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... • Remember that tectonic plates move very_______________. Sometimes rocks move along easily with the plates, but they can also jam up against a plate or between two_______________. Over time, stress builds up within the rock at the plates_______________ against each other. ...
... • Remember that tectonic plates move very_______________. Sometimes rocks move along easily with the plates, but they can also jam up against a plate or between two_______________. Over time, stress builds up within the rock at the plates_______________ against each other. ...
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... – outermost layer – thinnest layer – the layer we live on – divided into pieces, called tectonic plates – two types: continental and oceanic crust Mantle – thickest layer – “flows” and allows the tectonic plates to move on top – primarily magma ...
... – outermost layer – thinnest layer – the layer we live on – divided into pieces, called tectonic plates – two types: continental and oceanic crust Mantle – thickest layer – “flows” and allows the tectonic plates to move on top – primarily magma ...
The Ocean Floor DOC
... 14.1 The Vast World Ocean Nearly 70 percent of Earth’s surface is covered by global ocean. • Oceanography is a science that draws on the methods and knowledge of geology, chemistry, physics, and biology to study all aspects of the world ocean. The world ocean can be divided into four main ocean basi ...
... 14.1 The Vast World Ocean Nearly 70 percent of Earth’s surface is covered by global ocean. • Oceanography is a science that draws on the methods and knowledge of geology, chemistry, physics, and biology to study all aspects of the world ocean. The world ocean can be divided into four main ocean basi ...
Earth History Review_jeopardy
... Because the rock takes a very long time to cool because living organism bury into them because the rock consist of many different types of chemicals because gas bubbles are trapped in the rock during the cooling process ...
... Because the rock takes a very long time to cool because living organism bury into them because the rock consist of many different types of chemicals because gas bubbles are trapped in the rock during the cooling process ...
B - Uplift Education
... A sediments are deposited where the floor spreads, causing volcanoes B as the plates pull apart, magma moves to the surface, building ridges C ocean water erodes the weak spots on tectonic plates, building ridges D cold ocean water causes fissures that weaken the rocks, causing ...
... A sediments are deposited where the floor spreads, causing volcanoes B as the plates pull apart, magma moves to the surface, building ridges C ocean water erodes the weak spots on tectonic plates, building ridges D cold ocean water causes fissures that weaken the rocks, causing ...
Earth Structure, Materials, Systems, and Cycles
... Solar Energy drives the water cycle, causing evaporation of the oceans and circulation of the atmosphere, which allows rain to fall on the land and run downhill. Thus solar energy is responsible for such natural disasters as severe weather, and floods. ...
... Solar Energy drives the water cycle, causing evaporation of the oceans and circulation of the atmosphere, which allows rain to fall on the land and run downhill. Thus solar energy is responsible for such natural disasters as severe weather, and floods. ...
structural geology
... • Stress is measured as a force applied to a material • Strain is the resulting change in volume of the material • Elastic means that the material returns to its normal volume once the stress is removed; plastic (or ductile) means that it does not ...
... • Stress is measured as a force applied to a material • Strain is the resulting change in volume of the material • Elastic means that the material returns to its normal volume once the stress is removed; plastic (or ductile) means that it does not ...
Section 17.2 Seafloor Spreading
... The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deepocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate ...
... The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deepocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate ...
A Q A G E O G R A P H Y
... Currently no reliable way to accurately predict when an earthquake will occur. BUT There are several methods: 1) Seismic Records- studying patterns of earthquakes and using these to predict the next event. Seismic shock waves are recorded on a seismometer or seismography. 2) Radon Gas Emissions- (ga ...
... Currently no reliable way to accurately predict when an earthquake will occur. BUT There are several methods: 1) Seismic Records- studying patterns of earthquakes and using these to predict the next event. Seismic shock waves are recorded on a seismometer or seismography. 2) Radon Gas Emissions- (ga ...
Petrogenetic and metallogenic significance of mafic
... bands that contain minor to semi-massive pyrite ± pyrrhotite and trace chalcopyrite, are developed in altered basalts in association with intense quartz and carbonate veining. The sulphide veins are believed to be syn-volcanic because they have irregular orientations and are cut by later penetrative ...
... bands that contain minor to semi-massive pyrite ± pyrrhotite and trace chalcopyrite, are developed in altered basalts in association with intense quartz and carbonate veining. The sulphide veins are believed to be syn-volcanic because they have irregular orientations and are cut by later penetrative ...
Earth`s Systems and Resources
... sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Assessment Guidance The objective of this indicator is to use models to describe the relationship between the processes and forces that create igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Therefore, the focus of assessment should be for students to use the rock ...
... sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Assessment Guidance The objective of this indicator is to use models to describe the relationship between the processes and forces that create igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Therefore, the focus of assessment should be for students to use the rock ...
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... 3. Metamorphic rock is produced from preexisting rock that is subjected to high temperatures, high pressures, chemically active fluids, or some combination of these. 4. The rock cycle is the interaction of physical and chemical processes that change rock from one type to another. It is the slowest o ...
... 3. Metamorphic rock is produced from preexisting rock that is subjected to high temperatures, high pressures, chemically active fluids, or some combination of these. 4. The rock cycle is the interaction of physical and chemical processes that change rock from one type to another. It is the slowest o ...
Ride the Rock Cycle
... journey on the rock cycle. You will need to describe your adventures at each spot and tell about what kind of rock you feel that you were. (1) I began my adventure at ________________________. (2) The first thing that happened was _____________________________________________, then I went to _______ ...
... journey on the rock cycle. You will need to describe your adventures at each spot and tell about what kind of rock you feel that you were. (1) I began my adventure at ________________________. (2) The first thing that happened was _____________________________________________, then I went to _______ ...
The Sea Floor
... • All oceans are interconnected and compromise a single “world ocean” referred to as Panthalassa. • The Southern Ocean is a continuous body of water that surrounds Antarctica. ...
... • All oceans are interconnected and compromise a single “world ocean” referred to as Panthalassa. • The Southern Ocean is a continuous body of water that surrounds Antarctica. ...
Lecture PDF
... Plate tectonics theory suggests that Earth’s surface is not a static arrangement of continents and ocean, but a dynamic mosaic of jostling segments called lithospheric plates. The plates have collided, moved apart, and slipped past one another since Earth’s crust first solidified. The confirmation o ...
... Plate tectonics theory suggests that Earth’s surface is not a static arrangement of continents and ocean, but a dynamic mosaic of jostling segments called lithospheric plates. The plates have collided, moved apart, and slipped past one another since Earth’s crust first solidified. The confirmation o ...