Eastern United States
... elevation and latitude creates higher temperatures in cities closer to the eastern side of the mountains. • The presence of the Atlantic ocean near the Appalachian mountains makes the eastern side of the mountains not so dry. It causes the eastern side to have more precipitation. ...
... elevation and latitude creates higher temperatures in cities closer to the eastern side of the mountains. • The presence of the Atlantic ocean near the Appalachian mountains makes the eastern side of the mountains not so dry. It causes the eastern side to have more precipitation. ...
MPIMM Research activities and assets
... transformation processes of organic and inorganic substances in the sea. The accumulation of organic detritus in marine sediments, particularly in coastal zones, upwelling areas or certain deep marine basins, causes high rates of respiratory oxygen consumption by microbes and higher organisms. Such ...
... transformation processes of organic and inorganic substances in the sea. The accumulation of organic detritus in marine sediments, particularly in coastal zones, upwelling areas or certain deep marine basins, causes high rates of respiratory oxygen consumption by microbes and higher organisms. Such ...
Oceanography
... around the Mid-Oceanic ridges 2) Absence of great amounts of sediment on the sea floor 3) similar mineral deposits in the Eastern part of South America with the western part of Africa 4) Animal living in India are native to Africa 5) Fossils of Marsupials in North America 6) Fossils of green plants ...
... around the Mid-Oceanic ridges 2) Absence of great amounts of sediment on the sea floor 3) similar mineral deposits in the Eastern part of South America with the western part of Africa 4) Animal living in India are native to Africa 5) Fossils of Marsupials in North America 6) Fossils of green plants ...
Resource Booklet for IB practice question 11
... Therefore, organic material must be transferred into the deep waters, which occurs in various ways. Dead phytoplankton sink, and though much is consumed as it settles, sufficient amounts enter the deep water to sustain much of the biomass there. The constant rain of organic detritus (remains of orga ...
... Therefore, organic material must be transferred into the deep waters, which occurs in various ways. Dead phytoplankton sink, and though much is consumed as it settles, sufficient amounts enter the deep water to sustain much of the biomass there. The constant rain of organic detritus (remains of orga ...
Grade 8 Science
... interaction of waves and tides on the shorelines are: 1. Slope of the shoreline 2. Shape of the shoreline 3. Type of rock material ...
... interaction of waves and tides on the shorelines are: 1. Slope of the shoreline 2. Shape of the shoreline 3. Type of rock material ...
CHAPTER 1
... a characteristic group of organisms. He suggested that there was no life below about 550 m (1800 ft), and hence the waters beneath this were called the "azoic" (no life) zone. We now know that organisms can be found at all depths. - Forbes' suggestion of an azoic zone is surprising because 20 years ...
... a characteristic group of organisms. He suggested that there was no life below about 550 m (1800 ft), and hence the waters beneath this were called the "azoic" (no life) zone. We now know that organisms can be found at all depths. - Forbes' suggestion of an azoic zone is surprising because 20 years ...
Table of Contents - Mr. Tobin`s Earth Science Class
... significance of magnetic patterns on the seafloor. Students will be able to explain the process of seafloor spreading. ...
... significance of magnetic patterns on the seafloor. Students will be able to explain the process of seafloor spreading. ...
Chapter 9 Plate Tectonics
... ocean basins. The _______________ at the crest of ridges represent divergent plate boundaries. Oceanic Ridges and Seafloor Spreading _______________ valleys are deep faulted structures found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries. They can develop on the seafloor or on land. ____________ ...
... ocean basins. The _______________ at the crest of ridges represent divergent plate boundaries. Oceanic Ridges and Seafloor Spreading _______________ valleys are deep faulted structures found along the axes of divergent plate boundaries. They can develop on the seafloor or on land. ____________ ...
A. Identifying Tectonic Plate Boundaries B. Tectonic Plate Movement
... BLUE ARROWS to show their movement. 3. Trace the San Andreas fault in GREEN (or another color) pen or marker and add small GREEN ARROWS to show how the plates are sliding past one another. ...
... BLUE ARROWS to show their movement. 3. Trace the San Andreas fault in GREEN (or another color) pen or marker and add small GREEN ARROWS to show how the plates are sliding past one another. ...
A. Identifying Tectonic Plate Boundaries B. Tectonic Plate Movement
... BLUE ARROWS to show their movement. 3. Trace the San Andreas fault in GREEN (or another color) pen or marker and add small ...
... BLUE ARROWS to show their movement. 3. Trace the San Andreas fault in GREEN (or another color) pen or marker and add small ...
Sea Floor Spreading (SFS)
... 1. Magma or molten rock from inside the Earth moves up to the ocean floor and comes out of the mid-ocean ridge. 2. When the hot magma comes into contact with the cold ocean water it cools and hardens and forms new oceanic crust (igneous rock). 3. Over millions of years the oceanic crust moves away f ...
... 1. Magma or molten rock from inside the Earth moves up to the ocean floor and comes out of the mid-ocean ridge. 2. When the hot magma comes into contact with the cold ocean water it cools and hardens and forms new oceanic crust (igneous rock). 3. Over millions of years the oceanic crust moves away f ...
Essential Questions: February 13-17, 2017 Name: Date: Period
... 3. The weight and pressure creates heat causing the _________________ rock to turn into __________________ rock, such as marble. 4.In order to form magma, what must happen to igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks? ___________ 5. Compaction & cementation of sediments form _______________ rocks. ...
... 3. The weight and pressure creates heat causing the _________________ rock to turn into __________________ rock, such as marble. 4.In order to form magma, what must happen to igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks? ___________ 5. Compaction & cementation of sediments form _______________ rocks. ...
Ocean Topography
... shelf, Depth ranges from 200 meters to 4000 meters •Continent ends at bottom of continental slope ...
... shelf, Depth ranges from 200 meters to 4000 meters •Continent ends at bottom of continental slope ...
Chapter 5-Study Questions
... ___12. Earth’s rigid outer shell, called the crust, lies over a hotter, weaker zone known as the athenosphere. ___13. Sea floor spreading is the mechanism responsible for producing ocean-floor material at the crest of oceanic ridges. ___14. The region where an oceanic slab sinks into the athenospher ...
... ___12. Earth’s rigid outer shell, called the crust, lies over a hotter, weaker zone known as the athenosphere. ___13. Sea floor spreading is the mechanism responsible for producing ocean-floor material at the crest of oceanic ridges. ___14. The region where an oceanic slab sinks into the athenospher ...
Testing Plate Tectonics & Mechanisms of Plate Motion
... earthquakes along the oceanic ridge system was shown to be consistent with the new theory Scientists have found that intermediate and deep focus earthquakes occur within the subducting plate as it goes into the ...
... earthquakes along the oceanic ridge system was shown to be consistent with the new theory Scientists have found that intermediate and deep focus earthquakes occur within the subducting plate as it goes into the ...
Hydrothermal vent glossary: elementary
... anaerobes are unable to live in even small concentrations of oxygen, while facilitative anaerobes can live in low or normal concentrations of oxygen as well as where there is none. (pronounced "are-kay"). One-celled, microscopic organisms without a nucleus. Half to two-thirds of their genes are unli ...
... anaerobes are unable to live in even small concentrations of oxygen, while facilitative anaerobes can live in low or normal concentrations of oxygen as well as where there is none. (pronounced "are-kay"). One-celled, microscopic organisms without a nucleus. Half to two-thirds of their genes are unli ...
Ch. 2 Notes
... the denser ocean plate is forced to bend down beneath the less dense continental plates. - Deepest trench: the Marianas Trench which is 11 000 ...
... the denser ocean plate is forced to bend down beneath the less dense continental plates. - Deepest trench: the Marianas Trench which is 11 000 ...
Plate Tectonics Study Guide
... 3. What was Alfred Wegener’s Theory? That all the continents were once connected in a supercontinent called Pangaea 4. What evidence is there to support Wegener’s theory? List 3 things. 1. Fossils 2. Land Features 3. Climate change 5. Where do we find evidence of sea-floor spreading? At mid-ocean ri ...
... 3. What was Alfred Wegener’s Theory? That all the continents were once connected in a supercontinent called Pangaea 4. What evidence is there to support Wegener’s theory? List 3 things. 1. Fossils 2. Land Features 3. Climate change 5. Where do we find evidence of sea-floor spreading? At mid-ocean ri ...
Chapter Outline - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... 7. Transform boundaries are regions where two plates meet and scrape past one another resulting in relatively frequent earthquakes. Mass Extinctions 1. Five mass extinctions occurred at the ends of the Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic, and Cretaceous periods. 2. Mass extinctions have been att ...
... 7. Transform boundaries are regions where two plates meet and scrape past one another resulting in relatively frequent earthquakes. Mass Extinctions 1. Five mass extinctions occurred at the ends of the Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic, and Cretaceous periods. 2. Mass extinctions have been att ...
study guide for plate tectonics assessment c example
... 3. What is the difference between divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries? 4. What is a Curie Point? 5. What is a hot spot? 6. How do magnetic reversals relate to seafloor spreading? Linear magnetic patterns associated with mid-ocean ridges are configured as normal and reversed magnetized st ...
... 3. What is the difference between divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries? 4. What is a Curie Point? 5. What is a hot spot? 6. How do magnetic reversals relate to seafloor spreading? Linear magnetic patterns associated with mid-ocean ridges are configured as normal and reversed magnetized st ...
Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11
... Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11 1. continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface. 2. convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy from one place to another. 3. mid-ocean ridge- the unde ...
... Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11 1. continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface. 2. convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy from one place to another. 3. mid-ocean ridge- the unde ...
Society and the Sea, Fall 2008 - University of California San Diego
... 79. Which water mass would have the highest amount of nutrients a)Deep Atlantic Ocean Water b) Deep Pacific Ocean Water c) Atlantic Ocean Surface water 80. Where would you find the highest amount of CFCs (do not decay, were put into atmosphere in the ~1950s)? a) bottom water in the North Atlantic b) ...
... 79. Which water mass would have the highest amount of nutrients a)Deep Atlantic Ocean Water b) Deep Pacific Ocean Water c) Atlantic Ocean Surface water 80. Where would you find the highest amount of CFCs (do not decay, were put into atmosphere in the ~1950s)? a) bottom water in the North Atlantic b) ...
Unequal distribution of heat within the Earth cause the movements
... 27. A material that bends when placed under a stress, and returns to the original shape when the stress is removed, is called: a. Elastic deformation b. Faulted deformation c. Plastic deformation d. Strain ...
... 27. A material that bends when placed under a stress, and returns to the original shape when the stress is removed, is called: a. Elastic deformation b. Faulted deformation c. Plastic deformation d. Strain ...
Cascading of high salinity bottom waters from the Arabian/Persian
... Cascading (aka shelf convection) is a specific type of buoyancy driven current in which dense water is formed over the continental shelf and then descends down the slope to a greater depth. The cascades of dense water down continental slopes provide a mechanism for shelf–ocean exchange in many parts ...
... Cascading (aka shelf convection) is a specific type of buoyancy driven current in which dense water is formed over the continental shelf and then descends down the slope to a greater depth. The cascades of dense water down continental slopes provide a mechanism for shelf–ocean exchange in many parts ...
Anoxic event
Oceanic anoxic events or anoxic events (Anoxia conditions) refer to intervals in the Earth's past where portions of oceans become depleted in oxygen (O2) at depths over a large geographic area. During some of these events, euxinia develops - euxinia refers to anoxic waters that contain H2S hydrogen sulfide. Although anoxic events have not happened for millions of years, the geological record shows that they happened many times in the past. Anoxic events coincide with several mass extinctions and may contribute to these events. These mass extinctions include some that geobiologists use as time markers in biostratigraphic dating. It is believed oceanic anoxic events are strongly linked to slowing of ocean circulation, climatic warming and elevated levels of greenhouse gases. Enhanced volcanism (through the release of CO2 and other greenhouse gases) is the proposed central external trigger for the development of these events.