STATION 1: EARTH`S INTERIOR 1. Pressure occurs – remain here 2
... 1. Water washes away layers – go to MOUNTAINS 2. Sediments form – go to SOIL 3. Ice melts carrying rocks – remain here 4. Floodwater causes silt from river to be deposited on flood plain – go to SOIL 5. Silt washed into ocean – go to OCEAN 6. Sediments under pressure – go to EARTH’S INTERIOR ...
... 1. Water washes away layers – go to MOUNTAINS 2. Sediments form – go to SOIL 3. Ice melts carrying rocks – remain here 4. Floodwater causes silt from river to be deposited on flood plain – go to SOIL 5. Silt washed into ocean – go to OCEAN 6. Sediments under pressure – go to EARTH’S INTERIOR ...
SEISMIC ACTIVITY (mainly shallow earthquakes)
... a rift-valley between normal faults. The rift is often sharply defined as a narrow (10-30km) zone. The lithosphere is at its thinnest above such a rift over en slik rift, and in many models, the astenosphere is considered to reach the seafloor. The crust and lithosphere thicken away from the rift. T ...
... a rift-valley between normal faults. The rift is often sharply defined as a narrow (10-30km) zone. The lithosphere is at its thinnest above such a rift over en slik rift, and in many models, the astenosphere is considered to reach the seafloor. The crust and lithosphere thicken away from the rift. T ...
Ocean Regions Day 2
... margins, the ocean basin floor and the mid-ocean ridges. • The gently sloping submerged surface extending from the shoreline toward the deep ocean is called the continental shelf. • At the continental margin in the Pacific Ocean there are earthquakes, volcanoes and plate activity. • Seamounts are vo ...
... margins, the ocean basin floor and the mid-ocean ridges. • The gently sloping submerged surface extending from the shoreline toward the deep ocean is called the continental shelf. • At the continental margin in the Pacific Ocean there are earthquakes, volcanoes and plate activity. • Seamounts are vo ...
How Earth*s Plates Move
... hundreds of feet over millions of years as the plates separated. This formed the Great Rift Valley. ...
... hundreds of feet over millions of years as the plates separated. This formed the Great Rift Valley. ...
Plate Tectonics Theory and Boundary Tree Map
... Plate Tectonicstheory that states the Earth’s Lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that are able to move on top of the liquid-like rock making up the Asthenosphere. Plate Boundarylocation where tectonic plates touch. Boundary ...
... Plate Tectonicstheory that states the Earth’s Lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that are able to move on top of the liquid-like rock making up the Asthenosphere. Plate Boundarylocation where tectonic plates touch. Boundary ...
Plate Tectonics Theory and Boundary Tree Map
... Plate Tectonicstheory that states the Earth’s Lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that are able to move on top of the liquid rock making up the Asthenosphere. Plate Boundarylocation where tectonic plates touch. Boundary ...
... Plate Tectonicstheory that states the Earth’s Lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that are able to move on top of the liquid rock making up the Asthenosphere. Plate Boundarylocation where tectonic plates touch. Boundary ...
Chapter One
... considered to be among the best in the world, including: – Woods Hole Marine Biological Lab, MA – Scripps Institute - La Jolla, CA – Friday Harbor Labs, WA ...
... considered to be among the best in the world, including: – Woods Hole Marine Biological Lab, MA – Scripps Institute - La Jolla, CA – Friday Harbor Labs, WA ...
Chapter 2
... It depends on sea ice to feed. It waits by breathing holes for seals to come up for air. The decline in sea ice in the arctic, associated with global warming, has reduced the summer feeding period for polar bears. Some bears are dying from starvation, others are going into hibernation in poor condit ...
... It depends on sea ice to feed. It waits by breathing holes for seals to come up for air. The decline in sea ice in the arctic, associated with global warming, has reduced the summer feeding period for polar bears. Some bears are dying from starvation, others are going into hibernation in poor condit ...
Chapter 9 Plate Tectonics
... As scientists began to study the idea of continental drift more and more, their search led them to the ocean floor Where they expected the ocean to be very deep, they found mountain ranges This helped to fuel the need to map the entire ocean floor ...
... As scientists began to study the idea of continental drift more and more, their search led them to the ocean floor Where they expected the ocean to be very deep, they found mountain ranges This helped to fuel the need to map the entire ocean floor ...
Water inside fire - Creation Ministries International
... we can do is to infer what could be down there from the limited data we have. In making such inferences, the first thing we know quite well is the mass of our planet, which was calculated by Henry Cavendish in 1789 using Newton’s laws. We can also estimate the average density of the uppermost ‘layer ...
... we can do is to infer what could be down there from the limited data we have. In making such inferences, the first thing we know quite well is the mass of our planet, which was calculated by Henry Cavendish in 1789 using Newton’s laws. We can also estimate the average density of the uppermost ‘layer ...
Tectonic Plate Boundary Map
... 24. What kind of boundaries produce mountain ranges? 25. Draw the box on slide #45 ON YOUR PLATE BOUNDARY MAP. 26. Name the 2 continental plates that are colliding. a. Name the mountain range between these 2 plates. 27. A _________________________ boundary is produced when 2 plates slide along each ...
... 24. What kind of boundaries produce mountain ranges? 25. Draw the box on slide #45 ON YOUR PLATE BOUNDARY MAP. 26. Name the 2 continental plates that are colliding. a. Name the mountain range between these 2 plates. 27. A _________________________ boundary is produced when 2 plates slide along each ...
File
... a) magma rises at mid-ocean ridges to create new ocean floor b) ocean floor slowly moves outward away from the rift c) ocean floor sinks back into the mantle at deep-ocean trenches ...
... a) magma rises at mid-ocean ridges to create new ocean floor b) ocean floor slowly moves outward away from the rift c) ocean floor sinks back into the mantle at deep-ocean trenches ...
Ocean basins
... Oceanic ridges • Oceanic ridges literally cover 40,000 miles of Earth (that’s more than 1.5x the circumference of the Earth) • In some places, these ridges actually project upward to the surface to form islands, such as Iceland, the Azores, and Easter Island • Oceanic ridges rise 1.5 miles above th ...
... Oceanic ridges • Oceanic ridges literally cover 40,000 miles of Earth (that’s more than 1.5x the circumference of the Earth) • In some places, these ridges actually project upward to the surface to form islands, such as Iceland, the Azores, and Easter Island • Oceanic ridges rise 1.5 miles above th ...
17.3-homework - Maples Elementary School
... _________13. Which of the following best describes what happens when a oceanic plate converges with a continental plate? a. a deep-sea trench and a island arc form b. both plates become fractured, and a series of long faults form on the surface c. both plates crumple and a folded mountain range form ...
... _________13. Which of the following best describes what happens when a oceanic plate converges with a continental plate? a. a deep-sea trench and a island arc form b. both plates become fractured, and a series of long faults form on the surface c. both plates crumple and a folded mountain range form ...
Guided Notes Marine Geology
... • Oceanic crust meets Continental crust- oceanic __________ under continental: trench, and volcanic islands and earthquakes • Oceanic crust meets oceanic crust- one plate _________under the other results in trench, islands and earthquakes • Continental meets continental- _____________ ...
... • Oceanic crust meets Continental crust- oceanic __________ under continental: trench, and volcanic islands and earthquakes • Oceanic crust meets oceanic crust- one plate _________under the other results in trench, islands and earthquakes • Continental meets continental- _____________ ...
lecture * 2011 japanese tsunami and wave properties
... Velocities (mm/yr) and boundaries of the Plates Near Japan. When plates converge, the denser oceanic plate sinks or subducts below the less dense continental plate. The line, studded with triangles (same as for cold fronts) indicates the collision zone (usually an ocean trench). After the oceanic ...
... Velocities (mm/yr) and boundaries of the Plates Near Japan. When plates converge, the denser oceanic plate sinks or subducts below the less dense continental plate. The line, studded with triangles (same as for cold fronts) indicates the collision zone (usually an ocean trench). After the oceanic ...
Insights into a fossil plate interface of an erosional subduction zone
... consequence of metamorphic reactions, mass-transfer and deformation. Although the shallow parts of subduction zones (<30-40 km) can be partly accessed by geophysical methods, the resolution of these techniques is insufficient to characterize and image the plate interface at greater depths (>60km). I ...
... consequence of metamorphic reactions, mass-transfer and deformation. Although the shallow parts of subduction zones (<30-40 km) can be partly accessed by geophysical methods, the resolution of these techniques is insufficient to characterize and image the plate interface at greater depths (>60km). I ...
Plate Tectonics Review
... zone in the upper mantle, pushed by convection currents in the asthenosphere • Three types of movement: • 1. Divergence (plates move apart) • 2. convergence (plates come together) • 3. transform (plates slide past each other) ...
... zone in the upper mantle, pushed by convection currents in the asthenosphere • Three types of movement: • 1. Divergence (plates move apart) • 2. convergence (plates come together) • 3. transform (plates slide past each other) ...
Physical Geology - Geol 1330 (07610) - Spring
... 46. Which of the following is thought to be the dominant driving force for the motion of plates on Earth? a) slab pull in subduction zones b) ridge push at mid-ocean ridges c) mantle convection 47. Where will the largest and most dangerous volcanoes develop? a) mid-ocean ridges b) transform plate bo ...
... 46. Which of the following is thought to be the dominant driving force for the motion of plates on Earth? a) slab pull in subduction zones b) ridge push at mid-ocean ridges c) mantle convection 47. Where will the largest and most dangerous volcanoes develop? a) mid-ocean ridges b) transform plate bo ...
Geology_101_Homework_2
... Quiz on this material will be Thursday, March 13 Show me completed work for credit on or before Thursday, March 20 Write your answers on a separate piece of paper. Interlude C, pages 318-329 1) Explain the evidence for the theory that the outer core of Earth is liquid. 2) Explain the factors that af ...
... Quiz on this material will be Thursday, March 13 Show me completed work for credit on or before Thursday, March 20 Write your answers on a separate piece of paper. Interlude C, pages 318-329 1) Explain the evidence for the theory that the outer core of Earth is liquid. 2) Explain the factors that af ...
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
... As with earthquakes, volcanic activity is linked to plate-tectonic processes. Most of the world's active above-sea volcanoes are located near convergent plate boundaries where subduction is occurring, particularly around the Pacific basin. However, much more volcanism, producing about three quarters ...
... As with earthquakes, volcanic activity is linked to plate-tectonic processes. Most of the world's active above-sea volcanoes are located near convergent plate boundaries where subduction is occurring, particularly around the Pacific basin. However, much more volcanism, producing about three quarters ...