The Terrestrial Planets
... • Definition - the daily fluctuation in ocean level. • The magnitude of the fluctuation (height of the tides) can vary from a few centimeters to many meters depending on location and time of year. Average 1 m in the open sea. • An enormous amount of energy is contained in the daily tidal motions of ...
... • Definition - the daily fluctuation in ocean level. • The magnitude of the fluctuation (height of the tides) can vary from a few centimeters to many meters depending on location and time of year. Average 1 m in the open sea. • An enormous amount of energy is contained in the daily tidal motions of ...
Earth Space Science Week8
... SC.6.N.3.4 Identify the role of models in the context of the sixth grade science benchmarks. SC.6.E.7.1 Differentiate among radiation, conduction, and convection, the three mechanisms by which heat is transferred through Earth's system. SC.6.E.7.4 (AA) Differentiate and show interactions among the g ...
... SC.6.N.3.4 Identify the role of models in the context of the sixth grade science benchmarks. SC.6.E.7.1 Differentiate among radiation, conduction, and convection, the three mechanisms by which heat is transferred through Earth's system. SC.6.E.7.4 (AA) Differentiate and show interactions among the g ...
Layers of the Earth Poster Project Instructions and
... Characteristics: Look at the PPT notes given in class or look on our class website These are some things you should include, but are not everything. You should write at least three or four sentences. a. Thickness – How thick is the layer? (use Kilometers) b. Material – What is its primary mineral ...
... Characteristics: Look at the PPT notes given in class or look on our class website These are some things you should include, but are not everything. You should write at least three or four sentences. a. Thickness – How thick is the layer? (use Kilometers) b. Material – What is its primary mineral ...
File - Islamic Center Of Northland
... contains calcium, aluminum, and garnet, which is a complex aluminum-bearing silicate mineral. This layer is dense when cold because of the garnet. It is buoyant when hot because these minerals melt easily to form basalt which can then rise through the upper layers as magma. (6) Upper Mantle: 10.3% o ...
... contains calcium, aluminum, and garnet, which is a complex aluminum-bearing silicate mineral. This layer is dense when cold because of the garnet. It is buoyant when hot because these minerals melt easily to form basalt which can then rise through the upper layers as magma. (6) Upper Mantle: 10.3% o ...
Handout
... ultramafic melts that rose from the mantle and flooded its surface. Earth’s atmosphere = nitrogen, ammonia, methane, water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. After about 4 Ga (billion year ago), the planet had cooled enough for the magma ocean to freeze and the surface to becom ...
... ultramafic melts that rose from the mantle and flooded its surface. Earth’s atmosphere = nitrogen, ammonia, methane, water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. After about 4 Ga (billion year ago), the planet had cooled enough for the magma ocean to freeze and the surface to becom ...
Chapter1305.ppt
... ultramafic melts that rose from the mantle and flooded its surface. Earth’s atmosphere = nitrogen, ammonia, methane, water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. After about 4 Ga (billion year ago), the planet had cooled enough for the magma ocean to freeze and the surface to becom ...
... ultramafic melts that rose from the mantle and flooded its surface. Earth’s atmosphere = nitrogen, ammonia, methane, water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. After about 4 Ga (billion year ago), the planet had cooled enough for the magma ocean to freeze and the surface to becom ...
The Earth Guiding Questions Minerals Telling Rocks Apart • How
... A a gas is transparent to visible light and opaque to infrared radiation. B a gas is transparent to infrared radiation and opaque to ultraviolet radiation. C ozone is transparent to ultraviolet radiation and opaque to infrared radiation. D methane is transparent to infrared radiation and opaque to v ...
... A a gas is transparent to visible light and opaque to infrared radiation. B a gas is transparent to infrared radiation and opaque to ultraviolet radiation. C ozone is transparent to ultraviolet radiation and opaque to infrared radiation. D methane is transparent to infrared radiation and opaque to v ...
printer-friendly sample test questions
... 7. Which of the following is possible evidence that the Earth’s core has both a solid and liquid portion? A. The Earth has a strong magnetic field that periodically fluctuates. B. The Moon is held in orbit around the Earth by the gravitational attraction. C. The Earth’s oceans experience 2 high tide ...
... 7. Which of the following is possible evidence that the Earth’s core has both a solid and liquid portion? A. The Earth has a strong magnetic field that periodically fluctuates. B. The Moon is held in orbit around the Earth by the gravitational attraction. C. The Earth’s oceans experience 2 high tide ...
Earth Interior quest
... 8. Describe the density/ pressure/ and temperature of the composition of the Earth’s material as you gain depth. 9. Which layer contains the most material? 10. What happens to the melting point of material at a depth of 5150km? 11. Why are there 2 different lines for melting point? 12. What is the d ...
... 8. Describe the density/ pressure/ and temperature of the composition of the Earth’s material as you gain depth. 9. Which layer contains the most material? 10. What happens to the melting point of material at a depth of 5150km? 11. Why are there 2 different lines for melting point? 12. What is the d ...
Inside the Earth
... moon. • Earth gets hotter toward the center. Geologists believe the temperature of Earth's outer core is about 6700 to 7800 degrees F (3700 to 4300 degrees C). The inner core may be as hot as 12,600 degrees F (7000 degrees C)--hotter than the surface of the sun. But, because it is under great pressu ...
... moon. • Earth gets hotter toward the center. Geologists believe the temperature of Earth's outer core is about 6700 to 7800 degrees F (3700 to 4300 degrees C). The inner core may be as hot as 12,600 degrees F (7000 degrees C)--hotter than the surface of the sun. But, because it is under great pressu ...
High School Earth Science Curriculum Map
... SES1. Students will investigate the composition and formation of Earth systems, including the Earth’s relationship to the solar system. e. Identify the transformations and major reservoirs that make up the rock cycle, hydrologic cycle, carbon cycle, and other important geochemical cycles. SES2. Stud ...
... SES1. Students will investigate the composition and formation of Earth systems, including the Earth’s relationship to the solar system. e. Identify the transformations and major reservoirs that make up the rock cycle, hydrologic cycle, carbon cycle, and other important geochemical cycles. SES2. Stud ...
Ocean waves that wear away an island`s shoreline
... 8. Wegner believed the continents had once been joined in one landmass called Pangaea 9. The theory of continental drift states all the continents once were joined as a single supercontinent and have since drifted apart. 10. To support his theory, Alfred Wegener provided evidence from fossils, trace ...
... 8. Wegner believed the continents had once been joined in one landmass called Pangaea 9. The theory of continental drift states all the continents once were joined as a single supercontinent and have since drifted apart. 10. To support his theory, Alfred Wegener provided evidence from fossils, trace ...
Internal Structure of the Earth
... Crust – the outer, hardest layer of the lithosphere; continental crust (mostly granite, 2.7 g/cm³, 0-40 km) and oceanic crust (basalt 3.0 g/cm³, 010km) Lithosphere – crust and upper most, solid, rigid portion of the mantle – broken into pieces (0-100 km) ...
... Crust – the outer, hardest layer of the lithosphere; continental crust (mostly granite, 2.7 g/cm³, 0-40 km) and oceanic crust (basalt 3.0 g/cm³, 010km) Lithosphere – crust and upper most, solid, rigid portion of the mantle – broken into pieces (0-100 km) ...
INSTRUCTIONAL OVERVIEW Teacher_Susan Steele____ Class
... SC-07-2.3.1 Students will make inferences and predictions related to changes in the Earth’s surface or atmosphere based on data/evidence. The Earth’s processes we see today, including erosion, movement of lithosphere plates and changes in atmospheric composition, are predictable and similar to those ...
... SC-07-2.3.1 Students will make inferences and predictions related to changes in the Earth’s surface or atmosphere based on data/evidence. The Earth’s processes we see today, including erosion, movement of lithosphere plates and changes in atmospheric composition, are predictable and similar to those ...
Key to pre/post test - TSDCurriculum
... 4. We can’t dig down through even the thinnest outer layer of the earth. List 2 different ways humans find out about the structure and temperatures is inside of the earth. 1. Seismic waves. 2. Experiments on the properties of materials (such as density of iron at different temperatures and pressures ...
... 4. We can’t dig down through even the thinnest outer layer of the earth. List 2 different ways humans find out about the structure and temperatures is inside of the earth. 1. Seismic waves. 2. Experiments on the properties of materials (such as density of iron at different temperatures and pressures ...
86:12 And by the Earth full of cracks/faults
... When plate edges override one another, one of the plates is forced down into the hot mantle and melts. This process is called subduction. Molten crust material is lighter than mantle, and it rises - melting its way through the overlying solid rock and erupting as volcanic lava. When a continental pl ...
... When plate edges override one another, one of the plates is forced down into the hot mantle and melts. This process is called subduction. Molten crust material is lighter than mantle, and it rises - melting its way through the overlying solid rock and erupting as volcanic lava. When a continental pl ...
In-class Video Summaries - CSU
... The forces behind the formation of Hurricane Sandy, the preparation for the storm, and the devastating impact it had on the New Jersey Shore and New York City are shown in this play-by-play account of how the storm unfolded. The importance of heeding evacuation orders is shown. Rising sea level and ...
... The forces behind the formation of Hurricane Sandy, the preparation for the storm, and the devastating impact it had on the New Jersey Shore and New York City are shown in this play-by-play account of how the storm unfolded. The importance of heeding evacuation orders is shown. Rising sea level and ...
EDWARD J. GARNERO 2. Employer - AGU Elections
... 6. Narrative of research experience My discipline of research is seismology, and my research focus is the interior of Earth and the Moon. I am interested in seismic imaging of structures that relate to the chemistry, dynamics, and evolution of interiors, especially as it relates to observables at Ea ...
... 6. Narrative of research experience My discipline of research is seismology, and my research focus is the interior of Earth and the Moon. I am interested in seismic imaging of structures that relate to the chemistry, dynamics, and evolution of interiors, especially as it relates to observables at Ea ...
Layers of the Earth
... reheats, and rises again. These convection currents cause changes in the Earth’s surface ...
... reheats, and rises again. These convection currents cause changes in the Earth’s surface ...
Layers of the Earth ppt
... reheats, and rises again. These convection currents cause changes in the Earth’s surface ...
... reheats, and rises again. These convection currents cause changes in the Earth’s surface ...
6th Grade Science Formative Assessment 5 Multiple Choice
... B. The oceanic crust will push the continental crust so that a separation occurs between the two crusts. C. Uplift of the continental crust will occur as the result of pressure applied by the oceanic crust. D. As the two crusts slide past each other, the routes of rivers and streams may be changed. ...
... B. The oceanic crust will push the continental crust so that a separation occurs between the two crusts. C. Uplift of the continental crust will occur as the result of pressure applied by the oceanic crust. D. As the two crusts slide past each other, the routes of rivers and streams may be changed. ...
06SC_TEST7 - Secondary Science Wiki
... B. The oceanic crust will push the continental crust so that a separation occurs between the two crusts. C. Uplift of the continental crust will occur as the result of pressure applied by the oceanic crust. D. As the two crusts slide past each other, the routes of rivers and streams may be changed. ...
... B. The oceanic crust will push the continental crust so that a separation occurs between the two crusts. C. Uplift of the continental crust will occur as the result of pressure applied by the oceanic crust. D. As the two crusts slide past each other, the routes of rivers and streams may be changed. ...
Plate Tectonic Notes
... that the continents were once joined together as Pangaea 300 million years ago, and had drifted apart What was his research and evidence? ...
... that the continents were once joined together as Pangaea 300 million years ago, and had drifted apart What was his research and evidence? ...
!GLG 101-Illustrated Vocabulary-Chapter 16 !Structure of the Earth
... Consequently, this type of crust floats at a higher elevation and protrudes above sea level to form continents. !core *the innermost spherical structure of a planet; it is the densest material, probably consisting mostly of iron and nickel, similar to the composition of iron meteorites. The outer po ...
... Consequently, this type of crust floats at a higher elevation and protrudes above sea level to form continents. !core *the innermost spherical structure of a planet; it is the densest material, probably consisting mostly of iron and nickel, similar to the composition of iron meteorites. The outer po ...