SEES Midterm
... After school review session on Friday, 1/22 in room H-3; TBA, if possible, Tuesday of midterm week. I may be available after school or during LRC on other days; make an appointment w/ me. Other questions of your own? __Where? Room 123 __________________________________________________________ __ ...
... After school review session on Friday, 1/22 in room H-3; TBA, if possible, Tuesday of midterm week. I may be available after school or during LRC on other days; make an appointment w/ me. Other questions of your own? __Where? Room 123 __________________________________________________________ __ ...
The Interior of Earth
... o More dense materials sunk below (iron and nickel – became core) o Silicate rocks were buoyed up (floated) o This process when material is separated called differentiation All planets are differentiated Mars has a lot of iron on its surface and it rusted (that’s why Mars is red) Mars HAS differenti ...
... o More dense materials sunk below (iron and nickel – became core) o Silicate rocks were buoyed up (floated) o This process when material is separated called differentiation All planets are differentiated Mars has a lot of iron on its surface and it rusted (that’s why Mars is red) Mars HAS differenti ...
Name: Date: Period: _____ Chapter 14 Study Guide Honors
... 13. What are lava flows? Long streams of molten rock from volcanoes 14. In what type of climate does chemical weathering occur the fastest? Hot and wet climates 15. What components make up soil? Weathered rock, mineral material, organic matter, water, and air 16. What happens to sediment eroded by w ...
... 13. What are lava flows? Long streams of molten rock from volcanoes 14. In what type of climate does chemical weathering occur the fastest? Hot and wet climates 15. What components make up soil? Weathered rock, mineral material, organic matter, water, and air 16. What happens to sediment eroded by w ...
Earths Changing Surface
... BUILDING UP EARTH’S SURFACE Deposition- the dropping of pieces of weathered rock carried by water, wind or ice Deposited material is called sediment ...
... BUILDING UP EARTH’S SURFACE Deposition- the dropping of pieces of weathered rock carried by water, wind or ice Deposited material is called sediment ...
ondernotes NATURal Science II Geology 1st Sem, 1st Exam
... What happened? (Anyare?!) – blown into space, swept away by solar wind o Second atmosphere Made from frozen gases trapped in Earth’s interior/chemical compounds in rocks Released through outgassing by volcanoes, fissures, fumaroles Water vapor, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, hygr ...
... What happened? (Anyare?!) – blown into space, swept away by solar wind o Second atmosphere Made from frozen gases trapped in Earth’s interior/chemical compounds in rocks Released through outgassing by volcanoes, fissures, fumaroles Water vapor, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, hygr ...
Cooling Melting Heat and Pressure Weathering and Erosion Heat
... the rocks to melt. [If it melts you have magma which cools to form igneous rocks!] a. Three changes may occur to a rock that undergoes metamorphism: ...
... the rocks to melt. [If it melts you have magma which cools to form igneous rocks!] a. Three changes may occur to a rock that undergoes metamorphism: ...
Rocks - Images
... – As magma cools, iron-rich sediment aligns with magnetic field of Earth – It has been found that the magnetic field of the Earth has changed through time – Pattern of alternating normal and reversed polarity in rocks – Striped magnetic pattern was mirror image on both sides of rift ...
... – As magma cools, iron-rich sediment aligns with magnetic field of Earth – It has been found that the magnetic field of the Earth has changed through time – Pattern of alternating normal and reversed polarity in rocks – Striped magnetic pattern was mirror image on both sides of rift ...
Continental Drift - Frost Middle School
... • Rock near the cracks are younger then rocks further away • Ocean Trenches • Where the oceanic crust sinks back into the Asthenosphere • Scientists put this new evidence together with Wegener's hypotheses to create the Theory of Plate Tectonics ...
... • Rock near the cracks are younger then rocks further away • Ocean Trenches • Where the oceanic crust sinks back into the Asthenosphere • Scientists put this new evidence together with Wegener's hypotheses to create the Theory of Plate Tectonics ...
Ecology
... An aquifer is a layer of porous rock that contains water under pressure. This water can reach the surface and form a natural spring An artesian well is an area of groundwater under high pressure. If a well is drilled into an area like an aquifer the water flows freely to the surface allowing human ...
... An aquifer is a layer of porous rock that contains water under pressure. This water can reach the surface and form a natural spring An artesian well is an area of groundwater under high pressure. If a well is drilled into an area like an aquifer the water flows freely to the surface allowing human ...
Science 7 Midterm: Study Guide
... 3. A fossil that is found at a lower level in the ground is ______ than another fossil above it. 4. What type of fossils are made from animal tracks that become fossils when they fill with sediment and eventually turn to rock? 5. The use of rocks and fossils to determine if an object is older or you ...
... 3. A fossil that is found at a lower level in the ground is ______ than another fossil above it. 4. What type of fossils are made from animal tracks that become fossils when they fill with sediment and eventually turn to rock? 5. The use of rocks and fossils to determine if an object is older or you ...
Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets
... Coma – the gas and dust released from the comet. Caused by energy from the sun Tail – solar wind pushes gas and dust away from the sun, causing the tail. Can be hundreds of millions of kilometers long ...
... Coma – the gas and dust released from the comet. Caused by energy from the sun Tail – solar wind pushes gas and dust away from the sun, causing the tail. Can be hundreds of millions of kilometers long ...
Semester 1 Unit 2 Review
... iv. Draw a picture of the rock cycle and label each part. Make sure to draw arrows showing all the possibilities of one type of rock changing into another. ...
... iv. Draw a picture of the rock cycle and label each part. Make sure to draw arrows showing all the possibilities of one type of rock changing into another. ...
Internal and External Forces that Shape the Earth
... break rock down into smaller pieces; does not change composition • How it works: ice crystals build up in a rock's crack, creating enough pressure to crack the rock • What it forms: soil, mud, sand, silt (sediment) ...
... break rock down into smaller pieces; does not change composition • How it works: ice crystals build up in a rock's crack, creating enough pressure to crack the rock • What it forms: soil, mud, sand, silt (sediment) ...
1: How does the process of mountain building begin
... 8: What happens to a change created by elastic deformation when the force upon the rock is removed? ...
... 8: What happens to a change created by elastic deformation when the force upon the rock is removed? ...
Rocks and the Rock Cycle
... • Rock that forms from magma • Magma –mix of molten rock, gases and water vapor that forms underground • Magma flows from volcanoes as lava and then ...
... • Rock that forms from magma • Magma –mix of molten rock, gases and water vapor that forms underground • Magma flows from volcanoes as lava and then ...
Chapter 6 Vocabulary
... rock that forms as inclined layers of sediment are carried forward across a horizontal surface Deposition (p. 123) Occurs when sediments are laid down on the ground or sink to the bottom of a body of water; final stage of the erosion process in which the movement of transported materials slows and t ...
... rock that forms as inclined layers of sediment are carried forward across a horizontal surface Deposition (p. 123) Occurs when sediments are laid down on the ground or sink to the bottom of a body of water; final stage of the erosion process in which the movement of transported materials slows and t ...
Changes Within the Earth
... 2. proposed by Alfred Wegener who said that there once was a single “supercontinent” 3. Pangaea – the supercontinent that began to break apart 180 million years ago 4. supported his theory by finding fossils (preserved remains of ancient animals & plants) that were identical from all different conti ...
... 2. proposed by Alfred Wegener who said that there once was a single “supercontinent” 3. Pangaea – the supercontinent that began to break apart 180 million years ago 4. supported his theory by finding fossils (preserved remains of ancient animals & plants) that were identical from all different conti ...
Plate Drag
... Magnetism gained from early nebula is magnified by turbulent iron, nickel fluid of Polarity + - tends to reverse and fluctuate with time outer core. Magnetic field envelops entire planet ...
... Magnetism gained from early nebula is magnified by turbulent iron, nickel fluid of Polarity + - tends to reverse and fluctuate with time outer core. Magnetic field envelops entire planet ...
Sedimentary rock
... Sedimentary Rocks • Igneous rocks are the most common rocks on Earth, but because most of them exist below the surface you might not have seen too many of them. • 75 percent of the rocks exposed at the surface are sedimentary rocks. ...
... Sedimentary Rocks • Igneous rocks are the most common rocks on Earth, but because most of them exist below the surface you might not have seen too many of them. • 75 percent of the rocks exposed at the surface are sedimentary rocks. ...
Bell Ringer Answers 1-31-11
... ways to make new minerals Because most rocks contain several types of minerals. Nonfoliated; because it would have been changed by heat of lava flows and not by high pressure. ...
... ways to make new minerals Because most rocks contain several types of minerals. Nonfoliated; because it would have been changed by heat of lava flows and not by high pressure. ...
Review and Reinforce
... 3. The rock is squeezed so tightly that the appearance, , and crystal structure of the rock’s minerals change, creating metamorphic rock. Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. 4. Describe what a metamorphic rock is. 5. Describe a situation in which heat can change rock to meta ...
... 3. The rock is squeezed so tightly that the appearance, , and crystal structure of the rock’s minerals change, creating metamorphic rock. Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. 4. Describe what a metamorphic rock is. 5. Describe a situation in which heat can change rock to meta ...
C3 Lesson 5 Review and Reinforce worksheet
... 1. Collisions between Earth’s plates push rock down toward the heat of Earth’s __________________. 2. As the rock is buried deeper in the crust, _________________ as well as heat increases on the rock. 3. The rock is squeezed so tightly that the appearance, ________________, and crystal structure of ...
... 1. Collisions between Earth’s plates push rock down toward the heat of Earth’s __________________. 2. As the rock is buried deeper in the crust, _________________ as well as heat increases on the rock. 3. The rock is squeezed so tightly that the appearance, ________________, and crystal structure of ...
Composition of Mars
The composition of Mars covers the branch of the geology of Mars that describes the make-up of the planet Mars.