Earth 50: Plate Tectonics 9-25-06 Continental Drift James Hutton
... Convection works owing to Thermal Expansion—hot rock expands so that for an equivalent mass of cold rock, hot rock takes up more space and has less density per given volume The lower density of a given amount of hot versus cold rock causes the hot rock to float higher than the cold rock; the rock ne ...
... Convection works owing to Thermal Expansion—hot rock expands so that for an equivalent mass of cold rock, hot rock takes up more space and has less density per given volume The lower density of a given amount of hot versus cold rock causes the hot rock to float higher than the cold rock; the rock ne ...
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... The dense metallic center of Earth is the core. Imagine again that Earth is a hard-cooked egg. The yolk of the egg would be Earth’s core. Earth’s crust and mantle are made of rock. Why do you think the core is made of metal? Remember that early Earth was much hotter than it is now. Earth’s materials ...
... The dense metallic center of Earth is the core. Imagine again that Earth is a hard-cooked egg. The yolk of the egg would be Earth’s core. Earth’s crust and mantle are made of rock. Why do you think the core is made of metal? Remember that early Earth was much hotter than it is now. Earth’s materials ...
Earth’s Layers
... 1. I can list and identify the 3 types of rocks and explain how they are created 2. I can describe how the surface of the Earth is shaped by building up, weathering and erosion 3. I can identify the 3 layers of the Earth and their features 4. I can explain how and why plates move, the effects of the ...
... 1. I can list and identify the 3 types of rocks and explain how they are created 2. I can describe how the surface of the Earth is shaped by building up, weathering and erosion 3. I can identify the 3 layers of the Earth and their features 4. I can explain how and why plates move, the effects of the ...
Earth`s Layers Test Review Packet
... Make these terms into note cards, if you do not have note-cards handy, use a separate piece of paper. Check off the word as you finish creating a note card. ❏ Crust ❏ Lithosphere ❏ Asthenosphere ❏ Mantle ❏ Outer Core ❏ Inner Core ❏ Oceanic Crust ❏ Continental Crust ❏ Basalt ❏ Granite ❏ Mesosphere (l ...
... Make these terms into note cards, if you do not have note-cards handy, use a separate piece of paper. Check off the word as you finish creating a note card. ❏ Crust ❏ Lithosphere ❏ Asthenosphere ❏ Mantle ❏ Outer Core ❏ Inner Core ❏ Oceanic Crust ❏ Continental Crust ❏ Basalt ❏ Granite ❏ Mesosphere (l ...
Shake, Rattle, and Roll the Earth
... – occur where plates collide or separate – not random in where they occur • Magnetism - Earth’s N-S poles periodically “switch” - some igneous rock contains iron - a record of these switches occur in the rock - surrounding the Mid-ocean ridges (places where new crust is formed) • Heatflow measuremen ...
... – occur where plates collide or separate – not random in where they occur • Magnetism - Earth’s N-S poles periodically “switch” - some igneous rock contains iron - a record of these switches occur in the rock - surrounding the Mid-ocean ridges (places where new crust is formed) • Heatflow measuremen ...
Plate Tectonic Theory Notes
... _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________. 5. The edges of Earth’s plates meet at plate ________________________ that extend deep into the ____________________________. 6. ________________ - a break or ...
... _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________. 5. The edges of Earth’s plates meet at plate ________________________ that extend deep into the ____________________________. 6. ________________ - a break or ...
Pangaea and Seafloor Spreading Notes
... continents thousands of miles apart, that rock types and rock formations were the same on continents thousands of miles apart, that the continents shapes seemed to have edges that could readily fit into each other, and that the climates many continents were now experiencing would not support the fos ...
... continents thousands of miles apart, that rock types and rock formations were the same on continents thousands of miles apart, that the continents shapes seemed to have edges that could readily fit into each other, and that the climates many continents were now experiencing would not support the fos ...
Normal Fault Associated Plate Boundary
... • How rocks move determines how much friction there is between opposite sides of the fault. • Friction- a force that opposes the motion of one surface as it moves across another. – It exist because surfaces are not perfectly smooth. ...
... • How rocks move determines how much friction there is between opposite sides of the fault. • Friction- a force that opposes the motion of one surface as it moves across another. – It exist because surfaces are not perfectly smooth. ...
Ocean Depth through Deep Time
... The Earth’s oceans have played an important role in the evolution of life and tectonics on Earth, and yet our understanding of basic connections between these remains limited. One of the central, and still unanswered questions, is whether Earth’s oceans have been present over all of Earth’s history, ...
... The Earth’s oceans have played an important role in the evolution of life and tectonics on Earth, and yet our understanding of basic connections between these remains limited. One of the central, and still unanswered questions, is whether Earth’s oceans have been present over all of Earth’s history, ...
crust, mantle
... sentence: crust, mantle, and core. » Scientists divide the Earth into the crust, mantle, and core based on the chemical elements that make up each of these layers. ...
... sentence: crust, mantle, and core. » Scientists divide the Earth into the crust, mantle, and core based on the chemical elements that make up each of these layers. ...
Eclogite formation and the rheology, buoyancy, seismicity, and H2O
... Formationof eclogiteis a key factor in plate tectonics, influencingthe size and shapeof platesas well astheir age and rate of disappearance from the Earth's surface. Subductionzoneshave long beenof interestbecausethey are the buildersof continents,collectingmaterialfrom the oceanbasinsandconstructin ...
... Formationof eclogiteis a key factor in plate tectonics, influencingthe size and shapeof platesas well astheir age and rate of disappearance from the Earth's surface. Subductionzoneshave long beenof interestbecausethey are the buildersof continents,collectingmaterialfrom the oceanbasinsandconstructin ...
plate-tectonics-pre-test-study-guide
... ______ 9. Each cycle of spreading and intrusion of magma during seafloor spreading results in _____ a. magnetic reversals b. new ocean crust c. subduction d. plates colliding ______ 10. Features found at divergent boundaries include _____ a. ocean ridges b. deep-sea trenches c. crumpled mountains d. ...
... ______ 9. Each cycle of spreading and intrusion of magma during seafloor spreading results in _____ a. magnetic reversals b. new ocean crust c. subduction d. plates colliding ______ 10. Features found at divergent boundaries include _____ a. ocean ridges b. deep-sea trenches c. crumpled mountains d. ...
GY 112 Lecture Notes
... reasonably well understood. But mountain belts were much more than just volcanoes. Geologists recognized that great compressive forces had to have been at work to form the Alps and Rockies, but the mechanism by which it occurred was not yet clear. Despite the silence in text books about mountain bui ...
... reasonably well understood. But mountain belts were much more than just volcanoes. Geologists recognized that great compressive forces had to have been at work to form the Alps and Rockies, but the mechanism by which it occurred was not yet clear. Despite the silence in text books about mountain bui ...
Plate Tectonics
... mapping the ocean floor with a fathometer - a type of sonar that used echo sounding to help ships know where the bottom of the ocean floor was. He proposed that hot, less dense material below the crust rises toward the surface at the mid ocean ridges, flowing sideways, carrying the seafloor away fro ...
... mapping the ocean floor with a fathometer - a type of sonar that used echo sounding to help ships know where the bottom of the ocean floor was. He proposed that hot, less dense material below the crust rises toward the surface at the mid ocean ridges, flowing sideways, carrying the seafloor away fro ...
Rosia Montana - GTK
... the mountain regions, on acid rocks. The general level of contamination of soils with heavy metals is ...
... the mountain regions, on acid rocks. The general level of contamination of soils with heavy metals is ...
CHEMISTRY EXAM 2 REVIEW
... My child completed this review and studied for at least 30 minutes. Define the following chemistry terms: [Chemistry Dictionary] 1. alloy a mixture of metals 2. brittleness the property of matter that is how easily the substance breaks or shatters when force is applied to it. 3. compound a substance ...
... My child completed this review and studied for at least 30 minutes. Define the following chemistry terms: [Chemistry Dictionary] 1. alloy a mixture of metals 2. brittleness the property of matter that is how easily the substance breaks or shatters when force is applied to it. 3. compound a substance ...
Theory of Plate Tectonics
... Continental Drift Theory • Proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912 • 250 million years ago, all of the continents were combined into one super-continent called “Pangaea” • The continents gradually drifted apart to where they are today ...
... Continental Drift Theory • Proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912 • 250 million years ago, all of the continents were combined into one super-continent called “Pangaea” • The continents gradually drifted apart to where they are today ...
Shane Turner
... A convenient way of comparing analyses for these various magma types is to plot the data as geochronological patterns. Many geologists rely heavily on these volcanic rocks for providing the evidence by which past destructive plate boundaries can be located. It is therefore important to be able to de ...
... A convenient way of comparing analyses for these various magma types is to plot the data as geochronological patterns. Many geologists rely heavily on these volcanic rocks for providing the evidence by which past destructive plate boundaries can be located. It is therefore important to be able to de ...
Formation of continental crust during ultra
... controversy on how and when continental crust was formed. Since Precambrian peaks of crustal formation coincide in time with regional high-temperature granulite facies metamorphism and assembly of supercontinents, ultra-hot orogeny associated with proto-continental plates convergence might set up me ...
... controversy on how and when continental crust was formed. Since Precambrian peaks of crustal formation coincide in time with regional high-temperature granulite facies metamorphism and assembly of supercontinents, ultra-hot orogeny associated with proto-continental plates convergence might set up me ...