Title: Sum of the Parts
... MS-ESS2-3. Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions. [Clarification Statement: Examples of data include similarities of rock and fossil types on different continents, the shapes of t ...
... MS-ESS2-3. Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions. [Clarification Statement: Examples of data include similarities of rock and fossil types on different continents, the shapes of t ...
9-19 Sea Floor Spreading.notebook
... a mid-ocean ridge as new crust is added • As a result, the ocean floors move like conveyor belts, carrying the continents along with them ...
... a mid-ocean ridge as new crust is added • As a result, the ocean floors move like conveyor belts, carrying the continents along with them ...
Vocabulary Chapter 14
... Scientist relate this impact to the mass extinction wiping out the dinosaurs ...
... Scientist relate this impact to the mass extinction wiping out the dinosaurs ...
continental drift
... – off a satellite, to a station on another plate – measure the elapsed time – after sufficient time has passed to detect motion – measure the elapsed time again – use the difference in elapsed times to calculate – the rate of movement between the two plates ...
... – off a satellite, to a station on another plate – measure the elapsed time – after sufficient time has passed to detect motion – measure the elapsed time again – use the difference in elapsed times to calculate – the rate of movement between the two plates ...
Ap World History Fall 2013-14 Joela Basse Room 203 Joela.Basse
... Chapter 12: Blueprints and Borrowed Letters Why did only some people , and not other, develop writing? How many separate times did writing evolve in human history, under what circumstances, and for what uses? ...
... Chapter 12: Blueprints and Borrowed Letters Why did only some people , and not other, develop writing? How many separate times did writing evolve in human history, under what circumstances, and for what uses? ...
Plate Tectonics Guided Notes NAME__________________________________________________________D_____________P_____
... Collision Zones and Mountains What happens when two continental plates collide? Because the rock making up continental plates is generally _________________________ and ________________ ______________ than oceanic rock, it is too light to get pulled under the earth and ______________ into magma. Ins ...
... Collision Zones and Mountains What happens when two continental plates collide? Because the rock making up continental plates is generally _________________________ and ________________ ______________ than oceanic rock, it is too light to get pulled under the earth and ______________ into magma. Ins ...
View Sample
... It is the thinnest part of the crust, its thickness an average of 8km Oceanic crust is heavy (heavier than continental) Most common rock is basalt Rocks of the oceanic crust are often referred to as sima this refers to their most common mineral components silica and magnesium Layer 2- The mantle Thi ...
... It is the thinnest part of the crust, its thickness an average of 8km Oceanic crust is heavy (heavier than continental) Most common rock is basalt Rocks of the oceanic crust are often referred to as sima this refers to their most common mineral components silica and magnesium Layer 2- The mantle Thi ...
Ocean - abyss of time planet earth
... How do the lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere interact at mid-ocean ridges, and what role did these interactions play in the origin of life on Earth? Huge “cracks” in the Earth’s surface are formed when the tectonic plates that make up our planet’s outer shell move apart. These cracks run mostly ...
... How do the lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere interact at mid-ocean ridges, and what role did these interactions play in the origin of life on Earth? Huge “cracks” in the Earth’s surface are formed when the tectonic plates that make up our planet’s outer shell move apart. These cracks run mostly ...
The Sea Floor
... 4. OCEAN SEDIMENTS are all the unconsolidated materials on the sea floor, loose fragments of rocks, minerals, ash, or organic material that are transported from their source and deposited by air, wind, ice, or water. Also some sediments are chemically precipitated from overlying water or form chemic ...
... 4. OCEAN SEDIMENTS are all the unconsolidated materials on the sea floor, loose fragments of rocks, minerals, ash, or organic material that are transported from their source and deposited by air, wind, ice, or water. Also some sediments are chemically precipitated from overlying water or form chemic ...
Earth Communication
... section each day. Each section will include three parts: vocabulary definitions, inquiry based questions based on your own life and on the material provided, and completion of graphs, diagrams or maps. Please complete one section only each day. You will not be permitted to take the packet home as th ...
... section each day. Each section will include three parts: vocabulary definitions, inquiry based questions based on your own life and on the material provided, and completion of graphs, diagrams or maps. Please complete one section only each day. You will not be permitted to take the packet home as th ...
Earth Communication
... section each day. Each section will include three parts: vocabulary definitions, inquiry based questions based on your own life and on the material provided, and completion of graphs, diagrams or maps. Please complete one section only each day. You will not be permitted to take the packet home as th ...
... section each day. Each section will include three parts: vocabulary definitions, inquiry based questions based on your own life and on the material provided, and completion of graphs, diagrams or maps. Please complete one section only each day. You will not be permitted to take the packet home as th ...
Precambrian Research How not to build a supercontinent: A reply to
... there is still no consensus regarding the number of participating cratons, their relative configuration within the supercontinent and the chronology and mode of assembly and break-up of the supercontinent”. Healthy debates on alternative reconstructions based on sound scientific observations and appro ...
... there is still no consensus regarding the number of participating cratons, their relative configuration within the supercontinent and the chronology and mode of assembly and break-up of the supercontinent”. Healthy debates on alternative reconstructions based on sound scientific observations and appro ...
Activity EarthBeneath 150209
... 2) Which of the following oceans have become bigger? smaller? remained the same? (Look at the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Indian Ocean.) 3) Look at the symbol for diverging plate boundary. Would you expect that Africa (or part of it) might eventually become separated from Asia? Explain (CS). ...
... 2) Which of the following oceans have become bigger? smaller? remained the same? (Look at the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Indian Ocean.) 3) Look at the symbol for diverging plate boundary. Would you expect that Africa (or part of it) might eventually become separated from Asia? Explain (CS). ...
Carbonate rocks
... • Rarely in areas where there is a significant input of terrigenous material • Mostly at depths of less than a few tens of metres, but in some cases in deeper water (up to 4000 m max.) ...
... • Rarely in areas where there is a significant input of terrigenous material • Mostly at depths of less than a few tens of metres, but in some cases in deeper water (up to 4000 m max.) ...
Plate Tectonics
... • Fossils found in Antarctic soil indicate that the now frigid continent was once lush with trees and ferns, and home to dinosaurs, amphibians, and later, marsupials. ...
... • Fossils found in Antarctic soil indicate that the now frigid continent was once lush with trees and ferns, and home to dinosaurs, amphibians, and later, marsupials. ...
LESSON 2 EARTH`S MOVING CONTINENTS Chapter 5 Changes
... spreading. The evidence includes the age of seafloor rocks (the youngest are at mid-ocean ridges); the type of rock involved (volcanic); and the magnetism of the rock (which indicates that rock formed when poles were aligned in ...
... spreading. The evidence includes the age of seafloor rocks (the youngest are at mid-ocean ridges); the type of rock involved (volcanic); and the magnetism of the rock (which indicates that rock formed when poles were aligned in ...
Worksheets - Keep It Simple Science
... side of the rift. All these facts point to the oceanic crust being created and spreading from the central rift. Seismology patterns give more evidence. The vast majority of l)............................ and ......................... occur along the plate m)........................... ...
... side of the rift. All these facts point to the oceanic crust being created and spreading from the central rift. Seismology patterns give more evidence. The vast majority of l)............................ and ......................... occur along the plate m)........................... ...
Tymms et al Nice abstract
... Recent observations of depth dependent (heterogeneous) stretching where upper crustal extension is much less than that of the lower crust and lithospheric mantle at both non-volcanic and volcanic margins plus the discovery of broad domains of exhumed continental mantle at non-volcanic rifted margins ...
... Recent observations of depth dependent (heterogeneous) stretching where upper crustal extension is much less than that of the lower crust and lithospheric mantle at both non-volcanic and volcanic margins plus the discovery of broad domains of exhumed continental mantle at non-volcanic rifted margins ...
PLATE TECTONICS: BIRTH OF A THEORY
... Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist, studied the fit of the continental margins and the distribution of rock types. He was intrigued by the jigsaw-puzzle fit of continents now separated by ocean basins. Not only did widely separated continents appear to fit together, but he found remarkable geolo ...
... Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist, studied the fit of the continental margins and the distribution of rock types. He was intrigued by the jigsaw-puzzle fit of continents now separated by ocean basins. Not only did widely separated continents appear to fit together, but he found remarkable geolo ...
Ocean - International Year of Planet Earth
... How do the lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere interact at mid-ocean ridges, and what role did these interactions play in the origin of life on Earth? Huge cracks in the Earth’s surface are formed when the tectonic plates that make up our planet’s outer shell move apart. These cracks run mostly t ...
... How do the lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere interact at mid-ocean ridges, and what role did these interactions play in the origin of life on Earth? Huge cracks in the Earth’s surface are formed when the tectonic plates that make up our planet’s outer shell move apart. These cracks run mostly t ...
Prepared by Erhan Turgut
... Naturally the record is incomplete. Many events of earlier geologic time have been obscured or obliterated by later events occurring in the same region. The record as known today has been pieced out from fragmentary evidence gathered from every possible source and from every remote corner of the ea ...
... Naturally the record is incomplete. Many events of earlier geologic time have been obscured or obliterated by later events occurring in the same region. The record as known today has been pieced out from fragmentary evidence gathered from every possible source and from every remote corner of the ea ...
Chapter 19 - Heritage Collegiate
... have moved in from the sea. Wegener explained that if Pangaea was situated with South Africa centered on the South Pole, then the presence of glaciers on Pangaea near the South Pole could explain the existence of the glacial till and the striations and grooves that currently exist on continents very ...
... have moved in from the sea. Wegener explained that if Pangaea was situated with South Africa centered on the South Pole, then the presence of glaciers on Pangaea near the South Pole could explain the existence of the glacial till and the striations and grooves that currently exist on continents very ...
The Ocean Floor Bethany Ostlund 4th Grade The Ocean Floor
... The green colors are the spreading ridges, older crust, that moves away from the ridge as new crust is formed. The blue colors are the oldest regions of the seafloor. They are either next to continents, or are near areas on Earth where seduction is taking place. ...
... The green colors are the spreading ridges, older crust, that moves away from the ridge as new crust is formed. The blue colors are the oldest regions of the seafloor. They are either next to continents, or are near areas on Earth where seduction is taking place. ...
Short-Hand Notes
... 2) 180 million years ago a) 180 million years ago a rift started to form between north America and Europe which were joined together. (I) This rift split Pangea into two smaller contents (i) Laurasia- north America, Europe, and Asia (ii) Gondwana- prehistoric super continent that was composed of eve ...
... 2) 180 million years ago a) 180 million years ago a rift started to form between north America and Europe which were joined together. (I) This rift split Pangea into two smaller contents (i) Laurasia- north America, Europe, and Asia (ii) Gondwana- prehistoric super continent that was composed of eve ...
Geological history of Earth
The geological history of Earth follows the major events in Earth's past based on the geologic time scale, a system of chronological measurement based on the study of the planet's rock layers (stratigraphy). Earth formed about 4.54 billion years ago by accretion from the solar nebula, a disk-shaped mass of dust and gas left over from the formation of the Sun, which also created the rest of the Solar System.Earth was initially molten due to extreme volcanism and frequent collisions with other bodies. Eventually, the outer layer of the planet cooled to form a solid crust when water began accumulating in the atmosphere. The Moon formed soon afterwards, possibly as the result of a Mars-sized object with about 10% of the Earth's mass impacting the planet in a glancing blow. Some of this object's mass merged with the Earth, significantly altering its internal composition, and a portion was ejected into space. Some of the material survived to form an orbiting moon. Outgassing and volcanic activity produced the primordial atmosphere. Condensing water vapor, augmented by ice delivered from comets, produced the oceans.As the surface continually reshaped itself over hundreds of millions of years, continents formed and broke apart. They migrated across the surface, occasionally combining to form a supercontinent. Roughly 750 million years ago, the earliest-known supercontinent Rodinia, began to break apart. The continents later recombined to form Pannotia, 600 to 540 million years ago, then finally Pangaea, which broke apart 180 million years ago.The present pattern of ice ages began about 40 million years ago, then intensified at the end of the Pliocene. The polar regions have since undergone repeated cycles of glaciation and thaw, repeating every 40,000–100,000 years. The last glacial period of the current ice age ended about 10,000 years ago.