Earth Science – Quiz 2
... 18. ________ denotes the exposed, crescent-shaped rupture surface at the head of a slump. A) Scoop B) Sole C) Toe D) Scarp 19. Consider a weathered rock or soil particle lying on a slope. How will the gravitational force pulling the particle downward along the land surface vary with the inclination ...
... 18. ________ denotes the exposed, crescent-shaped rupture surface at the head of a slump. A) Scoop B) Sole C) Toe D) Scarp 19. Consider a weathered rock or soil particle lying on a slope. How will the gravitational force pulling the particle downward along the land surface vary with the inclination ...
Rocks and the Rock Cycle
... • Intrusive rock *magma that hardens within earth’s crust *pushes into the crust *also called plutonic rock: (Greek) means “Hades, the god of the underworld” “Pluto” is the Roman underworld god ...
... • Intrusive rock *magma that hardens within earth’s crust *pushes into the crust *also called plutonic rock: (Greek) means “Hades, the god of the underworld” “Pluto” is the Roman underworld god ...
Plate Tectonics and the Distribution of Major Landform Features
... material. STAGE 3 Also, the top surface of the plate has water within its structure. The presence of water lowers the melting point of the rocks. Magma reaches the surface in bubbles known as plutons. Reaching the earth’s surface, quantities of this magma build volcanoes, which tend to form volcanic ...
... material. STAGE 3 Also, the top surface of the plate has water within its structure. The presence of water lowers the melting point of the rocks. Magma reaches the surface in bubbles known as plutons. Reaching the earth’s surface, quantities of this magma build volcanoes, which tend to form volcanic ...
view as PDF - New Mexico Geological Society
... Permian bedrock. Lake and lahar deposits are overlain by a succession of interbedded volcanic lava flows, pyroclastic flows, and volcaniclastic conglomerate and sandstone, all of which have intermediate compositions. These rocks are interpreted to represent lava flows, basal surge deposits, and high ...
... Permian bedrock. Lake and lahar deposits are overlain by a succession of interbedded volcanic lava flows, pyroclastic flows, and volcaniclastic conglomerate and sandstone, all of which have intermediate compositions. These rocks are interpreted to represent lava flows, basal surge deposits, and high ...
GEOG - Unit 1
... • Currents act like rivers flowing through the ocean • This helps distribute heat around the world • Tides are the regular rising and falling of the ocean - created by gravitational pull of the moon or sun • Motion of ocean helps distribute heat on the planet - winds are heated and cooled by ocean w ...
... • Currents act like rivers flowing through the ocean • This helps distribute heat around the world • Tides are the regular rising and falling of the ocean - created by gravitational pull of the moon or sun • Motion of ocean helps distribute heat on the planet - winds are heated and cooled by ocean w ...
The Uplifting Experience of Utah`s Henry Mountains: A Sill Lee Way
... and in a region of the Western United States known as the Colorado Plateau. The Colorado Plateau is an elevated, mildly folded and faulted land area (all features created were due to plate tectonics), that was formed as a single geological unit. Geologists call land areas that have similar geologica ...
... and in a region of the Western United States known as the Colorado Plateau. The Colorado Plateau is an elevated, mildly folded and faulted land area (all features created were due to plate tectonics), that was formed as a single geological unit. Geologists call land areas that have similar geologica ...
Dynamic Earth Assessment Test Results
... b. Mountain formation c. Volcanic eruption d. Rift formation You answered correctly! 12. Which of these statements is correct? a. Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust. b. Continental crust is thinner than oceanic crust. c. Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust. d. Continental an ...
... b. Mountain formation c. Volcanic eruption d. Rift formation You answered correctly! 12. Which of these statements is correct? a. Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust. b. Continental crust is thinner than oceanic crust. c. Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust. d. Continental an ...
Short course program: Earth and planetary materials and dynamics
... BS: Reference frames for plate motion and true polar wander A: BS: Relation between geoid, topography, volcanism and mantle dynamics, Earth and planets Tobias Rolf (CEED, Oslo): Linking surface observations and internal dynamics through mantle convection modelling of Earth and Venus Planetary meltin ...
... BS: Reference frames for plate motion and true polar wander A: BS: Relation between geoid, topography, volcanism and mantle dynamics, Earth and planets Tobias Rolf (CEED, Oslo): Linking surface observations and internal dynamics through mantle convection modelling of Earth and Venus Planetary meltin ...
Slide 1
... 5. Pyroclastic Materials a) Particles produced in volcanic eruptions are called pyroclastic materials b) The fragments ejected range in size from very fine dust and volcanic ash to pieces that weigh several tons ...
... 5. Pyroclastic Materials a) Particles produced in volcanic eruptions are called pyroclastic materials b) The fragments ejected range in size from very fine dust and volcanic ash to pieces that weigh several tons ...
PlateInteractions1
... Use the map to answer the following questions. Put your answers on the back of the map. 1. What is the name of the plate that we live on? 2. About where on the plate is New York City (on ...
... Use the map to answer the following questions. Put your answers on the back of the map. 1. What is the name of the plate that we live on? 2. About where on the plate is New York City (on ...
The seabed off the coast of mainland Ecuador and around the
... The CAR, which is a hotspot trace of GHS, is considerate one of the extension of the GVP as a natural prolongation of the Ecuadorian continental shelf related to article 76 UNCLOS, moves along with the Nazca Plate in relative to the GHS. The CAR stands 1.2 to 2.7 km higher than the surrounding seafl ...
... The CAR, which is a hotspot trace of GHS, is considerate one of the extension of the GVP as a natural prolongation of the Ecuadorian continental shelf related to article 76 UNCLOS, moves along with the Nazca Plate in relative to the GHS. The CAR stands 1.2 to 2.7 km higher than the surrounding seafl ...
Metamorphic Rocks
... A rock that has been changed from its original (parent) by heat, pressure and/or fluids into a new rock (daughter) ...
... A rock that has been changed from its original (parent) by heat, pressure and/or fluids into a new rock (daughter) ...
Earth Processes Test Review Sheet
... this unit, hardness Why? it narrows the search down the most Which property is the least useful in identifying a mineral? Color Why? more than one mineral can be the same color and the same mineral can be found in more than one colors ...
... this unit, hardness Why? it narrows the search down the most Which property is the least useful in identifying a mineral? Color Why? more than one mineral can be the same color and the same mineral can be found in more than one colors ...
Plate boundaries and rates Plate rates Plate rates
... Suggests Ridge Push is not very important. ...
... Suggests Ridge Push is not very important. ...
IgPetLab6
... Lab 6: Plutonic Rocks II: A Zoned Dyke Until now, we have focused on magmas and their liquid line of descent during crystal fractionation as reflected in the spectrum of erupted lava compositions. We have largely ignored the solid crystal assemblage that must be extracted from the magma to produce t ...
... Lab 6: Plutonic Rocks II: A Zoned Dyke Until now, we have focused on magmas and their liquid line of descent during crystal fractionation as reflected in the spectrum of erupted lava compositions. We have largely ignored the solid crystal assemblage that must be extracted from the magma to produce t ...
Lesson Title: Tectonic Forces World Geography, Module 1, Lesson 6
... To learn more about volcanoes, read below and study the map: The "Ring of Fire" is an arc stretching from New Zealand, along the eastern edge of Asia, north across the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and south along the coast of North and South America. The Ring of Fire is composed of over 75% of the w ...
... To learn more about volcanoes, read below and study the map: The "Ring of Fire" is an arc stretching from New Zealand, along the eastern edge of Asia, north across the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and south along the coast of North and South America. The Ring of Fire is composed of over 75% of the w ...
PDF - UCSB Earth Science - University of California, Santa Barbara
... structural and mineralization styles. We are currently studying the transition from the LVC “normal” andesite arc to the UVC ignimbrite flareup in the Temoris region (Fig. 1), where post-ignimbrite extension has brought these rocks to the surface over an approximately 400 km2 area. In their summary ...
... structural and mineralization styles. We are currently studying the transition from the LVC “normal” andesite arc to the UVC ignimbrite flareup in the Temoris region (Fig. 1), where post-ignimbrite extension has brought these rocks to the surface over an approximately 400 km2 area. In their summary ...
Basaltic and Gabbroic Rocks
... (MORBs). In some areas, particularly Iceland, where there has been a large outpouring of basalts on the oceanic ridge, basalts called Enriched Mid Ocean Ridge Basalts (EMORBs) have been erupted. 2. Oceanic Islands - these are islands in the ocean basins that generally occur away from plate boundarie ...
... (MORBs). In some areas, particularly Iceland, where there has been a large outpouring of basalts on the oceanic ridge, basalts called Enriched Mid Ocean Ridge Basalts (EMORBs) have been erupted. 2. Oceanic Islands - these are islands in the ocean basins that generally occur away from plate boundarie ...
Provincial Exam Review: Earth Science Natural Causes of Climate
... 16. Why is ozone important to the environment? A. It is a greenhouse gas at low altitudes. B. It screens out ultraviolet light at high altitudes. C. It breaks apart to form oxygen gas. D. It is a poison. 17. What effect does melting polar ice in the Arctic have on Canadian polar bears? A. Their abi ...
... 16. Why is ozone important to the environment? A. It is a greenhouse gas at low altitudes. B. It screens out ultraviolet light at high altitudes. C. It breaks apart to form oxygen gas. D. It is a poison. 17. What effect does melting polar ice in the Arctic have on Canadian polar bears? A. Their abi ...
NAME: Class Period 2 3 4 5 6 BIG Test Review – answer these
... Permineralized remains: fossils in which spaces inside are filled with minerals from groundwater Carbon film: results when a thin film or carbon residue forms a silhouette of the original organism; carbonized plant materials becomes coal Mold: cavity in rock left when the hard parts of an orga ...
... Permineralized remains: fossils in which spaces inside are filled with minerals from groundwater Carbon film: results when a thin film or carbon residue forms a silhouette of the original organism; carbonized plant materials becomes coal Mold: cavity in rock left when the hard parts of an orga ...
Plate Boundary: Oceanic-Continental
... against each other or pull away which causes much pressure and results to the different types of faults; or in the case of volcanoes, results in spreading or sinking. When the plates spread or sink it causes melting, that creates molten rock. When this molten rock is beneath earth’s surface it is ca ...
... against each other or pull away which causes much pressure and results to the different types of faults; or in the case of volcanoes, results in spreading or sinking. When the plates spread or sink it causes melting, that creates molten rock. When this molten rock is beneath earth’s surface it is ca ...
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.