GEOLOGY 11 EXAM I STUDY QUESTIONS What are the
... this distribution? How can we tell an earthquake from an underground explosion and, more importantly, how can we tell what kind of earth motion produced the earthquake? What is “liquefaction”? How are earthquake predictions made? What are the limitations of such predictions? What is the utility of s ...
... this distribution? How can we tell an earthquake from an underground explosion and, more importantly, how can we tell what kind of earth motion produced the earthquake? What is “liquefaction”? How are earthquake predictions made? What are the limitations of such predictions? What is the utility of s ...
Continental Drift and Sea-Floor Spreading 7.2
... 1. Continents fit together like puzzle pieces (mountain ranges lined up) 2. Mesosaurus – Reptile fossil found on South America and Africa – It couldn’t swim! 3. Glossopteris – Tropical plant fossil that was found in Antarctica! ...
... 1. Continents fit together like puzzle pieces (mountain ranges lined up) 2. Mesosaurus – Reptile fossil found on South America and Africa – It couldn’t swim! 3. Glossopteris – Tropical plant fossil that was found in Antarctica! ...
Earth`s Interior
... information. Your challenge will be to demonstrate your understanding (to the teacher) at the end of this activity, by describing or illustrating Earth’s interior. You may wish to incorporate an egg. ...
... information. Your challenge will be to demonstrate your understanding (to the teacher) at the end of this activity, by describing or illustrating Earth’s interior. You may wish to incorporate an egg. ...
Module 3, Investigation 3: Plate Tectonics Introduction Welcome
... The entire Earth’s surface is divided into pieces called "lithospheric" or “tectonic plates” and the movement of these plates over geologic time is called “plate tectonics”. There are seven or eight “major” plates, depending on how they are defined, and numerous minor plates. Turn on your Plate Geog ...
... The entire Earth’s surface is divided into pieces called "lithospheric" or “tectonic plates” and the movement of these plates over geologic time is called “plate tectonics”. There are seven or eight “major” plates, depending on how they are defined, and numerous minor plates. Turn on your Plate Geog ...
Volcanoesbackground_format
... by the downward-moving (subducting) plate as it becomes dehydrated during heating, this lowers the melting temperature of the overlying mantle, and magma is created. This magma slowly moves towards the surface, and where it reaches the surface it forms a volcano. Areas where two tectonic plates slid ...
... by the downward-moving (subducting) plate as it becomes dehydrated during heating, this lowers the melting temperature of the overlying mantle, and magma is created. This magma slowly moves towards the surface, and where it reaches the surface it forms a volcano. Areas where two tectonic plates slid ...
Earth Processes
... outer core The layer of Earth located between the inner core and the mantle. Pangaea The name German scientist Alfred Wegener gave to the supercontinent he believed existed before it broke up to form the continents; means “all lands.” plate A section of Earth’s crust and its corresponding section of ...
... outer core The layer of Earth located between the inner core and the mantle. Pangaea The name German scientist Alfred Wegener gave to the supercontinent he believed existed before it broke up to form the continents; means “all lands.” plate A section of Earth’s crust and its corresponding section of ...
A passive plate margin
... consumption of old plate. As this process occurs, new sea floor forms along the mid ocean ridge. PC version ...
... consumption of old plate. As this process occurs, new sea floor forms along the mid ocean ridge. PC version ...
Document
... study first hand how the Atlantic may have begun to form about 200 million years ago. Geologists believe that, if spreading continues, the three plates that meet at the edge of the present-day African continent will separate completely, allowing the Indian Ocean to flood the area and making the east ...
... study first hand how the Atlantic may have begun to form about 200 million years ago. Geologists believe that, if spreading continues, the three plates that meet at the edge of the present-day African continent will separate completely, allowing the Indian Ocean to flood the area and making the east ...
KS4 Extraction of Metals 1
... Explain why an igneous intrusion contains younger rock than the surrounding sedimentary rock Explain why sedimentary rocks may contain fossils and how the ages of the fossils found can indicate the age of the rock (the younger the fossils the younger the rock) Describe the structure of the Earth as ...
... Explain why an igneous intrusion contains younger rock than the surrounding sedimentary rock Explain why sedimentary rocks may contain fossils and how the ages of the fossils found can indicate the age of the rock (the younger the fossils the younger the rock) Describe the structure of the Earth as ...
1 Section 4.4 - Sea- Floor Spreading Directions
... 8) How is a mid-ocean ridge like the seam of a baseball? It curves along the sea floor extending into all of the Earth’s oceans 9) Where does most of the mid-ocean ridge lie? Underneath hundreds of meters of water 10) Identify an example of a place where a mid-ocean ridge lies above the ocean’s ...
... 8) How is a mid-ocean ridge like the seam of a baseball? It curves along the sea floor extending into all of the Earth’s oceans 9) Where does most of the mid-ocean ridge lie? Underneath hundreds of meters of water 10) Identify an example of a place where a mid-ocean ridge lies above the ocean’s ...
Ocean Basins (Chapter 19) - Ms. Whitt's Science Classes
... sent underwater that can do a various of jobs like taking photographs, collecting mineral samples. ...
... sent underwater that can do a various of jobs like taking photographs, collecting mineral samples. ...
Our Dynamic Earth
... • Volcanoes are mountains with openings in Earth’s crust through which magma, gases, and ash reach Earth’s surface. • Volcanoes can change Earth’s surface. • When the magma erupts from the volcano the top of the mountain can be changed, either built up or exploded off. ...
... • Volcanoes are mountains with openings in Earth’s crust through which magma, gases, and ash reach Earth’s surface. • Volcanoes can change Earth’s surface. • When the magma erupts from the volcano the top of the mountain can be changed, either built up or exploded off. ...
Plate Tectonics
... This gave evidence to the theory of seafloor spreading that was suggested by a Princeton University scientist, Harry Hess. Hess was on a Navy vessel in WW II, mapping the ocean floor with a fathometer - a type of sonar that used echo sounding to help ships know where the bottom of the ocean floor wa ...
... This gave evidence to the theory of seafloor spreading that was suggested by a Princeton University scientist, Harry Hess. Hess was on a Navy vessel in WW II, mapping the ocean floor with a fathometer - a type of sonar that used echo sounding to help ships know where the bottom of the ocean floor wa ...
Types of Volcanic Activity Classifications Eruption Size Volcanic
... • Scale of 0 to 8 conforms to a volume range of 104 to 1012 m3 • Range in column height <100 m to > 25 km • Common types: hawaiian, hawaiian, strombolian, vulcanian, plinian, ultraultra-plinian ...
... • Scale of 0 to 8 conforms to a volume range of 104 to 1012 m3 • Range in column height <100 m to > 25 km • Common types: hawaiian, hawaiian, strombolian, vulcanian, plinian, ultraultra-plinian ...
Earthquakes - Station Camp High School
... Craters are formed on volcanoes when a large explosion blows the top off. If the magma chamber below a volcano is empty, the volcano can fall in. The hole that is left in the ground is called a ...
... Craters are formed on volcanoes when a large explosion blows the top off. If the magma chamber below a volcano is empty, the volcano can fall in. The hole that is left in the ground is called a ...
No Slide Title - Brookville Local Schools
... O-O Convergent - Island Arc, Trench, Earthquakes C-C Divergent - Rift Valley, Earthquakes O-O Divergent - Mid-Ocean Ridge, Volcanoes, Earthquakes Transform - Earthquakes, Faults ...
... O-O Convergent - Island Arc, Trench, Earthquakes C-C Divergent - Rift Valley, Earthquakes O-O Divergent - Mid-Ocean Ridge, Volcanoes, Earthquakes Transform - Earthquakes, Faults ...
File
... – Solid inner core, liquid outer core – Swirling motion in the outer core produces the earth’s magnetic field ...
... – Solid inner core, liquid outer core – Swirling motion in the outer core produces the earth’s magnetic field ...
Slide 1
... The Caldera. Long Valley Caldera a 15- by 30-km oval-shaped depression located 20 km south of Mono Lake along the east side of the Sierra Nevada in east-central California. ...
... The Caldera. Long Valley Caldera a 15- by 30-km oval-shaped depression located 20 km south of Mono Lake along the east side of the Sierra Nevada in east-central California. ...
ES Ch 3 Quiz Review `13
... B. Continental Drift (Section 3-1 of Dynamic Earth text, “Evidence for Continental Drift” notes) • Know the meaning and origin of the theory of continental drift and the evidence Wegener used to support the idea. Be able to describe specific examples and how the evidence supports the idea of contine ...
... B. Continental Drift (Section 3-1 of Dynamic Earth text, “Evidence for Continental Drift” notes) • Know the meaning and origin of the theory of continental drift and the evidence Wegener used to support the idea. Be able to describe specific examples and how the evidence supports the idea of contine ...
inside earth
... Continental plates – granitic rocks, less dense, older Oceanic plates – basaltic rocks, denser, younger ...
... Continental plates – granitic rocks, less dense, older Oceanic plates – basaltic rocks, denser, younger ...
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.