Earth Science 12th Edition Vocabulary Chapter 15
... thermohaline circulation- movements of ocean water caused by density differences brought about by variations in temperature and salinity. tidal current- alternating horizontal movement of water associated with the rise and fall of tide. tidal delta- a delta like feature created when a rapidly moving ...
... thermohaline circulation- movements of ocean water caused by density differences brought about by variations in temperature and salinity. tidal current- alternating horizontal movement of water associated with the rise and fall of tide. tidal delta- a delta like feature created when a rapidly moving ...
Continental Margins and Ocean Basins
... Continents are made of thick granite rock, while the deep seafloor is made of basalt The transition of basalt marks the “true edge” of the continent Divides ocean floor into 2 major provinces Continental Margin – the submerged outer edge of the ...
... Continents are made of thick granite rock, while the deep seafloor is made of basalt The transition of basalt marks the “true edge” of the continent Divides ocean floor into 2 major provinces Continental Margin – the submerged outer edge of the ...
TECTONIC PLATES
... The locations of volcanoes can also help identify the locations of plate boundaries. Some volcanoes form when plate motions generate magma that erupts on Earth’s surface. For example, the Pacific Ring of Fire is a zone of active volcanoes that encircles the Pacific Ocean. This zone is also one of Ea ...
... The locations of volcanoes can also help identify the locations of plate boundaries. Some volcanoes form when plate motions generate magma that erupts on Earth’s surface. For example, the Pacific Ring of Fire is a zone of active volcanoes that encircles the Pacific Ocean. This zone is also one of Ea ...
ENV Ch 13 Soils
... light color, relatively light weight. Max. thickness 70 Km; Oceanic Crust 200 MY, dark color, heavy weight, Max thickness 10 Km. Plate Tectonics – 12 major fragments (Plates) many small pieces, in motion (Tectonics). Plate boundaries- Divergent (Pull apart) , example Mid Ocean Ridge ; On land exampl ...
... light color, relatively light weight. Max. thickness 70 Km; Oceanic Crust 200 MY, dark color, heavy weight, Max thickness 10 Km. Plate Tectonics – 12 major fragments (Plates) many small pieces, in motion (Tectonics). Plate boundaries- Divergent (Pull apart) , example Mid Ocean Ridge ; On land exampl ...
Chapter 5-Study Questions
... a. hot b. core c. mantle d. convergence e. island True/False ___11. The basic idea of continental drift is that Earth’s rigid outer shell is made of several large segments that are slowly moving. ___12. Earth’s rigid outer shell, called the crust, lies over a hotter, weaker zone known as the athenos ...
... a. hot b. core c. mantle d. convergence e. island True/False ___11. The basic idea of continental drift is that Earth’s rigid outer shell is made of several large segments that are slowly moving. ___12. Earth’s rigid outer shell, called the crust, lies over a hotter, weaker zone known as the athenos ...
ESL 1 Review Chapters 8 9 10 11 Plate Tectonics Term/Concept
... During the day, land heats up very quickly and the air above it warms up faster than the air over the ocean. The warm air above land rises, and the cooler air above the ocean moves in to take ...
... During the day, land heats up very quickly and the air above it warms up faster than the air over the ocean. The warm air above land rises, and the cooler air above the ocean moves in to take ...
The Ocean Basins and Margins, Volume 7A, the Pacific Ocean
... eastern margins of the Pacific (covered in four chapters and running geographically from Southern Mexico to the extreme southern Andes) and the portions of the western margins covered in the remaining six chapters. Without island arcs and back arc basins, the geological history of the eastern margin ...
... eastern margins of the Pacific (covered in four chapters and running geographically from Southern Mexico to the extreme southern Andes) and the portions of the western margins covered in the remaining six chapters. Without island arcs and back arc basins, the geological history of the eastern margin ...
Part 2…Plate Tectonics
... 1. How do scientists measure the rate of motions of a plate 2. If a plate is moving at 2.5 cm/year how far will it have moved in 50 million years? Clue (2.5 cm = one inch) 3. What is geodesy? 4. How is GPS technology being used to measure rates of plate movement? Hot Spots 1. How were the Hawaiian I ...
... 1. How do scientists measure the rate of motions of a plate 2. If a plate is moving at 2.5 cm/year how far will it have moved in 50 million years? Clue (2.5 cm = one inch) 3. What is geodesy? 4. How is GPS technology being used to measure rates of plate movement? Hot Spots 1. How were the Hawaiian I ...
Key Ideas and Quiz Yourself Questions The term bathymetry is
... For many miles out, the ocean is only a few hundred feet deep and gets deeper quite slowly (i.e., slopes at an angle of 0.1°, or 1.7 meters per kilometer [9 feet per mile]). This flat, wide margin is found around every continent and is known as the continental shelf. The average width of a continent ...
... For many miles out, the ocean is only a few hundred feet deep and gets deeper quite slowly (i.e., slopes at an angle of 0.1°, or 1.7 meters per kilometer [9 feet per mile]). This flat, wide margin is found around every continent and is known as the continental shelf. The average width of a continent ...
SEA-FLOOR SPREADING
... sunlight • Cold---temp near freezing • Areas where there is space between the plates allows water down into the crust, then brings it back up. • These warm areas provide a great area for life to thrive, and support information given by Wegener’s “continental drift” theory. ...
... sunlight • Cold---temp near freezing • Areas where there is space between the plates allows water down into the crust, then brings it back up. • These warm areas provide a great area for life to thrive, and support information given by Wegener’s “continental drift” theory. ...
E.S. Ch. 3 Study Guide
... Because of subduction and sea-floor spreading, the ocean floor is renewed about every 200 million years. The size of the Earth’s oceans is determined by how fast new crust is being created at midocean ridges and how fast old crust is being swallowed up at deep sea trenches. The Atlantic Ocean is ex ...
... Because of subduction and sea-floor spreading, the ocean floor is renewed about every 200 million years. The size of the Earth’s oceans is determined by how fast new crust is being created at midocean ridges and how fast old crust is being swallowed up at deep sea trenches. The Atlantic Ocean is ex ...
Problem Sheet 1
... 5. Two large plane surfaces are 2.4cm apart. The space between the surfaces is filled with glycerine. What force is required to drag a very thin plate of surface area 0.5m2 between the two large plate surfaces at a speed of 0.6m/s, if: (i) the thin plate is in the middle of the two plane surfaces. ( ...
... 5. Two large plane surfaces are 2.4cm apart. The space between the surfaces is filled with glycerine. What force is required to drag a very thin plate of surface area 0.5m2 between the two large plate surfaces at a speed of 0.6m/s, if: (i) the thin plate is in the middle of the two plane surfaces. ( ...
Geological Features
... The edges of the continents slope down from the shore into the ocean. The part of the continent located under the water is known as the continental shelf. The width of the continental shelf varies around the edges of the continents. In some places the continental shelf is fairly shallow and ...
... The edges of the continents slope down from the shore into the ocean. The part of the continent located under the water is known as the continental shelf. The width of the continental shelf varies around the edges of the continents. In some places the continental shelf is fairly shallow and ...
Science Review Checklist5
... 72. The greatest variety of ocean life is in the shallowest part of the ocean, above the: ...
... 72. The greatest variety of ocean life is in the shallowest part of the ocean, above the: ...
Chapter 17- Plate Tectonics
... apparent fit of continents on either side of ocean (matching coastlines) • Continental drift (Wegener)- Earth’s continents had once been joined as Pangaea ...
... apparent fit of continents on either side of ocean (matching coastlines) • Continental drift (Wegener)- Earth’s continents had once been joined as Pangaea ...
paleogeography (plate tectonics)
... mountain range is formed; hydrothermal vents are common along ridges and rises a. Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the longest mid-ocean ridge (16,000 km); East Pacific Rise is the fastest-spreading oceanic rise (13-16 cm/yr) b. younger rock is closer to ridge; older rock is farther away c. a ridge can be 2.5 ...
... mountain range is formed; hydrothermal vents are common along ridges and rises a. Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the longest mid-ocean ridge (16,000 km); East Pacific Rise is the fastest-spreading oceanic rise (13-16 cm/yr) b. younger rock is closer to ridge; older rock is farther away c. a ridge can be 2.5 ...
Unit 07 Test Review
... 5. Scientists believe that the convections currents driving tectonic plate movement occurs in the ________________. a. Inner core b. Outer core c. Lithosphere d. Asthenosphere ...
... 5. Scientists believe that the convections currents driving tectonic plate movement occurs in the ________________. a. Inner core b. Outer core c. Lithosphere d. Asthenosphere ...
CRCT Review Warm Ups
... Identifying fossils appears in 2 separate continents, but not everywhere on Earth. If the fossils are of the same age, we can infer that A. all the animals in this group died at the same time B. the 2 continents were once much closer together C. the same geological processes occurred everywhere on E ...
... Identifying fossils appears in 2 separate continents, but not everywhere on Earth. If the fossils are of the same age, we can infer that A. all the animals in this group died at the same time B. the 2 continents were once much closer together C. the same geological processes occurred everywhere on E ...
Subduction Zones of the World: Comparison to the Cascadia
... to depths of 600 km south of the southern tip of Kamchatka. There is a gap in seismicity that occurs between 200– 300 km within the Kamchatka slab. This is a common observation in deep slabs around the world. Later, deeper earthquakes increase in numbers due to transformational faulting related to p ...
... to depths of 600 km south of the southern tip of Kamchatka. There is a gap in seismicity that occurs between 200– 300 km within the Kamchatka slab. This is a common observation in deep slabs around the world. Later, deeper earthquakes increase in numbers due to transformational faulting related to p ...
Research on Hydrothermal Vents-Amit
... Primary producers: the base of the food web Most living things on earth depend on sunlight as the ultimate source of energy. Green plants use sunlight to make food by the process of photosynthesis. In the darkness of the ocean depths there is no sunlight for photosynthesis. So how do living things s ...
... Primary producers: the base of the food web Most living things on earth depend on sunlight as the ultimate source of energy. Green plants use sunlight to make food by the process of photosynthesis. In the darkness of the ocean depths there is no sunlight for photosynthesis. So how do living things s ...
Lecture 7. Marine Sediments
... mountain ranges, vast trenches tens of thousands of feet deep, immense hot springs, and huge volcanoes spewing molten rock in massive eruptions.” ...
... mountain ranges, vast trenches tens of thousands of feet deep, immense hot springs, and huge volcanoes spewing molten rock in massive eruptions.” ...
Subduction Zone Lab
... A: What I realized was that the further you went away from the Tonga Trench, the deeper the earthquake focus point was. Basically, I can tell that the depth and distance are acting as if they are moving together. The main thing that I have observed was that the foci points are getting further and de ...
... A: What I realized was that the further you went away from the Tonga Trench, the deeper the earthquake focus point was. Basically, I can tell that the depth and distance are acting as if they are moving together. The main thing that I have observed was that the foci points are getting further and de ...
Chapter 19
... • Many of these life-forms have unusual adaptations that allow them to live in hostile environments. Ch 19-Section 2 Features of the Ocean Floor Learning Objectives: • Describe the main features of the continental margins. • Describe the main features of the deep-ocean basin Features of the Ocean Fl ...
... • Many of these life-forms have unusual adaptations that allow them to live in hostile environments. Ch 19-Section 2 Features of the Ocean Floor Learning Objectives: • Describe the main features of the continental margins. • Describe the main features of the deep-ocean basin Features of the Ocean Fl ...
Tsunami - BrainPOP
... tsunami occurs; B) A segment of the ocean floor is pushed upward; C) Pressure begins building in a subductive zone a. A, C, B b. C, B, A c. B, C, A d. B, A ,C 4. If you were on a boat in the open ocean, why might it be difficult to detect a tsunami? a. Gravity flattens out the enormous waves caused ...
... tsunami occurs; B) A segment of the ocean floor is pushed upward; C) Pressure begins building in a subductive zone a. A, C, B b. C, B, A c. B, C, A d. B, A ,C 4. If you were on a boat in the open ocean, why might it be difficult to detect a tsunami? a. Gravity flattens out the enormous waves caused ...