1. Astronomy 2. Atmosphere 3. Biosphere 4. Geology 5. Geosphere 6. Hydrosphere 7. Hypothesis 8. Interface 9. Mantle 10. Meteorology 11. Minerals 12. Non-renewable Resource 13. Oceanography 14. Renewable Resource 15. Silicon Oxygen Tetrahedron 16. System 17. Theory ...
Plate Tectonics
... Convection Currents in the Earth Heat from the Earth’s core cause convection currents in the mantle just like water in a pot on the stove. Hotter substances rise to the surface and cooler ones sink, in this ...
... Convection Currents in the Earth Heat from the Earth’s core cause convection currents in the mantle just like water in a pot on the stove. Hotter substances rise to the surface and cooler ones sink, in this ...
The Layer`s Of The Earth! - Mrs. V. Murphy`s Science Class
... • The Earth’s crust is divided into 12 major plates which are moved in various directions. • This plate motion causes them to collide, pull apart, or scrape against each other. • The word, tectonic, refers to the deformation of the crust as a consequence of plate interaction. ...
... • The Earth’s crust is divided into 12 major plates which are moved in various directions. • This plate motion causes them to collide, pull apart, or scrape against each other. • The word, tectonic, refers to the deformation of the crust as a consequence of plate interaction. ...
Chapter 3 The Dynamic Earth
... The energy used by organisms must be obtained in the __________________________________ and must be constantly supplied for life to continue. When an organism dies, its body is broken down and the nutrients in it become available for use by other ____________________________________. This flow of en ...
... The energy used by organisms must be obtained in the __________________________________ and must be constantly supplied for life to continue. When an organism dies, its body is broken down and the nutrients in it become available for use by other ____________________________________. This flow of en ...
EPS050 – Review for Midterm 1 (Fall 2009)
... 38. Study figure 8.9, 8.10, (10.9, 4th ed) in the book on cross‐cutting relationships: How are cross‐cutting relationships used in the dating of geologic materials? Given a cross‐sectional view of deformed geologic units be prepared to unravel the history based on observed c ...
... 38. Study figure 8.9, 8.10, (10.9, 4th ed) in the book on cross‐cutting relationships: How are cross‐cutting relationships used in the dating of geologic materials? Given a cross‐sectional view of deformed geologic units be prepared to unravel the history based on observed c ...
Plate Tectonics
... made from sedimentary rock. • The oldest layers are 2 billion years old, which is almost ½ as old as the Earth. • The Earth is about 4.5 billion years old!!! ...
... made from sedimentary rock. • The oldest layers are 2 billion years old, which is almost ½ as old as the Earth. • The Earth is about 4.5 billion years old!!! ...
The Precambrian - Ms. Alderson`s Earth and Space Science course
... The evolution of life can be divided into two very unequal periods: the very long Precambrian (lasting over 3 billion years), when life for the most part remained at the microbial grade of organization, and the much shorter Phanerozoic, encompassing the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras (about ...
... The evolution of life can be divided into two very unequal periods: the very long Precambrian (lasting over 3 billion years), when life for the most part remained at the microbial grade of organization, and the much shorter Phanerozoic, encompassing the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras (about ...