1 Section 4.4 - Sea- Floor Spreading Directions
... Identify three examples of convergent boundaries. 1) oceanic and oceanic crust - more dense plate subducts 2) oceanic and continental crust - more dense oceanic plate subducts beneath less dense continental plate 3) continental and continental crust - both plates pushed upwards ...
... Identify three examples of convergent boundaries. 1) oceanic and oceanic crust - more dense plate subducts 2) oceanic and continental crust - more dense oceanic plate subducts beneath less dense continental plate 3) continental and continental crust - both plates pushed upwards ...
Chapter 11 -2 Study Guide
... Seismic waves that do not travel through the Earth as fast as P waves are called Secondary Waves or S – Waves. S waves travel through solids. -Not liquids or gases Surface Waves or L waves L waves originate (start) on the Earth’s surface at the epicenter. They move along the surface the way wa ...
... Seismic waves that do not travel through the Earth as fast as P waves are called Secondary Waves or S – Waves. S waves travel through solids. -Not liquids or gases Surface Waves or L waves L waves originate (start) on the Earth’s surface at the epicenter. They move along the surface the way wa ...
Chapter 4
... Chapter 4- Review 1) What is indirect evidence? 2) What are seismic waves? 3) How do geologist know about the Earth’s interior? 4) What happens to pressure and temperature as one descends through the Earth? 5) What is pressure? 6) Identify the four layers of the Earth from the outside and moving in. ...
... Chapter 4- Review 1) What is indirect evidence? 2) What are seismic waves? 3) How do geologist know about the Earth’s interior? 4) What happens to pressure and temperature as one descends through the Earth? 5) What is pressure? 6) Identify the four layers of the Earth from the outside and moving in. ...
Unit 7 Review Because of the weight of the rock above, pressure
... 4. The crust beneath the ocean is called ____________________ crust. Pg 318 5. Oceanic crust consists mostly of dense rocks such as ____________________. Pg 318 6. ____________________ crust, the crust that forms the continents, consists mainly of less dense rocks such as granite. Pg 318 7. Below th ...
... 4. The crust beneath the ocean is called ____________________ crust. Pg 318 5. Oceanic crust consists mostly of dense rocks such as ____________________. Pg 318 6. ____________________ crust, the crust that forms the continents, consists mainly of less dense rocks such as granite. Pg 318 7. Below th ...
Introduction to Plate Tectonics California Geology 20
... a wellwell-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena. ...
... a wellwell-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena. ...
Vocabulary #3
... Epicenter: A point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the place where the underground forces of an earthquake originate. ...
... Epicenter: A point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the place where the underground forces of an earthquake originate. ...
Interior of the Earth
... P waves travel faster through solids than S waves S waves travel faster through solids than P waves P and S waves travel through solids at the same speed ...
... P waves travel faster through solids than S waves S waves travel faster through solids than P waves P and S waves travel through solids at the same speed ...
1. Divergent Boundary
... The Earth's longest mountain chain isn't the Andes in South America, or the Himalayas in Asia, or even North America's Rockies. It's an underwater chain of mountains 47,000 miles long. The chain runs down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (surfacing at Iceland), around Africa, through the Indian Ocea ...
... The Earth's longest mountain chain isn't the Andes in South America, or the Himalayas in Asia, or even North America's Rockies. It's an underwater chain of mountains 47,000 miles long. The chain runs down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (surfacing at Iceland), around Africa, through the Indian Ocea ...
Ensy 12 – Unit: Natural Disasters
... unnoticed at sea. They grow in height when they reach shallower water, in a wave shoaling process as seen in the diagram. A tsunami can occur in any tidal state and even at low tide can still flood coastal areas. ...
... unnoticed at sea. They grow in height when they reach shallower water, in a wave shoaling process as seen in the diagram. A tsunami can occur in any tidal state and even at low tide can still flood coastal areas. ...
Earth Science
... The remainder of Earth’s surface energy is transferred to the atmosphere in a more complex exchange involving sensible and latent heat. • Sensible heat is the energy associated with the temperature of a body. A warm surface will be at a higher temperature. Sensible heat flows from the surface to the ...
... The remainder of Earth’s surface energy is transferred to the atmosphere in a more complex exchange involving sensible and latent heat. • Sensible heat is the energy associated with the temperature of a body. A warm surface will be at a higher temperature. Sensible heat flows from the surface to the ...
Evaluating the lines of evidence for plate tectonics
... Plate tectonics, which you will investigate in detail this week, is the accepted idea in the scientific community about how the Earth works. It explains geologic phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountainbuilding. However, it took decades of careful observations, interpretati ...
... Plate tectonics, which you will investigate in detail this week, is the accepted idea in the scientific community about how the Earth works. It explains geologic phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountainbuilding. However, it took decades of careful observations, interpretati ...
4. Plate Tectonics II (p. 46-67)
... Where does the fastest plate motion occur on Earth? ___________________________ How fast is the spreading rate at this ridge? ________ cm/year How many tectonic plates are there? _______________ These plates consist of brittle crust and upper mantle, (called the ____________________) floating around ...
... Where does the fastest plate motion occur on Earth? ___________________________ How fast is the spreading rate at this ridge? ________ cm/year How many tectonic plates are there? _______________ These plates consist of brittle crust and upper mantle, (called the ____________________) floating around ...
(with Death Valley) Geoscience 10: Geology of The National Parks
... Lake Tahoe (California) and Snowbird (Utah) ski areas are moving apart about as rapidly as your fingernails grow (an inch or so per year)--can measure with GPS, etc. ...
... Lake Tahoe (California) and Snowbird (Utah) ski areas are moving apart about as rapidly as your fingernails grow (an inch or so per year)--can measure with GPS, etc. ...
Word format
... Where does the fastest plate motion occur on Earth? ___________________________ How fast is the spreading rate at this ridge? ________ cm/year How many tectonic plates are there? _______________ These plates consist of brittle crust and upper mantle, (called the ____________________) floating around ...
... Where does the fastest plate motion occur on Earth? ___________________________ How fast is the spreading rate at this ridge? ________ cm/year How many tectonic plates are there? _______________ These plates consist of brittle crust and upper mantle, (called the ____________________) floating around ...
Chapter 5
... When two normal faults cut through a block of rock, fault movements may push up a fault-block ...
... When two normal faults cut through a block of rock, fault movements may push up a fault-block ...
Atmospheric heating
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1. executive summary - Ministry of Earth Sciences
... Ever since the establishment of the Department of Ocean Development in 1981, the Ocean Science and Technology in the country has witnessed a significant progress primarily guided by the principles enunciated in the Ocean Policy Statement. The major responsibilities of the Department(now a Ministry) ...
... Ever since the establishment of the Department of Ocean Development in 1981, the Ocean Science and Technology in the country has witnessed a significant progress primarily guided by the principles enunciated in the Ocean Policy Statement. The major responsibilities of the Department(now a Ministry) ...
White Paper Rough Draft #5
... energy harvesting from water sources, other than dams, is relatively new. There are a few companies that have designed and deployed turbine-based systems to harvest water flow energy. As of the writing of this document, only one design attempts to harvest energy at an offshore location, and this par ...
... energy harvesting from water sources, other than dams, is relatively new. There are a few companies that have designed and deployed turbine-based systems to harvest water flow energy. As of the writing of this document, only one design attempts to harvest energy at an offshore location, and this par ...
southern alps: geology - Geoscience Research Institute
... from the collision of two continents (Europe to the North and Adria, a “promontory” of the African continent, to the South) which were previously separated by a narrow ocean (Fig. 1). The formation of the Alps can be divided in four stages (Fig. 2). 1) Jurassic to Cretaceous: phase of ocean spreadi ...
... from the collision of two continents (Europe to the North and Adria, a “promontory” of the African continent, to the South) which were previously separated by a narrow ocean (Fig. 1). The formation of the Alps can be divided in four stages (Fig. 2). 1) Jurassic to Cretaceous: phase of ocean spreadi ...
Features of Earthquakes
... different _______________________. By studying __________________________ waves that have traveled through Earth, scientists have identified different ____________________________ with different densities. In general the _________________________ increase with depth as pressure _________________ ...
... different _______________________. By studying __________________________ waves that have traveled through Earth, scientists have identified different ____________________________ with different densities. In general the _________________________ increase with depth as pressure _________________ ...
Unit 2: Earth`s Systems
... The solid parts of Earth, the geosphere, is constantly being acted on by other forces. All four systems are integrated and can therefore have an effect on each other. Earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains are all events that generally happen at tectonic plate boundaries. The atmosphere is composed al ...
... The solid parts of Earth, the geosphere, is constantly being acted on by other forces. All four systems are integrated and can therefore have an effect on each other. Earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains are all events that generally happen at tectonic plate boundaries. The atmosphere is composed al ...
The Salinity of Seawater
... Late in the 18th century, Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) used evaporation with a solvent extraction to obtain data for his analysis of sea water. In 1772 he wrote a paper on the use of alcohol in mineral water analyses. In it he chose to include the first analysis of sea water ever published. Sea wat ...
... Late in the 18th century, Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) used evaporation with a solvent extraction to obtain data for his analysis of sea water. In 1772 he wrote a paper on the use of alcohol in mineral water analyses. In it he chose to include the first analysis of sea water ever published. Sea wat ...
Continental Margins and Marginal Seas
... transport. The global river discharge of carbon in organic and inorganic forms approximates 1-1.4 Gt C yr-1. (One giga ton (Gt) is equal to 109 metric tons). A substantial portion of this transport (up to 0.8 Gt C yr-1), however, reflects the natural geochemical cycling of carbon and does not affect ...
... transport. The global river discharge of carbon in organic and inorganic forms approximates 1-1.4 Gt C yr-1. (One giga ton (Gt) is equal to 109 metric tons). A substantial portion of this transport (up to 0.8 Gt C yr-1), however, reflects the natural geochemical cycling of carbon and does not affect ...
Physical oceanography
Physical oceanography is the study of physical conditions and physical processes within the ocean, especially the motions and physical properties of ocean waters.Physical oceanography is one of several sub-domains into which oceanography is divided. Others include biological, chemical and geological oceanographies.