Plate Tectonics Unit Test
... 10. Rocks closest to the mid-ocean ridge are ____________ the rocks farther away from it. a. older than b. same age as c. younger than B. True/ False: Write the words True or False. If false, write false and change it to make it true. (3 pts) 11. The type of stress that pushes rock together is shear ...
... 10. Rocks closest to the mid-ocean ridge are ____________ the rocks farther away from it. a. older than b. same age as c. younger than B. True/ False: Write the words True or False. If false, write false and change it to make it true. (3 pts) 11. The type of stress that pushes rock together is shear ...
Crust - www .alexandria .k12 .mn .us
... The Earth is composed of four different layers. The crust is the layer that you live on, and it is the most widely studied and understood. The mantle is much hotter and has the ability to flow. The outer core and inner core are even hotter with pressures so great you would be squeezed into a ball sm ...
... The Earth is composed of four different layers. The crust is the layer that you live on, and it is the most widely studied and understood. The mantle is much hotter and has the ability to flow. The outer core and inner core are even hotter with pressures so great you would be squeezed into a ball sm ...
Crust - MentorMob
... The Earth is composed of four different layers. The crust is the layer that you live on, and it is the most widely studied and understood. The mantle is much hotter and has the ability to flow. The outer core and inner core are even hotter with pressures so great you would be squeezed into a ball sm ...
... The Earth is composed of four different layers. The crust is the layer that you live on, and it is the most widely studied and understood. The mantle is much hotter and has the ability to flow. The outer core and inner core are even hotter with pressures so great you would be squeezed into a ball sm ...
Earth’s Interior PowerPoint - Marcia's Science Teaching
... The Earth is composed of four different layers. The crust is the layer that you live on, and it is the most widely studied and understood. The mantle is much hotter and has the ability to flow. The outer core and inner core are even hotter with pressures so great you would be squeezed into a ball sm ...
... The Earth is composed of four different layers. The crust is the layer that you live on, and it is the most widely studied and understood. The mantle is much hotter and has the ability to flow. The outer core and inner core are even hotter with pressures so great you would be squeezed into a ball sm ...
The Layers of the Earth
... The Earth is composed of four different layers. The crust is the layer that you live on, and it is the most widely studied and understood. The mantle is much hotter and has the ability to flow. The outer core and inner core are even hotter with pressures so great you would be squeezed into a ball sm ...
... The Earth is composed of four different layers. The crust is the layer that you live on, and it is the most widely studied and understood. The mantle is much hotter and has the ability to flow. The outer core and inner core are even hotter with pressures so great you would be squeezed into a ball sm ...
Plate Tectonics Lecture Notes Page
... Indian & Asian plates -> HIMALAYAS One plate may move beneath Transform Boundary: Plates slide past each other •Lithosphere isn’t created or destroyed •Rock shatters •Many shallow earthquakes (San Andreas Fault) •Separates Pacific & North American Plates Paleomagnetism Confirms Plate Tectonics•Mag ...
... Indian & Asian plates -> HIMALAYAS One plate may move beneath Transform Boundary: Plates slide past each other •Lithosphere isn’t created or destroyed •Rock shatters •Many shallow earthquakes (San Andreas Fault) •Separates Pacific & North American Plates Paleomagnetism Confirms Plate Tectonics•Mag ...
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... Rocks move at right angles in relation to direction of waves Pass through Earth’s interior Move in two directions as they pass through rock Rocks move side to side as it passes ...
... Rocks move at right angles in relation to direction of waves Pass through Earth’s interior Move in two directions as they pass through rock Rocks move side to side as it passes ...
UNIT 1, Chapter 1, Lesson 2
... ultraviolet radiation. This radiation helped break apart molecules of methane and ammonia in our atmosphere, seeding the oceans with elements important to the formation of life such as carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen. 14. The first life forms on Earth were very simple and did not need ______________ ...
... ultraviolet radiation. This radiation helped break apart molecules of methane and ammonia in our atmosphere, seeding the oceans with elements important to the formation of life such as carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen. 14. The first life forms on Earth were very simple and did not need ______________ ...
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... 7.5 – Recognize that lithospheric plates on the scale of continents and oceans continually move at rates of centimeters per year 7.6 – Describe the relationship between plate movements and earthquakes, mountain building, volcanoes, and sea floor spreading ...
... 7.5 – Recognize that lithospheric plates on the scale of continents and oceans continually move at rates of centimeters per year 7.6 – Describe the relationship between plate movements and earthquakes, mountain building, volcanoes, and sea floor spreading ...
Earth`s Interior
... minerals (also magnesium, silicon) 3. surrounded by crust of relatively light silicon-rich minerals. (You are here.) Earth is differentiated. ...
... minerals (also magnesium, silicon) 3. surrounded by crust of relatively light silicon-rich minerals. (You are here.) Earth is differentiated. ...
Z SR Midterm Test Review
... Draw and label an example of sea floor spreading in the box below. Be sure to include and label: molten material (magma) convection current motion and direction mid-ocean ridge crust direction direction of rock/crust movement crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere, lower mantle location of ...
... Draw and label an example of sea floor spreading in the box below. Be sure to include and label: molten material (magma) convection current motion and direction mid-ocean ridge crust direction direction of rock/crust movement crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere, lower mantle location of ...
Plate Tectonics and Continental Accretion
... By: Robert D. Merrill California State University Plate-tectonic theory can help explain how continents slowly grow. This process is easily seen in subduction zones where on oceanic plate descends beneath a continental plate. Fragments of rocks forming the upper layers of the oceanic plate are scrap ...
... By: Robert D. Merrill California State University Plate-tectonic theory can help explain how continents slowly grow. This process is easily seen in subduction zones where on oceanic plate descends beneath a continental plate. Fragments of rocks forming the upper layers of the oceanic plate are scrap ...
Evidence of continental drift
... sent the continents adrift. Wegner called the supercontinent Pangaea which means “all the earth” in Greek. Pangaea broke up 200 mya. The northern half of Pangaea was referred to as Laurasia and the southern portion is known as Gondwanaland. ...
... sent the continents adrift. Wegner called the supercontinent Pangaea which means “all the earth” in Greek. Pangaea broke up 200 mya. The northern half of Pangaea was referred to as Laurasia and the southern portion is known as Gondwanaland. ...
Geological Components of the ocean
... to explain many regional and global geologic phenomena, including drifting continents, spreading seafloors, and the worldwide distribution of mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes. According to the plate tectonic model, the Earth's outer crust is a mosaic of gigantic continental and oceanic crustal ...
... to explain many regional and global geologic phenomena, including drifting continents, spreading seafloors, and the worldwide distribution of mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes. According to the plate tectonic model, the Earth's outer crust is a mosaic of gigantic continental and oceanic crustal ...
Crust - Spaulding Middle School
... Forms when rocks are changed into different kinds of rocks by great heat and/or pressure – they are heated, squeezed, folded, or chemically changed by contact with hot fluids. Sedimentary Forms from the compaction and/or cementation of rock pieces, mineral grains, or shell fragments called sedim ...
... Forms when rocks are changed into different kinds of rocks by great heat and/or pressure – they are heated, squeezed, folded, or chemically changed by contact with hot fluids. Sedimentary Forms from the compaction and/or cementation of rock pieces, mineral grains, or shell fragments called sedim ...
Where plates meet
... The edges of some plates move towards each other. Plates that collide with each other are called converging plates. If the edge of one plate is made from oceanic crust and the edge of the other plate is continental crust, the oceanic crust sinks under the continental crust. The areas where this happ ...
... The edges of some plates move towards each other. Plates that collide with each other are called converging plates. If the edge of one plate is made from oceanic crust and the edge of the other plate is continental crust, the oceanic crust sinks under the continental crust. The areas where this happ ...
IV. Plate Tectonics
... Geologic Cycle: Refers to the vast cycling of rocks and minerals that occurs in the lithosphere. It encompasses the hydrologic cycle, the tectonic cycle, and the rock cycle. Factors that fuel the geologic cycle: 1. Earth’s internal heat 2. Solar energy from space 3. Earth’s gravity ...
... Geologic Cycle: Refers to the vast cycling of rocks and minerals that occurs in the lithosphere. It encompasses the hydrologic cycle, the tectonic cycle, and the rock cycle. Factors that fuel the geologic cycle: 1. Earth’s internal heat 2. Solar energy from space 3. Earth’s gravity ...
Earth`s Interior
... core is 5500° C (10,000° F) Earth’s surface is 0° C (32° F) Heat flows from the core to the surface ...
... core is 5500° C (10,000° F) Earth’s surface is 0° C (32° F) Heat flows from the core to the surface ...