Lecture
... •The terrestrial planets include Earth, the moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars. Earth’s moon is included because it is a complex world and makes a striking comparison with Earth. •The terrestrial worlds differ mainly in size, but they all have low-density crusts, mantles of dense rock, and metallic core ...
... •The terrestrial planets include Earth, the moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars. Earth’s moon is included because it is a complex world and makes a striking comparison with Earth. •The terrestrial worlds differ mainly in size, but they all have low-density crusts, mantles of dense rock, and metallic core ...
The Earth`s layers
... of bread in your oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, at 1600 degrees F. rocks begin to melt. The crust of the Earth is broken into many pieces called plates. The plates "float" on the soft, plastic mantle which is located below the crust. These plates usually move along smoothly but sometimes they stick ...
... of bread in your oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, at 1600 degrees F. rocks begin to melt. The crust of the Earth is broken into many pieces called plates. The plates "float" on the soft, plastic mantle which is located below the crust. These plates usually move along smoothly but sometimes they stick ...
Geology 111 - A3 - Global geology at the turn of the century
... continents, including Antarctica, also snails, earthworms and freshwater fish. Permanentists, who held that the oceans and continents have always been fixed, had some trouble explaining these anomalies. They dreamed up features such as land bridges across the oceans, so that these plants and animals ...
... continents, including Antarctica, also snails, earthworms and freshwater fish. Permanentists, who held that the oceans and continents have always been fixed, had some trouble explaining these anomalies. They dreamed up features such as land bridges across the oceans, so that these plants and animals ...
IGNEOUS
... *Form when rocks weather, erode, deposit, compact and cement together. *Have thicker layers that are loosely compacted. *Often dull in luster and can break easily. *Can have fossils in them. *Clastic- made of rock fragments / sediment. *Organic- made of remains of plants and animals *Chemical- made ...
... *Form when rocks weather, erode, deposit, compact and cement together. *Have thicker layers that are loosely compacted. *Often dull in luster and can break easily. *Can have fossils in them. *Clastic- made of rock fragments / sediment. *Organic- made of remains of plants and animals *Chemical- made ...
ANSWER KEY Lesson One: Layers of the Earth Vocabulary Station
... - as it flows, it moves the plates of the Earth ...
... - as it flows, it moves the plates of the Earth ...
Final Exam - UTEP Geology Homepage
... calculate the age of a sample given its half-life and the amount of decay Mass Extinctions & Geologic Time What they are What causes them When the major ones were. Geologic time: be familiar with major divisions and the important things that occurred during them: Precambrian, Paleozoic, Meso ...
... calculate the age of a sample given its half-life and the amount of decay Mass Extinctions & Geologic Time What they are What causes them When the major ones were. Geologic time: be familiar with major divisions and the important things that occurred during them: Precambrian, Paleozoic, Meso ...
What are the processes that cause the Earth`s surface to wear down?
... 2. What is the most frequent cause of rocks breaking apart? 1. Water freezing and thawing in rock cracks. Water expands when it freezes and enlarges the cracks. This causes the rock to eventually break apart. ...
... 2. What is the most frequent cause of rocks breaking apart? 1. Water freezing and thawing in rock cracks. Water expands when it freezes and enlarges the cracks. This causes the rock to eventually break apart. ...
Introduction to Earth Science
... calculator tape time scale (also in Additional Resources) for a more interactive experience. Make a list of statements where some are hypotheses and some are theories but don’t tell the students which are which. Present these to the class and have students make their own decisions about which statem ...
... calculator tape time scale (also in Additional Resources) for a more interactive experience. Make a list of statements where some are hypotheses and some are theories but don’t tell the students which are which. Present these to the class and have students make their own decisions about which statem ...
Assembly and Breakup of Supercontinents
... one supercontinental framework, called the Pangea, surrounded by a single ocean. New evidence cropped up recently which indicated existence of a still older Rodinia supercontinent whose dismembered fragments had later reassembled to form the younger Pangea supercontinent. The Earth is a Living Plane ...
... one supercontinental framework, called the Pangea, surrounded by a single ocean. New evidence cropped up recently which indicated existence of a still older Rodinia supercontinent whose dismembered fragments had later reassembled to form the younger Pangea supercontinent. The Earth is a Living Plane ...
narrative-for-class-journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth
... Stop Number 9 – Upper Mantle Transition Zone: We’re well below the asthenosphere now at about 670 km depth. The pressure is so great at this depth that some of the minerals that form mantle rocks undergo a transformation in their crystal structure that results in a tighter packing of the atoms that ...
... Stop Number 9 – Upper Mantle Transition Zone: We’re well below the asthenosphere now at about 670 km depth. The pressure is so great at this depth that some of the minerals that form mantle rocks undergo a transformation in their crystal structure that results in a tighter packing of the atoms that ...
Inner Core - Net Start Class
... Outer Core The next layer after the inner core What is the state of matter? liquid What elements make up the inner core? Fe (Iron) and Ni (Nickel) Temperature? ...
... Outer Core The next layer after the inner core What is the state of matter? liquid What elements make up the inner core? Fe (Iron) and Ni (Nickel) Temperature? ...
Overheads for Pat`s lecture
... segregation, deformation, metasomatism, etc. Thus peridotites show compositional variations, particularly in their trace element contents. Nevertheless, they show definite and coherent trends - the least-depleted peridotites (lowest MgO, but highest CaO, Al2O3 and other incompatible trace elements t ...
... segregation, deformation, metasomatism, etc. Thus peridotites show compositional variations, particularly in their trace element contents. Nevertheless, they show definite and coherent trends - the least-depleted peridotites (lowest MgO, but highest CaO, Al2O3 and other incompatible trace elements t ...
9 Early Earth
... maintained longer and the surface of the Earth rapidly cooled down and formed a crust (3rd step). The oceans formed quickly due to the condensation of the atmospheric water vapour. Abe (1993) suggested that the terrestrial oceans were produced in less than 1000 years due to heavy rain, with raining ...
... maintained longer and the surface of the Earth rapidly cooled down and formed a crust (3rd step). The oceans formed quickly due to the condensation of the atmospheric water vapour. Abe (1993) suggested that the terrestrial oceans were produced in less than 1000 years due to heavy rain, with raining ...
Cider+oxygen+langmui..
... • To increase upper mantle Fe3+/Fe2+ by 1% requires 2 billion years of present Fe3+ subduction. – Data suggest deep ocean not oxidized prior to 700Ma – Even small increase of mantle Fe3+ requires thousands of examoles of subducted oxidized material-- makes ...
... • To increase upper mantle Fe3+/Fe2+ by 1% requires 2 billion years of present Fe3+ subduction. – Data suggest deep ocean not oxidized prior to 700Ma – Even small increase of mantle Fe3+ requires thousands of examoles of subducted oxidized material-- makes ...
Convection Currents and the Crosscutting Concepts
... within the Earth comes from two main sources: radioactive decay and residual heat. Radioactive decay, a spontaneous process that is the basis of "isotopic clocks" used to date rocks, involves the loss of particles from the nucleus of an isotope (the parent) to form an isotope of a new element (the d ...
... within the Earth comes from two main sources: radioactive decay and residual heat. Radioactive decay, a spontaneous process that is the basis of "isotopic clocks" used to date rocks, involves the loss of particles from the nucleus of an isotope (the parent) to form an isotope of a new element (the d ...
How old is that rock?
... As we have discussed, the Earth is not a static thing. Once crust is laid down, lots of things can change it. When magma pushes its way through the layers, it’s called intrusion. Intrusions are YOUNGER than the rock they are intruding upon. ...
... As we have discussed, the Earth is not a static thing. Once crust is laid down, lots of things can change it. When magma pushes its way through the layers, it’s called intrusion. Intrusions are YOUNGER than the rock they are intruding upon. ...
Basic properties of Mars today
... Phobos and Deimos About 10km across, with density similar to that of some asteroids May be objects captured from the asteroid belt ...
... Phobos and Deimos About 10km across, with density similar to that of some asteroids May be objects captured from the asteroid belt ...
Dimensions of the Earth
... the atmosphere and much of the upper layer of Earth's interior. The hydrosphere consists of the oceans, which cover about 70 percent of Earth's surface, and other bodies of water such as lakes, streams, and rivers. The hydrosphere is relatively thin, with the oceans averaging only 3.8 kilometers in ...
... the atmosphere and much of the upper layer of Earth's interior. The hydrosphere consists of the oceans, which cover about 70 percent of Earth's surface, and other bodies of water such as lakes, streams, and rivers. The hydrosphere is relatively thin, with the oceans averaging only 3.8 kilometers in ...
Geo 221_14 copy
... over the world. They discovered the same dis8nc8ve fossils in similar forma8ons at many loca8ons. Many of the faunal successions from different con8nents displayed the same changes in fossil assemblages. ...
... over the world. They discovered the same dis8nc8ve fossils in similar forma8ons at many loca8ons. Many of the faunal successions from different con8nents displayed the same changes in fossil assemblages. ...
Section 2 - kcpe-kcse
... landmasses forming our present-day continents were once part of one gigantic supercontinent called Pangaea. • Due to continental drift, they slowly separated. • Due to plate tectonics, the physical features of the planet are constantly changing. ...
... landmasses forming our present-day continents were once part of one gigantic supercontinent called Pangaea. • Due to continental drift, they slowly separated. • Due to plate tectonics, the physical features of the planet are constantly changing. ...
1 - New York Science Teacher
... It blasted out a crater almost 600 feet deep. As collisions go, it was a small one. From space, we can see the scars from much bigger impacts on Earth. This one in Canada is 60 miles across. The effects of a similar collision may have wiped out the dinosaurs. The young Earth was once completely cove ...
... It blasted out a crater almost 600 feet deep. As collisions go, it was a small one. From space, we can see the scars from much bigger impacts on Earth. This one in Canada is 60 miles across. The effects of a similar collision may have wiped out the dinosaurs. The young Earth was once completely cove ...
The Earth as a model planet
... to look back and capture this remarkable view of the Moon in orbit about the Earth, taken from a distance of about 6.2 million kilometers (3.9 million miles), on December 16. The picture was constructed from images taken through the violet, red, and 1.0-micron infrared filters. The Moon is in the fo ...
... to look back and capture this remarkable view of the Moon in orbit about the Earth, taken from a distance of about 6.2 million kilometers (3.9 million miles), on December 16. The picture was constructed from images taken through the violet, red, and 1.0-micron infrared filters. The Moon is in the fo ...
Unit C – The Changing Earth(pages 292 – 401)
... 1. Summarize the contribution of Nicolas Steno and William Smith to the field of geology. Nicolas Steno was one of the first people to recognize that fossils are the remains of once-living organisms. He also proposed the now fundamental law of superposition, which states that younger layers are on t ...
... 1. Summarize the contribution of Nicolas Steno and William Smith to the field of geology. Nicolas Steno was one of the first people to recognize that fossils are the remains of once-living organisms. He also proposed the now fundamental law of superposition, which states that younger layers are on t ...