6th grade PASS Review
... What is the difference between the focus and the epicenter of an Earthquake? A. The focus is the amount of energy released, and the epicenter is the location where the most damage occurs. B. The focus is the location where the most damage occurs, and the epicenter is the amount of energy released. ...
... What is the difference between the focus and the epicenter of an Earthquake? A. The focus is the amount of energy released, and the epicenter is the location where the most damage occurs. B. The focus is the location where the most damage occurs, and the epicenter is the amount of energy released. ...
Geological map of The Lake District Shap Granite, Shap Pink Quarry
... research has shown that it came from Sinen Gill, north of Keswick, where our material was also collected. The rocks of the northern lakes are mainly Skiddaw Slates, deposited originally as mud on the sea floor and buried, heated and compacted to make slates during the Caledonian Orogeny (more inform ...
... research has shown that it came from Sinen Gill, north of Keswick, where our material was also collected. The rocks of the northern lakes are mainly Skiddaw Slates, deposited originally as mud on the sea floor and buried, heated and compacted to make slates during the Caledonian Orogeny (more inform ...
Rock Jeopardy
... changing due to heat and pressure within the Earth and weathering and erosion at the surface. These processes constantly change rock from one type to another in a cycle. ...
... changing due to heat and pressure within the Earth and weathering and erosion at the surface. These processes constantly change rock from one type to another in a cycle. ...
Mountain Types Outline 1) Describe the 2 mountain belts and where
... Parts of Earth that have been stretched and broken into large blocks, faulting may cause the blocks to tilt and drop relative to other blocks Same type of faulting also forms grabens Grabens, fault block mountains commonly occur near each other c) Dome Mountains A circular fracture in which ...
... Parts of Earth that have been stretched and broken into large blocks, faulting may cause the blocks to tilt and drop relative to other blocks Same type of faulting also forms grabens Grabens, fault block mountains commonly occur near each other c) Dome Mountains A circular fracture in which ...
Astronomy Test - The Summer Science Safari Summer Camp
... 19. The Continental Drift Theory was not accepted when proposed because: 20. Alfred Wegener thought that all of today's continents were once joined in a huge continent that he called: 21. Describe the three main types of plate boundaries. How do the plates move, what land features are formed, exampl ...
... 19. The Continental Drift Theory was not accepted when proposed because: 20. Alfred Wegener thought that all of today's continents were once joined in a huge continent that he called: 21. Describe the three main types of plate boundaries. How do the plates move, what land features are formed, exampl ...
Q. What is the concept of plate tectonics theory?
... - Transform faults can be distinguished from the typical strike-slip faults because the sense of movement is in the opposite direction. A strike-slip fault is a simple offset, however, a transform fault is formed between two different plates, each moving away from the spreading center of a divergent ...
... - Transform faults can be distinguished from the typical strike-slip faults because the sense of movement is in the opposite direction. A strike-slip fault is a simple offset, however, a transform fault is formed between two different plates, each moving away from the spreading center of a divergent ...
Rock Reading
... The composition of magma is also important in determining which minerals will crystallize. Hence, terms such as “mafic” or “felsic” are typically used to describe magmas. In summary, Bowen’s Reaction Series provide a relationship between composition of magmas, temperature and resulting rocks. For ex ...
... The composition of magma is also important in determining which minerals will crystallize. Hence, terms such as “mafic” or “felsic” are typically used to describe magmas. In summary, Bowen’s Reaction Series provide a relationship between composition of magmas, temperature and resulting rocks. For ex ...
Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift
... ____ 6. The lithosphere consists of two parts, which are the crust and the upper mantle. ____ 7. As distance increases from a mid-ocean ridge, the rocks are older. Where is the youngest oceanic crust located? At the mid ocean ridges, where the two plates move a apart, or diverge. ____ 8. Most earthq ...
... ____ 6. The lithosphere consists of two parts, which are the crust and the upper mantle. ____ 7. As distance increases from a mid-ocean ridge, the rocks are older. Where is the youngest oceanic crust located? At the mid ocean ridges, where the two plates move a apart, or diverge. ____ 8. Most earthq ...
Minerals, Igneous Rocks, Volcano, Plate Tectonics, Weathering
... Scenario: You are a prominent Volcanologist and are studying a volcano that is on the verge of an eruption. You are trying to determine which type of volcano it is and whether it will be an explosive of non-explosive eruption. Here are your clues: gentle slopes, high magma volume, basaltic magma, lo ...
... Scenario: You are a prominent Volcanologist and are studying a volcano that is on the verge of an eruption. You are trying to determine which type of volcano it is and whether it will be an explosive of non-explosive eruption. Here are your clues: gentle slopes, high magma volume, basaltic magma, lo ...
chemical composition and origin of the shock metamorphic rocks of
... and also the abundances of Al, Fe, Ca, K were determined in this way. The results are presented in Table 1 as the calculated arithmetic mean values of each rock type. The standard deviations indicate the difference of composition in each rock group. In order to depict the compositional variations of ...
... and also the abundances of Al, Fe, Ca, K were determined in this way. The results are presented in Table 1 as the calculated arithmetic mean values of each rock type. The standard deviations indicate the difference of composition in each rock group. In order to depict the compositional variations of ...
Geology review
... http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/geology/meta_contact.html&edu=h igh&fr=t ...
... http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/geology/meta_contact.html&edu=h igh&fr=t ...
Tectonic Features Contents
... An accumulation of great depths of sediments in a geosyncline (large depression) under an ocean. Two plates move toward each other producing a great compressional force. The sedimentary rocks are folded up Fold mountains are formed Magma of the mantle may also flow out to the earth’s surface forming ...
... An accumulation of great depths of sediments in a geosyncline (large depression) under an ocean. Two plates move toward each other producing a great compressional force. The sedimentary rocks are folded up Fold mountains are formed Magma of the mantle may also flow out to the earth’s surface forming ...
The crust - Lyndhurst Schools
... • At plate boundaries, huge pieces of the crust diverge (pull apart) or converge (push together). As a result, the crust often fractures, allowing magma to reach the surface. Most volcanoes form along diverging plate boundaries such as mid-ocean ridges and along converging plate boundaries where su ...
... • At plate boundaries, huge pieces of the crust diverge (pull apart) or converge (push together). As a result, the crust often fractures, allowing magma to reach the surface. Most volcanoes form along diverging plate boundaries such as mid-ocean ridges and along converging plate boundaries where su ...
RESTLESS EARTH
... : A theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past. It also explained why fossils of the same plant and animal species are found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Ancient species could not have made it across the ocean. It explained puzzling evidence left by ...
... : A theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past. It also explained why fossils of the same plant and animal species are found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Ancient species could not have made it across the ocean. It explained puzzling evidence left by ...
L3_Plate Tec_Deformation
... solve this type of problem. If a region with a rich gold deposit is cut by a fault that is known from other evidence to move at a rate of 4 cm/yr. The gold was deposited 10 million years ago. At what distance along the fault (in the direction of the fault movement) would one look for the other part ...
... solve this type of problem. If a region with a rich gold deposit is cut by a fault that is known from other evidence to move at a rate of 4 cm/yr. The gold was deposited 10 million years ago. At what distance along the fault (in the direction of the fault movement) would one look for the other part ...
Article - The Evidence of Plate Tectonics
... progressively older as you moved away from it to the east or west. Harry Hess considered the matter and realized that this could mean only one thing: new ocean crust was being formed on either side of the central rift, then being pushed away from it as new crust came along behind. The Atlantic floor ...
... progressively older as you moved away from it to the east or west. Harry Hess considered the matter and realized that this could mean only one thing: new ocean crust was being formed on either side of the central rift, then being pushed away from it as new crust came along behind. The Atlantic floor ...
Earth`s Crust - Southern Local Schools
... three major types of faulting. A fault will have two sides, the hanging wall and footwall. Movement of the hanging wall and the footwall with relationship to each other, determines which type of fault it is. ...
... three major types of faulting. A fault will have two sides, the hanging wall and footwall. Movement of the hanging wall and the footwall with relationship to each other, determines which type of fault it is. ...
EarthComm_c2_esyl
... When continents collide to form a single continental landmass, a supercontinent forms. About 200 million years ago, a huge supercontinent called Pangea broke into separate continents that moved apart. ...
... When continents collide to form a single continental landmass, a supercontinent forms. About 200 million years ago, a huge supercontinent called Pangea broke into separate continents that moved apart. ...
Types of Rocks
... What can heat and pressure do to rocks? • Because of the extreme heat and pressure: – Crystals can change shape and size – Chemicals can combine and create new minerals – Rocks can have striped or swirls because of minerals melting and pressure – An entirely new rock can be formed that looks nothin ...
... What can heat and pressure do to rocks? • Because of the extreme heat and pressure: – Crystals can change shape and size – Chemicals can combine and create new minerals – Rocks can have striped or swirls because of minerals melting and pressure – An entirely new rock can be formed that looks nothin ...
Jamies Group - Junee North Public School
... CONSIDERED AS A SACRED SITEFOR THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE. ...
... CONSIDERED AS A SACRED SITEFOR THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE. ...
Geochemistry of fine-grained clastic sedimentary rocks of the
... and attest to a more felsic protolith than those for PAAS and PS. The Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA: 52–82) reveal a moderately weathered protolith for the mudrocks. The consistent REE patterns with LREE-enriched and HREE-depleted patterns ((La/Yb)CN = 7.3– 38.3) coupled with negative Eu anomali ...
... and attest to a more felsic protolith than those for PAAS and PS. The Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA: 52–82) reveal a moderately weathered protolith for the mudrocks. The consistent REE patterns with LREE-enriched and HREE-depleted patterns ((La/Yb)CN = 7.3– 38.3) coupled with negative Eu anomali ...
8.3 – What is Seafloor Spreading?
... 1. Scientists think that the movement of tectonic plates is caused by a. conveyor belts b. heat in Earth’s core. c. pressure in Earth’s crust. d. convection currents. ...
... 1. Scientists think that the movement of tectonic plates is caused by a. conveyor belts b. heat in Earth’s core. c. pressure in Earth’s crust. d. convection currents. ...
Igneous Rocks - ElementaryScienceOlympiadBCS
... Felsic, on the other hand, is used for silicate minerals, magmas, and rocks which have a lower percentage of the heavier elements, and are correspondingly enriched in the lighter elements, such as silicon and oxygen, aluminum, and potassium. The term comes from FEL for feldspar (in this case the pot ...
... Felsic, on the other hand, is used for silicate minerals, magmas, and rocks which have a lower percentage of the heavier elements, and are correspondingly enriched in the lighter elements, such as silicon and oxygen, aluminum, and potassium. The term comes from FEL for feldspar (in this case the pot ...
Chapter 15
... formation of lithostratigraphic units that cut across time lines is almost inevitable (see Figure 15.2C for example). As described in the section entitled “Gaps in the Record” we need to forget the concept that the stratigraphic record is like a tape recording that provides us with a sequential reco ...
... formation of lithostratigraphic units that cut across time lines is almost inevitable (see Figure 15.2C for example). As described in the section entitled “Gaps in the Record” we need to forget the concept that the stratigraphic record is like a tape recording that provides us with a sequential reco ...
Algoman orogeny
The Algoman orogeny, known as the Kenoran orogeny in Canada, was an episode of mountain-building (orogeny) during the Late Archean Eon that involved repeated episodes of continental collisions, compressions and subductions. The Superior province and the Minnesota River Valley terrane collided about 2,700 to 2,500 million years ago. The collision folded the Earth's crust and produced enough heat and pressure to metamorphose the rock. Blocks were added to the Superior province along a 1,200 km (750 mi) boundary that stretches from present-day eastern South Dakota into the Lake Huron area. The Algoman orogeny brought the Archaen Eon to a close, about 2,500 million years ago; it lasted less than 100 million years and marks a major change in the development of the earth’s crust.The Canadian shield contains belts of metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks formed by the action of metamorphism on volcanic and sedimentary rock. The areas between individual belts consist of granites or granitic gneisses that form fault zones. These two types of belts can be seen in the Wabigoon, Quetico and Wawa subprovinces; the Wabigoon and Wawa are of volcanic origin and the Quetico is of sedimentary origin. These three subprovinces lie linearly in southwestern- to northeastern-oriented belts about 140 km (90 mi) wide on the southern portion of the Superior Province.The Slave province and portions of the Nain province were also affected. Between about 2,000 and 1,700 million years ago these combined with the Sask and Wyoming cratons to form the first supercontinent, the Kenorland supercontinent.