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... creates 3 atmospheric circulation cells per hemisphere. Within each cell, temperature and pressure differences cause air to convect. Circulation cells convect in different directions. The temperature differences (created by the sun’s radiation) create pressure differences, which lead to the formatio ...
... creates 3 atmospheric circulation cells per hemisphere. Within each cell, temperature and pressure differences cause air to convect. Circulation cells convect in different directions. The temperature differences (created by the sun’s radiation) create pressure differences, which lead to the formatio ...
earthquake
... Earthquakes can be recorded by seismometers up to great distances, because the disturbance caused by the earthquake travels through the whole Earth's interior in the form of seismic waves. Every tremor produces different types of seismic waves, which travel through rock with different velocities: P ...
... Earthquakes can be recorded by seismometers up to great distances, because the disturbance caused by the earthquake travels through the whole Earth's interior in the form of seismic waves. Every tremor produces different types of seismic waves, which travel through rock with different velocities: P ...
Wind
... El Niño and La Niña La Niña • Opposite of El Niño • Triggered by colder than average surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific • Typical La Niña winter • Blows colder than normal air over the Pacific Northwest and northern Great Plains while warming much of the rest of the United States • Greate ...
... El Niño and La Niña La Niña • Opposite of El Niño • Triggered by colder than average surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific • Typical La Niña winter • Blows colder than normal air over the Pacific Northwest and northern Great Plains while warming much of the rest of the United States • Greate ...
volcanic islands
... ocean floor that do not rise above sea level (underwater volcanoes). •Associated with hot spots and mid-ocean ridges If seamounts break the surface of the ocean, they create volcanic islands •The biggest mountain on earth is Mauna Loa ...
... ocean floor that do not rise above sea level (underwater volcanoes). •Associated with hot spots and mid-ocean ridges If seamounts break the surface of the ocean, they create volcanic islands •The biggest mountain on earth is Mauna Loa ...
earthquake shearing deformation compression fault plateau focus
... this is a series of waves that are produced during an earthquake. ...
... this is a series of waves that are produced during an earthquake. ...
Quantifying the contribution to atmospheric iodine from
... order to generate a linear calibration of each halocarbon at pptv levels. Full permeation ...
... order to generate a linear calibration of each halocarbon at pptv levels. Full permeation ...
307 Final Review
... b. the presence of hot, watery fluids d. pressure ____ 26. The youngest part of the ocean floor is found ____. a. along deep sea trenches b. where ocean sediments are thickest c. near mid-ocean ridges d. where Earth’s magnetic field changes polarity ____ 27. Which feature would you find at a diverge ...
... b. the presence of hot, watery fluids d. pressure ____ 26. The youngest part of the ocean floor is found ____. a. along deep sea trenches b. where ocean sediments are thickest c. near mid-ocean ridges d. where Earth’s magnetic field changes polarity ____ 27. Which feature would you find at a diverge ...
The lithosphere and the hydrosphere
... 1. The Inuit diet consists mainly of food that the people have hunted or fished and food that has been brought in from southern regions. How does climate change interfere with their diet? Answers will vary. Examples: – Traditional ice roads are melting, so hunting and fishing grounds are becoming ha ...
... 1. The Inuit diet consists mainly of food that the people have hunted or fished and food that has been brought in from southern regions. How does climate change interfere with their diet? Answers will vary. Examples: – Traditional ice roads are melting, so hunting and fishing grounds are becoming ha ...
Tsunami Troy Barone 5/15/15 Science Project
... Tsunamis are WAVES caused by multiple things: • sudden movement of the ocean from earthquakes, • landslides on the sea floor, • land collapsing into the ocean, • large volcanic eruptions or • a meteorite smashing into the ocean. ...
... Tsunamis are WAVES caused by multiple things: • sudden movement of the ocean from earthquakes, • landslides on the sea floor, • land collapsing into the ocean, • large volcanic eruptions or • a meteorite smashing into the ocean. ...
Topic/Objective: ______ _____ Full Name: __________ Class: __
... In addition to detecting and locating earthquakes _____________ waves also provide an insight to the Earth’s internal structure. ________________ can travel through any type of material. ________________ can travel through ______________ but not ______________. This information provides scient ...
... In addition to detecting and locating earthquakes _____________ waves also provide an insight to the Earth’s internal structure. ________________ can travel through any type of material. ________________ can travel through ______________ but not ______________. This information provides scient ...
seismic waves notes-0 - Fort Thomas Independent Schools
... • The fact that P-waves pass through the core, but are refracted along the way, indicates that the inner core is denser than the outer core and solid. • When pressure dominates, atoms are squeezed together tightly and exist in the solid state. • If temperatures are high enough, atoms move apart enou ...
... • The fact that P-waves pass through the core, but are refracted along the way, indicates that the inner core is denser than the outer core and solid. • When pressure dominates, atoms are squeezed together tightly and exist in the solid state. • If temperatures are high enough, atoms move apart enou ...
Plate Tectonics
... • The process of subduction & sea-floor spreading work together to change the size and shape of the oceans. • This process is determined by how fast new crust is created & old crust sinks. • An ocean with few trenches will grow larger, like the Atlantic. ...
... • The process of subduction & sea-floor spreading work together to change the size and shape of the oceans. • This process is determined by how fast new crust is created & old crust sinks. • An ocean with few trenches will grow larger, like the Atlantic. ...
Continental Drift & Seafloor Spreading
... What is the mechanism behind continental drift? Convection!Convection currents exist w/in mantle; moves plates away from each other at divergent boundaries, towards ...
... What is the mechanism behind continental drift? Convection!Convection currents exist w/in mantle; moves plates away from each other at divergent boundaries, towards ...
Convection in the Mantle and The Theory of Plate Tectonics
... given area or volume of that matter. • Fluid-matter that can flow. Can be solids, liquids, or gases • Convection-heat transfer within a fluid. • Convection current -a current that develops from a fluid moving from an area of high density to an area of low density. ...
... given area or volume of that matter. • Fluid-matter that can flow. Can be solids, liquids, or gases • Convection-heat transfer within a fluid. • Convection current -a current that develops from a fluid moving from an area of high density to an area of low density. ...
File
... activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of Earth’s physical features *plates crash into each other, pull apart, or grind and slide past each other (about 4 inches or less per year) ...
... activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of Earth’s physical features *plates crash into each other, pull apart, or grind and slide past each other (about 4 inches or less per year) ...
Seismic Waves File
... The ability of the wave to travel through the material depends very much upon its properties. By study Earthquake waves, seismologists are able to indirectly ‘see’ into the depths of the Earth and tell us about its structure. Earthquakes Earthquakes happen when rocks suddenly fracture and move. The ...
... The ability of the wave to travel through the material depends very much upon its properties. By study Earthquake waves, seismologists are able to indirectly ‘see’ into the depths of the Earth and tell us about its structure. Earthquakes Earthquakes happen when rocks suddenly fracture and move. The ...
Topography of Earth`s Ocean Basin
... flattest, most featureless provinces on Earth Abyssal hills are tops of seamounts sticking out Abyssal plains and hills cover the most extensive tracts of ocean seafloor Subsurface imaging of abyssal plains and hills from seismic reflection studies and deep sea drilling ...
... flattest, most featureless provinces on Earth Abyssal hills are tops of seamounts sticking out Abyssal plains and hills cover the most extensive tracts of ocean seafloor Subsurface imaging of abyssal plains and hills from seismic reflection studies and deep sea drilling ...
Sources of Precipitation Over Equatorial Central Africa
... ECA) is a major global convective region that plays a large role in the global circulation. Additionally, ECA is climatically important due to its extensive rainforest; second largest in the world after the Amazon. Many of the farmers in the area depend on the high natural rainfall and do not have a ...
... ECA) is a major global convective region that plays a large role in the global circulation. Additionally, ECA is climatically important due to its extensive rainforest; second largest in the world after the Amazon. Many of the farmers in the area depend on the high natural rainfall and do not have a ...
The Sea Breeze
... breezes and is in fact the basic reason we observe wind in the first place. While the sea breeze are generally associated with the ocean, they can occur along the shore of any large body of water such as the Great Lakes. The sea breeze circulation is comprised of two opposing flows; one at the surfa ...
... breezes and is in fact the basic reason we observe wind in the first place. While the sea breeze are generally associated with the ocean, they can occur along the shore of any large body of water such as the Great Lakes. The sea breeze circulation is comprised of two opposing flows; one at the surfa ...
PLATE TECTONICS online
... We can determine how fast plates are moving (plate velocities) in 2 ways. A RELATIVE plate velocity can be determined looking at the ages of the oceanic crust and its distance from the mid ocean ridge. We call this “relative motion” because both plates on either side of the mid ocean ridge are movin ...
... We can determine how fast plates are moving (plate velocities) in 2 ways. A RELATIVE plate velocity can be determined looking at the ages of the oceanic crust and its distance from the mid ocean ridge. We call this “relative motion” because both plates on either side of the mid ocean ridge are movin ...
Chapter 34: The Changing Face of the Earth
... areas of high elevation of the water table to areas of lower elevation (streams, springs, or lakes), but may move locally upward in order to reach regions of lesser hydrostatic pressure caused by “topography” on the water table itself. The flow of groundwater is slower than water flow on the surface ...
... areas of high elevation of the water table to areas of lower elevation (streams, springs, or lakes), but may move locally upward in order to reach regions of lesser hydrostatic pressure caused by “topography” on the water table itself. The flow of groundwater is slower than water flow on the surface ...
Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics
... convection and plate tectonics You will commonly see mantle convection depicted in a simple manner, similar to this figure. This depiction is reasonable at subduction zones but wrong at mid-ocean ridges. ...
... convection and plate tectonics You will commonly see mantle convection depicted in a simple manner, similar to this figure. This depiction is reasonable at subduction zones but wrong at mid-ocean ridges. ...
Strategic Plan - Ocean Networks Canada
... The Pacific Ocean off southwestern Canada is dynamic; in the winter, winds drive currents northward, while in the summer, winds blow equatorward, making the area the northern limit of one of the world’s major eastern boundary currents—the California Current. Upwelling of deeper waters brings nutrien ...
... The Pacific Ocean off southwestern Canada is dynamic; in the winter, winds drive currents northward, while in the summer, winds blow equatorward, making the area the northern limit of one of the world’s major eastern boundary currents—the California Current. Upwelling of deeper waters brings nutrien ...
Earth`s Interior
... 7. Define plasticity and explain its effect on the movement of the Earth’s crust. 8. Explain how the Moho boundary was discovered. ...
... 7. Define plasticity and explain its effect on the movement of the Earth’s crust. 8. Explain how the Moho boundary was discovered. ...
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.