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... Use computers to store and retrieve information and create files (Grades 6-8); Use computers to produce [graphics] and make calculations (Grades 9-12). Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data; Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evide ...
... Use computers to store and retrieve information and create files (Grades 6-8); Use computers to produce [graphics] and make calculations (Grades 9-12). Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data; Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evide ...
Earthquakes
... where rock that is under stress breaks, triggering an earthquake. • Epicenter: the point on the surface directly above the focus. • Seismic waves: vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake. ...
... where rock that is under stress breaks, triggering an earthquake. • Epicenter: the point on the surface directly above the focus. • Seismic waves: vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake. ...
Volcanoes - SD43 Teacher Sites
... • Geologists can use their knowledge of intrusive volcanic features and faults to understand the geologic history of rock layers. • The Principle of Superposition can be used to determine the relative age of rocks. In undisturbed layers of rocks, the oldest rocks are on the bottom and the youngest r ...
... • Geologists can use their knowledge of intrusive volcanic features and faults to understand the geologic history of rock layers. • The Principle of Superposition can be used to determine the relative age of rocks. In undisturbed layers of rocks, the oldest rocks are on the bottom and the youngest r ...
Chapter 9 Volcanoes
... these magmas reach the surface, any remaining gases usually produce relatively harmless fountains and floods. ____________________________________________________ andesitic and rhyolitic magmas ____________________________________________________. When these magmas reach the surface, the gases expan ...
... these magmas reach the surface, any remaining gases usually produce relatively harmless fountains and floods. ____________________________________________________ andesitic and rhyolitic magmas ____________________________________________________. When these magmas reach the surface, the gases expan ...
Science Chapter 1 Section B Study Guide Know the meanings of the
... Know why footprints made on the moon would last for hundreds of years. Know why the center of the Earth is solid. P B12 Know what it means to say the Earth’s plates “float”. B14 Know what it means to say that “the Atlantic Ocean is getting wider, pushing Europe and North America apart”. B22 Know how ...
... Know why footprints made on the moon would last for hundreds of years. Know why the center of the Earth is solid. P B12 Know what it means to say the Earth’s plates “float”. B14 Know what it means to say that “the Atlantic Ocean is getting wider, pushing Europe and North America apart”. B22 Know how ...
Metamorphic Rocks - Classroom Unsquared
... assemblage and texture from a preexiting one due to increases in temperature and pressure . ...
... assemblage and texture from a preexiting one due to increases in temperature and pressure . ...
Blue Paper Questions
... 33. Which of the following rivers would produce sediments which are more sorted, so that in a given location the deposited sediment grains are all of similar size? a. A western stream subject to frequent flash floods b. An eastern river with steady regular flow 34. Which of the following minerals w ...
... 33. Which of the following rivers would produce sediments which are more sorted, so that in a given location the deposited sediment grains are all of similar size? a. A western stream subject to frequent flash floods b. An eastern river with steady regular flow 34. Which of the following minerals w ...
CT geology slideshow
... 1) It experienced a major fault on the western side which cause the west to drop down and the east to rise up 2) It experienced a major fault on the eastern side which cause the east to drop down and the west to rise up ...
... 1) It experienced a major fault on the western side which cause the west to drop down and the east to rise up 2) It experienced a major fault on the eastern side which cause the east to drop down and the west to rise up ...
Sea floor spreading and the effects it has on the world In partnership
... but the Mid-Atlantic ridge? The Mid- Atlantic ridge runs along the entire Atlantic ocean and is very visible in maps of seafloor bathymetry. This mountainous ridge is also a major divergent plate and one of the main sources for the world’s new oceanic crust. This ridge isn’t the only ridge in the wo ...
... but the Mid-Atlantic ridge? The Mid- Atlantic ridge runs along the entire Atlantic ocean and is very visible in maps of seafloor bathymetry. This mountainous ridge is also a major divergent plate and one of the main sources for the world’s new oceanic crust. This ridge isn’t the only ridge in the wo ...
The Layers of Earth
... Is made up of the Crust and the Moho. Brittle uppermost shell of the earth, broken into a number of tectonic plates The thickness of the lithosphere varies from to around 1 mi at the mid-ocean ridges to approximately 80 mi beneath older oceanic crust. ...
... Is made up of the Crust and the Moho. Brittle uppermost shell of the earth, broken into a number of tectonic plates The thickness of the lithosphere varies from to around 1 mi at the mid-ocean ridges to approximately 80 mi beneath older oceanic crust. ...
Continental margins offshore west and east coasts
... of this region. The map also shows three sets of linear gravity highs, H1, H2 and H3, but they are not as continuous as in case of the offshore west coast of India (Figure 2). In this case the gravity highs, H1, are just along the coast and a part of it may in fact represent the gravity highs due to ...
... of this region. The map also shows three sets of linear gravity highs, H1, H2 and H3, but they are not as continuous as in case of the offshore west coast of India (Figure 2). In this case the gravity highs, H1, are just along the coast and a part of it may in fact represent the gravity highs due to ...
Paleozoic Plate Tectonics Quiz
... 9) At the end of the Paleozoic, there was/were a) One landmass, called Rodinia, and one super ocean, called Rodalassa. b) Two landmasses, Laurentia and Gondwana, and one super ocean, called Panthalassa. c) One landmass, called Pangaea, and one super ocean, called Panthalassa. d) None of these. ...
... 9) At the end of the Paleozoic, there was/were a) One landmass, called Rodinia, and one super ocean, called Rodalassa. b) Two landmasses, Laurentia and Gondwana, and one super ocean, called Panthalassa. c) One landmass, called Pangaea, and one super ocean, called Panthalassa. d) None of these. ...
GEOL 101 Lab 2: Plate Tectonics
... 10. Do you think that a meaningful analysis of the data was possible even though there were gaps in the data? Why or why not? ...
... 10. Do you think that a meaningful analysis of the data was possible even though there were gaps in the data? Why or why not? ...
Layers of the Earth Notes - Howard Elementary School
... Earth’s Layers by Composition • Crust – Outermost layer – Thinnest layer – Composed mostly of oxygen, silicon, and aluminum – Two types • Oceanic (found under oceans; more dense) – Twice as much iron, calcium, and magnesium which are more dense minerals ...
... Earth’s Layers by Composition • Crust – Outermost layer – Thinnest layer – Composed mostly of oxygen, silicon, and aluminum – Two types • Oceanic (found under oceans; more dense) – Twice as much iron, calcium, and magnesium which are more dense minerals ...
GEO143_final_key
... B) Most magmas are richer in silica than most crustal and upper mantle rocks. C) Magmas are mainly liquid and contain dissolved fluids such as water; most are less dense than the adjacent solid rock. D) all of the above (42) 1 pt. Kilauea and Mauna Loa are ________. A) explosive, rhyolitic volcanoes ...
... B) Most magmas are richer in silica than most crustal and upper mantle rocks. C) Magmas are mainly liquid and contain dissolved fluids such as water; most are less dense than the adjacent solid rock. D) all of the above (42) 1 pt. Kilauea and Mauna Loa are ________. A) explosive, rhyolitic volcanoes ...
VANDERBILT STUDENT VOLUNTEERS FOR SCIENCE
... Tend to have basaltic lava, which flows easily. STRATOVOLCANOES (Cinder Cone volcanoes): Are usually very tall and very steep. Erupt explosively all at once, sending out clouds of hot ash and gases as well as flows of lava. Mt. St. Helens and Vesuvius – the volcano that destroyed Pompeii – a ...
... Tend to have basaltic lava, which flows easily. STRATOVOLCANOES (Cinder Cone volcanoes): Are usually very tall and very steep. Erupt explosively all at once, sending out clouds of hot ash and gases as well as flows of lava. Mt. St. Helens and Vesuvius – the volcano that destroyed Pompeii – a ...
Geological time scale is hierarchical
... • Evolutionary radiations of most terrestrial families and many orders occurred after breakup of Pangaea and Panthalassa – resulted in rafting biotas, reduced gene flow, altered selective pressure and rapid speciation ...
... • Evolutionary radiations of most terrestrial families and many orders occurred after breakup of Pangaea and Panthalassa – resulted in rafting biotas, reduced gene flow, altered selective pressure and rapid speciation ...
Geodynamics and Tectonics
... There is general agreement that the 660km phase change does retard sinking subducting plates and bouyant rising melts during convection. There is also general agreement that plates can and do penetrate through 660 and that rising plumes and convective sheets rise through 660. Seismic tomograph ...
... There is general agreement that the 660km phase change does retard sinking subducting plates and bouyant rising melts during convection. There is also general agreement that plates can and do penetrate through 660 and that rising plumes and convective sheets rise through 660. Seismic tomograph ...
chapter 14
... 2. Sedimentary rock is formed from small, eroded ____________ of rock that are carried to downhill sites. Layers accumulate over time and an increase of weight and ________________ plus dissolved minerals ________ the sediment __________________ together to form sedimentary rock. 3. Metamorphic roc ...
... 2. Sedimentary rock is formed from small, eroded ____________ of rock that are carried to downhill sites. Layers accumulate over time and an increase of weight and ________________ plus dissolved minerals ________ the sediment __________________ together to form sedimentary rock. 3. Metamorphic roc ...
Natural Geologic Hazards
... Earthquake theory http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/re centeqsus/ ...
... Earthquake theory http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/re centeqsus/ ...
Ocean Topography presentation
... cast system extending some 40,000 miles through four of the world’s oceans ...
... cast system extending some 40,000 miles through four of the world’s oceans ...
Document
... plates cause them to grind into one another at convergent plate boundaries, move apart at divergent plate boundaries and slide past at transform plate boundaries. Figure 15-4 ...
... plates cause them to grind into one another at convergent plate boundaries, move apart at divergent plate boundaries and slide past at transform plate boundaries. Figure 15-4 ...
Chapter 2
... • In the Southern Hemisphere, about 80% of the total area is ocean. • The world ocean is divided into four large basins: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Arctic. ...
... • In the Southern Hemisphere, about 80% of the total area is ocean. • The world ocean is divided into four large basins: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Arctic. ...
Large igneous province
A large igneous province (LIP) is an extremely large accumulation of igneous rocks, including liquid rock (intrusive) or volcanic rock formations (extrusive), when hot magma extrudes from inside the Earth and flows out. The source of many or all LIPs is variously attributed to mantle plumes or to processes associated with plate tectonics. Types of LIPs can include large volcanic provinces (LVP), created through flood basalt and large plutonic provinces (LPP). Eleven distinct flood basalt episodes occurred in the past 250 million years, creating volcanic provinces, which coincided with mass extinctions in prehistoric times. Formation depends on a range of factors, such as continental configuration, latitude, volume, rate, duration of eruption, style and setting (continental vs. oceanic), the preexisting climate state, and the biota resilience to change.