Plate Tectonics
... Nickel = Ni Calcium = Ca Oxygen = O Iron = Fe Silicon = Si Magnesium = Mg Before they read the text you can also ask the students how they think scientists are able to predict what the inside of our Earth looks like. Explain that geologists drill into the Earth, study energy waves from earthquakes, ...
... Nickel = Ni Calcium = Ca Oxygen = O Iron = Fe Silicon = Si Magnesium = Mg Before they read the text you can also ask the students how they think scientists are able to predict what the inside of our Earth looks like. Explain that geologists drill into the Earth, study energy waves from earthquakes, ...
LESSON 2 EARTH`S MOVING CONTINENTS Chapter 5 Changes
... • When one plate carries part of an ocean floor and the other a continent. • The oceanic plate slides under the continental plate into the mantle and melts, this is subduction. • Some of the magma beneath rises through the cracks between the ...
... • When one plate carries part of an ocean floor and the other a continent. • The oceanic plate slides under the continental plate into the mantle and melts, this is subduction. • Some of the magma beneath rises through the cracks between the ...
Earth Science Final Exam Study Guide
... 4. Know ways to reduce your impact on the climate. 5. Understand the greenhouse effect. 6. Know the water cycle---transpiration too! 7. Know alternative energy to fossil fuels. 8. Explain the carbon footprint made by countries in relation to their wealth. 9. Know the greenhouse gases, and what are n ...
... 4. Know ways to reduce your impact on the climate. 5. Understand the greenhouse effect. 6. Know the water cycle---transpiration too! 7. Know alternative energy to fossil fuels. 8. Explain the carbon footprint made by countries in relation to their wealth. 9. Know the greenhouse gases, and what are n ...
Define and discuss on Isostatic Equilibrium Submitted by WWW
... The isostatic relationship is maintained as the crustal surface changes. For example, as a mountain range block erodes, the block will rise—it is not as heavy because the material is eroded away, and it does not need to “ride” as low in the mantle. The eroded material is deposited as sediment on the ...
... The isostatic relationship is maintained as the crustal surface changes. For example, as a mountain range block erodes, the block will rise—it is not as heavy because the material is eroded away, and it does not need to “ride” as low in the mantle. The eroded material is deposited as sediment on the ...
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
... explosion occurs. When this type of lava cools on the surface it forms the igneous rock, rhyolite, which resembles granite. ...
... explosion occurs. When this type of lava cools on the surface it forms the igneous rock, rhyolite, which resembles granite. ...
Dynamic Crust Review
... 7. Fossils of organisms that lived in shallow water can be found in horizontal sedimentary rock layers at great ocean depths. This fact is generally interpreted by most Earth scientists as evidence that (A) the cold water deep in the ocean kills shallow-water organisms (B) sunlight once penetrated t ...
... 7. Fossils of organisms that lived in shallow water can be found in horizontal sedimentary rock layers at great ocean depths. This fact is generally interpreted by most Earth scientists as evidence that (A) the cold water deep in the ocean kills shallow-water organisms (B) sunlight once penetrated t ...
Unit 4: Crustal Change
... 2. Epicenter: the location on the surface directly above the focus. 3. Seismic Waves: energy that moves out in all directions from the focus. (text p.219) [Add to Diagram] vidclip- Fault lines and earthquakes ...
... 2. Epicenter: the location on the surface directly above the focus. 3. Seismic Waves: energy that moves out in all directions from the focus. (text p.219) [Add to Diagram] vidclip- Fault lines and earthquakes ...
Word format
... This makes the oceanic crust denser than continental crust. It is also thinner, so because of isostacy the continents stand higher than the oceanic crust, which forms deep basins filled with water. The four major ocean basins are the Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, and Indian Oceans. The largest is the _ ...
... This makes the oceanic crust denser than continental crust. It is also thinner, so because of isostacy the continents stand higher than the oceanic crust, which forms deep basins filled with water. The four major ocean basins are the Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, and Indian Oceans. The largest is the _ ...
Distance between the two islands
... 1. Describe 2 natural phenomena shown in the opening scene during the volcanic eruption. 2. Why has Harry Dalton been called to the Northern Cascades? 3. U.S.G.S. stands for the United States _____________________________________. 4. What is the depth of the seismic activity at Dante's Peak? 5. What ...
... 1. Describe 2 natural phenomena shown in the opening scene during the volcanic eruption. 2. Why has Harry Dalton been called to the Northern Cascades? 3. U.S.G.S. stands for the United States _____________________________________. 4. What is the depth of the seismic activity at Dante's Peak? 5. What ...
Volcanoes and Igneous Activity Earth
... Dissolved gases (volatiles) • Provide the force to extrude lava • Violence of an eruption is related to how easily gases escape from magma • Easy escape from fluid magma • Viscous magma produces a more violent ...
... Dissolved gases (volatiles) • Provide the force to extrude lava • Violence of an eruption is related to how easily gases escape from magma • Easy escape from fluid magma • Viscous magma produces a more violent ...
UExcel® Official Content Guide for Earth Science
... A UExcel exam enables you to show that you've learned material comparable to one or more 15week, college-level courses. As an independent learner, you should study and review as much as you would for a college course. For a three-credit course in a subject they don't know, most students would be exp ...
... A UExcel exam enables you to show that you've learned material comparable to one or more 15week, college-level courses. As an independent learner, you should study and review as much as you would for a college course. For a three-credit course in a subject they don't know, most students would be exp ...
Notes for the unit
... Alaska, 1964 - one of the most violent quakes of recent times. - It lasted 7 minutes - It was felt in Texas - The ground moved up and down 6m - A giant ocean wave was set off 200km away, which rushed to shore and moved a 10,000 tonne ship on to land. Earthquakes occur along _______________. The rock ...
... Alaska, 1964 - one of the most violent quakes of recent times. - It lasted 7 minutes - It was felt in Texas - The ground moved up and down 6m - A giant ocean wave was set off 200km away, which rushed to shore and moved a 10,000 tonne ship on to land. Earthquakes occur along _______________. The rock ...
Why Japan and Italy Have the Severest Geohazards? Zhong
... The facts, phenomena and laws about the mantle and cores are extremely limited or rare. Therefore, I make the assumption that the mantle and core materials (minerals) can have chemical reactions due to the high temperature and pressure and the chemical reactions would generate heat and can produce m ...
... The facts, phenomena and laws about the mantle and cores are extremely limited or rare. Therefore, I make the assumption that the mantle and core materials (minerals) can have chemical reactions due to the high temperature and pressure and the chemical reactions would generate heat and can produce m ...
How much do we make
... The earth has two kinds of crust: continental crust and oceanic crust. Continents are made of continental curst, which is made up of rocks that are less dense than those of oceanic crust. Plate boundaries occur where the edges of plates meet. You have learned about the three types of boundaries – co ...
... The earth has two kinds of crust: continental crust and oceanic crust. Continents are made of continental curst, which is made up of rocks that are less dense than those of oceanic crust. Plate boundaries occur where the edges of plates meet. You have learned about the three types of boundaries – co ...
IM_chapter10 Mountain Building
... Geologists now realize that orogenies also involve collisions of terranes with continents. ...
... Geologists now realize that orogenies also involve collisions of terranes with continents. ...
PDF handout
... lithosphere is consumed back into the mantle. Because oceanic lithosphere is destroyed, convergent plate boundaries are commonly called “destructive” plate boundaries This process ensures that the Earth retains a constant volume (otherwise the Earth would be expanding- which we know isn’t happening ...
... lithosphere is consumed back into the mantle. Because oceanic lithosphere is destroyed, convergent plate boundaries are commonly called “destructive” plate boundaries This process ensures that the Earth retains a constant volume (otherwise the Earth would be expanding- which we know isn’t happening ...
Document
... - temperature (geothermal gradient & depth of burial) - pressure (depth of burial) - rate (strain rate) - pore fluids (chemical composition of the fluid) the more chemically reactive the fluid the more ductile deformation ...
... - temperature (geothermal gradient & depth of burial) - pressure (depth of burial) - rate (strain rate) - pore fluids (chemical composition of the fluid) the more chemically reactive the fluid the more ductile deformation ...
Earthquakes
... Where do earthquakes occur? (cont.) • seismic waves -When rocks move along a fault, they release energy that travels as vibrations on and in Earth • Focus- These waves originate where rocks first move along the fault, at a location inside Earth ...
... Where do earthquakes occur? (cont.) • seismic waves -When rocks move along a fault, they release energy that travels as vibrations on and in Earth • Focus- These waves originate where rocks first move along the fault, at a location inside Earth ...
Earth Science Pages 190-196
... A. How do scientists know things about the deepest parts of the Earth, where no one has ever been? 1. Scientists have never even drilled through the crust, which is only a thin skin on the surface of the Earth. So, how do we know so much about the mantle and the core? 2. Would you be surprised to kn ...
... A. How do scientists know things about the deepest parts of the Earth, where no one has ever been? 1. Scientists have never even drilled through the crust, which is only a thin skin on the surface of the Earth. So, how do we know so much about the mantle and the core? 2. Would you be surprised to kn ...