Unit 3 Plate Tectonics Study Guide with answers
... 6. What is an example of a transform boundary? San Andreas 7. What can be formed when to oceanic plates collide? Mid ocean ridges or mountains under the sea 8. What is the driving force behind the plates? Convection currents in mantle 9. What is an underwater mountain chain called? Mid ocean ridges ...
... 6. What is an example of a transform boundary? San Andreas 7. What can be formed when to oceanic plates collide? Mid ocean ridges or mountains under the sea 8. What is the driving force behind the plates? Convection currents in mantle 9. What is an underwater mountain chain called? Mid ocean ridges ...
Constructive Forces Power Point
... The ocean floor is made of basalt! The farther away from ridge the older the rock! ...
... The ocean floor is made of basalt! The farther away from ridge the older the rock! ...
Crust Solid surface, with great expanses of wate Mantle
... EARTHQUAKES – Plates are giant slabs of rock pushing on each other. They do not glide by smoothly! Sometimes they build up huge amount of energy and then slip violently – an Earthquake! ...
... EARTHQUAKES – Plates are giant slabs of rock pushing on each other. They do not glide by smoothly! Sometimes they build up huge amount of energy and then slip violently – an Earthquake! ...
The What of Plate Tectonics
... Oceanic ridges are continuous elevated zones on the floor of all major ocean basins. The rifts at the crest of ridges represent divergent plate boundaries Rift valleys are deep faulted structures found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries. They can develop on the seafloor or on land ...
... Oceanic ridges are continuous elevated zones on the floor of all major ocean basins. The rifts at the crest of ridges represent divergent plate boundaries Rift valleys are deep faulted structures found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries. They can develop on the seafloor or on land ...
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... 18. A ________________________ can also form where two oceanic plates converge. In this case, the colder, older, ________________________ oceanic plate bends and sinks down into the mantle. 19. No subduction occurs when two ________________________ plates collide. 20. Because _______________________ ...
... 18. A ________________________ can also form where two oceanic plates converge. In this case, the colder, older, ________________________ oceanic plate bends and sinks down into the mantle. 19. No subduction occurs when two ________________________ plates collide. 20. Because _______________________ ...
Plate Tectonics Student Booklet part 3.doc
... The small earthquakes (less than 7 on the Richter Scale) that occur in Australia are due to friction caused by movement of the continent as it is carried along on the Indo-Australian Plate. The comparatively recent (starting 33 million years ago) volcanic activity that occurred in Australia was asso ...
... The small earthquakes (less than 7 on the Richter Scale) that occur in Australia are due to friction caused by movement of the continent as it is carried along on the Indo-Australian Plate. The comparatively recent (starting 33 million years ago) volcanic activity that occurred in Australia was asso ...
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... 5. The Earth’s Mantle is made up of very hot material that rises to the top of the mantle, cools, than sink, and rises up again. THIS ACTION IS KNOWIN AS CONVECTION CURRENTS. 5.1 What are CONVECTION CURRENTS? Draw a picture as well. ___________________________________________________________________ ...
... 5. The Earth’s Mantle is made up of very hot material that rises to the top of the mantle, cools, than sink, and rises up again. THIS ACTION IS KNOWIN AS CONVECTION CURRENTS. 5.1 What are CONVECTION CURRENTS? Draw a picture as well. ___________________________________________________________________ ...
Worksheet: The movement of tectonic plates
... Flat land becomes mountains and valleys when portions of the land are uplifted. Varying forces within the Earth’s crust can cause this uplift. Forces pushing toward each other can make the rock fold or fault (break and move). Fault-block landforms (mountains, hills, ridges, etc,) may form when larg ...
... Flat land becomes mountains and valleys when portions of the land are uplifted. Varying forces within the Earth’s crust can cause this uplift. Forces pushing toward each other can make the rock fold or fault (break and move). Fault-block landforms (mountains, hills, ridges, etc,) may form when larg ...
Rocks
... 1. How does an igneous rock change into a sedimentary rock? 2. How does a sedimentary rock change into a metamorphic rock? 3. How does a metamorphic rock change into an igneous rock? 4. What is an index mineral? 5. How are metamorphic rocks classified? ...
... 1. How does an igneous rock change into a sedimentary rock? 2. How does a sedimentary rock change into a metamorphic rock? 3. How does a metamorphic rock change into an igneous rock? 4. What is an index mineral? 5. How are metamorphic rocks classified? ...
tectonic plates.
... form larger plates. The thinnest parts of the larger plates split to form the “edges” we see today. ...
... form larger plates. The thinnest parts of the larger plates split to form the “edges” we see today. ...
adult - Old Colony Council
... Amateur geologists can simulate how plates move on the Earth’s surface. The term tectonics originates from the Greek word “tektõn,” referring to a builder or architect. Plate tectonics suggests that large features on Earth’s surface, such as continents, ocean basins, and mountain ranges, result from ...
... Amateur geologists can simulate how plates move on the Earth’s surface. The term tectonics originates from the Greek word “tektõn,” referring to a builder or architect. Plate tectonics suggests that large features on Earth’s surface, such as continents, ocean basins, and mountain ranges, result from ...
Lecture presentation - NAU jan.ucc.nau.edu web server
... Intrusive igneous features continued • Batholith • Largest intrusive body • Surface exposure > 100+ km2 (smaller bodies are termed stocks) • Frequently form the cores of mountains ...
... Intrusive igneous features continued • Batholith • Largest intrusive body • Surface exposure > 100+ km2 (smaller bodies are termed stocks) • Frequently form the cores of mountains ...
Rock Cycle
... 1. Go to www.phschool.com 2. Enter cfp-1056 into the Web Code area on the top left hand side of the web page. 3. Press the yellow circle to the right of the area where you entered the web code. 4. Press the orange start button. 5. Read the description at the top of the page titled “The Rock cycle” a ...
... 1. Go to www.phschool.com 2. Enter cfp-1056 into the Web Code area on the top left hand side of the web page. 3. Press the yellow circle to the right of the area where you entered the web code. 4. Press the orange start button. 5. Read the description at the top of the page titled “The Rock cycle” a ...
divergent boundary. Results in volcanos and seafloor spreading
... found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean ...
... found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean ...
Week 10c_2015
... its depth or the position of the fish in the water column, the round-trip travel time for a reflected Pwave can be used to determine the depth of various boundaries CMB = 2900 km. ...
... its depth or the position of the fish in the water column, the round-trip travel time for a reflected Pwave can be used to determine the depth of various boundaries CMB = 2900 km. ...
Practical 3 - Tectonic forces 1 Slab pull and viscosity of the
... Combine equations 1 and 2 to express the density difference between of the oceanic lithosphere and the mantle using the temperature profile of the oceanic lithosphere predicted by the half-space cooling model. 4. One of the properties of the error function is that ...
... Combine equations 1 and 2 to express the density difference between of the oceanic lithosphere and the mantle using the temperature profile of the oceanic lithosphere predicted by the half-space cooling model. 4. One of the properties of the error function is that ...
Study Questions for Exam #2
... b. A convergent zone that produces a deep trench c. A convergent zone that melts rock at depth and produces a linear volcanic mountain range inland d. All of the above e. None of the above 8. Of what are the fold belts of the Appalachian Mtns of eastern N. America a surface expression? a. An accrete ...
... b. A convergent zone that produces a deep trench c. A convergent zone that melts rock at depth and produces a linear volcanic mountain range inland d. All of the above e. None of the above 8. Of what are the fold belts of the Appalachian Mtns of eastern N. America a surface expression? a. An accrete ...
Geology of British Columbia and Vancouver Island
... of British Columbia Accretion of the Intermontane SuperTerrane and consequent thrusting and folding of existing sedimentary rocks into the Rocky Mountains. Approach of more micro-continents. Subduction related volcanism and intrusive bodies. ...
... of British Columbia Accretion of the Intermontane SuperTerrane and consequent thrusting and folding of existing sedimentary rocks into the Rocky Mountains. Approach of more micro-continents. Subduction related volcanism and intrusive bodies. ...
Chapter 11 Section 1 Notes
... • The mobile rock beneath the rigid plates is believed to be moving in a circular manner. • The heated magma rises to the surface, spreads and begins to cool, then sinks to the bottom of the mantle where it is reheated and rises again. ...
... • The mobile rock beneath the rigid plates is believed to be moving in a circular manner. • The heated magma rises to the surface, spreads and begins to cool, then sinks to the bottom of the mantle where it is reheated and rises again. ...
File - earth science online
... • Enables plates to move above it – It is the site of magma generation Mesosphere Mesosphere Mesosphere: the strong, lower part of the mantle, beneath the asthenosphere, that extends down to the core. Rocks are very hot and capable of very gradual flow The Mantle (cont.) The mantle convects – Convec ...
... • Enables plates to move above it – It is the site of magma generation Mesosphere Mesosphere Mesosphere: the strong, lower part of the mantle, beneath the asthenosphere, that extends down to the core. Rocks are very hot and capable of very gradual flow The Mantle (cont.) The mantle convects – Convec ...
Earth Science Unit Test 8.E.5A
... freshwater reptile that existed on Earth about 250 million years ago. Which statement best explains why these freshwater Mesosaurus fossils are found today in some rock layers in both South America and Africa? a. Mesosaurus swam across the ocean between the continents. b. The continents were once co ...
... freshwater reptile that existed on Earth about 250 million years ago. Which statement best explains why these freshwater Mesosaurus fossils are found today in some rock layers in both South America and Africa? a. Mesosaurus swam across the ocean between the continents. b. The continents were once co ...
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.