Course For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com SCI 245 Week 1CheckPoint Study of Earth SCI 245 Week 1 Assignment Minerals SCI 245 Week 2 CheckPoint Fossils and the Geologic Column SCI 245 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 SCI 245 Week 3 CheckPoint Plate Tectonic Theory SCI 245 Week 3 Assignment Earthquakes SCI 245 Week 4 CheckPoint Igneous Rocks SCI 245 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 SCI 245 Week 5 CheckPoint Weathering and Erosion SCI 245 Week 5 Assignment Sedimentary Rocks SCI 245 Week 6 CheckPoint Metamorphic
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Earth has different types of plate margins that can cause earthquakes. The first type of plate margin is called the divergent margin, this is when oceanic or continental lithospheric plates move apart from each other due to mantle convection and new crust is created by magma pushing up from the mantle. The majority of these divergent margins are located in the ocean. One example of this type of margin on land is the Imperial Valley of California/Mexico. Another type of plate margin is the convergent
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geological illustration for scientists to study. This young and still-forming land is home to 30 or more active volcanoes, four of which are labeled "dangerous." These volcanoes lie on a rift of the mid-Atlantic Ridge that divides Iceland in half. The tectonic plates that are drifting apart divergently are allowing hot magma to rise to the surface, transpiring the eruptions of these volcanoes which, in turn, has created the fertile yet trepidatious landscape that we all know as Iceland. The four volatile volcanoes
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there are ways to find out how and what causes them. People can be prepared if an earthquakes happens. There are three different types of plate margins. The first one is divergent margin, also called rifting or spreading centers. This occurs where two plates are moving apart. They can occur either in continental or oceanic crust. When a plate is being stretched or torn apart, this creates a rift valley. A new ocean may form in the widening rift. A good example of this is when the Red
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Shake and Erupt: A critical reflection on teaching earthquakes and volcanoes to KS3 Rationale: Perhaps the most dynamic features of the Earth’s awesome power and nature are when Volcanoes and Earthquakes occur. Their workings are at the very core of our planet’s history and their unpredictable activity continues to shake mankind’s understanding of the planet. This topic or scheme of work for my mixed ability year nine class offers a plethora of attributes that both incorporates sound core Geographic
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2509 kwedel@tusd.net Wednesday 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm or by arrangement Welcome to Earth Science – the study of the world around you. Our topics will include Astronomy (study of outer space), Geology (study of rocks, earthquakes, volcanoes and plate tectonics), Meteorology (study of the atmosphere, climate and climate change), and Oceanography (study of the oceans and water systems). This course will use hands-on experimentation, activities, and direct instruction. You will be enabled to learn the
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Quiz 8 A Question 02 1 out of 1 points | | | Which of the earth's interior layers is composed mostly of molten iron? | | | | | Selected Answer: | outer core | | | | | Question 04 1 out of 1 points | | | How does oceanic crust compare with continental crust? | | | | | Selected Answer: | oceanic crust is thinner (5-8 km) and denser (3.0 g/cm3) than continental crust (~25-35 km, 2.7 g/cm3) | | | | | Question 08 1 out of 1 points | | | The temperature
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question of should we spend more money on social impacts of an earthquake or the economic impacts of an earthquake. An earthquake is the sometimes violent shaking of the ground caused by movements of Earth's tectonic plates. Most earthquakes occur along fault lines, which is where two tectonic plates come together. Earthquakes strike suddenly and violently and can occur at any time, day or night, throughout the year. Smaller earthquakes might crack some windows and shake products off store shelves, but
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impact on Port au Prince significant? * The design and structure of buildings was of very poor quality which contributed to the high number of deaths 3. What are the names of the plates and type of plate boundary? * The Caribbean plate and the North American plate slipped past each other at a conservative plate boundary 4. Where were the epicentre and focus? * The focus of the earthquake was 13km (8.1 miles) below the surface of the earth. * The epicentre was 25km west of Port-Au-Prince
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irregular segments, or plates. These plates are made up of cool, solid rock that is four to forty miles thick. These enormous blocks of Earth’s crust vary in size and shape and cut through continents and oceans. There are nine major plates. Six of them are named for the continents they are embedded in: the North American, South American, Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, and the Antarctic. The other three are oceanic plates called the Pacific, Nazca and Cocos plates. These plates are in constant motion
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