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- Earth's Spheres18
- Formation of the Earth5
- Evidence for Earth's Internal Structure6
- Rocks and Minerals31
- Earth's Crust10
- Mantle Convection and Internal Dynamics14
- Earth's Core and Magnetic Field5
- Lithosphere and Asthenosphere8
- Plate Tectonics123
- Earthquakes and Faults8
- Landforms and Geological Processes13
- Earth's Rotation and Revolution7
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C3 Tectonic Plates Earth's almost spherical has layers Crust and upper part of mantle cut up into sections called tectonic plates Like rafts- float on the mantle Plates don't stay in one place Earth's look changed over y...
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Earth Structure Diagram and composition table Earth Structure New Page
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The structure of the earth 1. The inner core6371 km to approximately 5100 km The inner core is believed to be made of solid material, due to the extreme pressures which is estimated at 3600000 atmospheres, compared to 1 atmosphere at the surfac...
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The Layers of the Earth Inner Core: the inner core is believed to be made of a solid material, due to extreme pressure which is estimated at 3,600,000 bars compared to 1 bar at the surface. Both P and S waves move through the inner core, wit...
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Faults Faults can be described by: fault plane: plane of ffracture, along which rocks have been displaced throw: the vertical displacement of rocks along the fault plane fault dip: the maximum inclination of the fault plane ...
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Tectonic plates Tectonic plates WEGENER´S THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT Some cientists think continets were imobile, others think move over time. +THEORY OF CONTNENTAL DRIFT German geophysicist and meteoroloist, Alfred Wegen...
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Plate Tectonics The Earth has a layered structure, including the core, mantle and crust. The crust and upper mantle are cracked into large pieces called tectonic plates. These plates move slowly, but can cause earthquakes and volcano...
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The Earth's Composition (Daniel Batres) The composition and structure of the earth Cores: The inner core is solid The outer core is liquid; it also generates the magnetic field The inner core is solid The outer core is liquid The core is mostly iron ...
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Direct Evidence for the Structure of the Earth Mines and BoreholesWe have direct access to higher levels of the crust by means of mines for coal, metal ores and diamonds. Problems of drainage, ventilation, high working temperatures and lifting the ore to the sufac...
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Plate Tectonics and Structure of Earth Crust: 5 Km to 70 Km. There are two types of crust: the continental and oceanic crust. The oceanic crust is roughly 7 Km thick and is composed of the dark igneous rock basalt. The continental crust aver...
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THE PLANET EARTH THE UNIVERSE made up of STARS, CELESTIAL BODIES (galaxies), INTERSTELLAR MATTER (dust & gas) and the SPACE between the objects. The galaxies, celestial bodies tha contains STARS...
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The Composition and Structure of Earth The crust is thinner in the ocean and thicker by the continents. Convection currents occure in the lower upper mantle. Mariana Trench: Deeepest part of the ocean, 10,994 meters. The average depth of the cr...
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Earths Structure & Formation
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Plate Tectonics The Moving EarthA Unifying Theory - Plate TectonicsThe plate tectonic theory gives a coherent explanation for many of the major global geological events such as earthquakes, volcanoes, faults, folds and fold mountains...
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The Composition and Structure of Earth To the Mayans, the world was flat, and at it corners, four jaguars (known as bacabs) held up the sky. The ancient Persians speculated that the Earth was a seven-layered ziggurat (or cosmic mountain), while the Chinese...
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The composition and structure of Earth LISOSPHERE: Is composed of both the crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves as a brittle, rigid solid. ASTHENOSPHERE: Is partially molten upper mantle material that behaves plastically and can...
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Structure of Earth, Tectonic Plates, and Continental Drifting Structure of Earth Earh's Sphere's: 4 main parts of Earth - Luthosphere: Land, rocks, minerals - Atmohsphere: Air, gasses, vapours -Hydrosphere: All forms of water - Biosphere: Living Organisms, Life Layers of Earth: ...
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Untitled The Gutenberg discontinuity occurs within Earth's interior at a depth of about 1,800 mi (2,900 km) below the surface, where there is an abrupt change in the seismic waves (generated by earthquakes or explosions) that ...
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The Composition and Structure of Earth litosphere is composed of both the crust and the portion of the upper man. asthenosphere is partially molten upper mantle material that behaves plastically and can flow. Continental crust is made up of...
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Structure of the Earth The structure of the Earth is as shown below: The Crust: The crust is the outer layer of the earth. It is thin (5-70 km thick), and the rocks in the crust are the least dense and are rich in silicon, oxygen and alumin...
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Seismic waves Earthquakes cause different types of waves.When there’s an earthquake somewhere, it produces shock waves which travel out through the Earth. We record thee seismic waves all over the surface of the planet using seismo...
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Composition of the Earth The composition and structure of the earth The lithosphere is made up of parts of the crust and upper mantle, and it appears as a brittle, rigid solid. The asthenosphere is a part of the upper part of the mantle mater...
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STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH - created from Mind Map CRUST MANTLE CORE
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STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH - created from Mind Map CRUST MANTLE CORE
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Science 9 weeks Test Review Earth's Structure- pg 1 layers of the earth Crust There are two different types of crusts; the continental crust and the oceanic crust. we live in the crust the crust has Tectonic plates which shift ...
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chapter 2 notes The Earth is a rounded object that is slightly wider around the center than from top to bottom. Earth has a larger diameter at the Equator—about 7,930 miles (12,760 km)—than from Pole to Pole, but the difference is le...
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The Composition and Structure of Earth Crust: The crust is thinner in the oceans and thicker by the continent. Mariana Trench deepest part of the ocean with a depth of 10,994 meters. Oceanic crust is 7 km depth. Continental crust is 35...
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Spheres The Earth's Spheres lithosphere (land) hydrosphere (water) biosphere (living things) atmosphere (air + geosphere (totality of the planet) Physical Layers of the Geosphere Lithosphere crust and uppermost mantle c...
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structure of earth The internal structure of Earth, structure of the solid Earth, or simply structure of Earth refers to concentric spherical layers subdividing the Solid earth, i.e., excluding Earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere. It con...
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The Composition and Structure of Earth The lithosphere is composed of both the crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves as a brittle, rigid solid. The asthenosphere is partially molten upper mantle material that behaves pl...
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The Atmosphere 1. Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere The atmosphere is the gaseous layer on the Earth, in addition of the gases the atmosphere have some solid particles in suspensión. The atmosphere form a homogenious mixtu...
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The Composition and Structure of Earth Lithosphere: The lithosphere is composed of both the crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves as a brittle, rigid solid. Asthenosphere: The asthenosphere is par...
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The Composition and Structure of Earth The Composition and Structure of Earth The lithosphere is composed of both the crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves as a brittle, rigid solid. Lithosphere- entire crust and uppermost...
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Notes of structure of the Earth The crust is agent within the ocean and thicker by the continents. Convection currents occure within the lower layer. Mariana Trench: Deeepest a part of the ocean, 10,994 meters...
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The Composition and Structure of Earth The Composition and Structure of Earth The lithosphere is composed of both the crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves as a brittle, rigid solid. The asthenosphere is partially molte...
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Untitled In the ocean, the crust is thinner, while on the continents, it is thicker. In the lower upper mantle, convection currents exist. The Mariana Trench, with a depth of 10,994 meters, is the deepest part of the ocean. Th...
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The composition and structure of Earth Lithosphere: The rocky outer part of the Earth. Asthenosphere: The highly viscous, mechanically weak, and ductile region of the upper mantle of Earth. To the Mayans, the world was flat, and at it corners, four jaguars...
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The Earth EarthPlanet Earth- Earth is made up of layers. the crust (made of rock and other minerals), the mantle (molten rock) and the core (an extremely hot mixture of iron and nickel).- Earth has a very thin layer of air arou...
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The Composition and Structure of Earth Lithosphere: is composed of both the crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves as a brittle, rigid solid. 100km thick Asthenosphere: is partially molten upper mantle material that behaves plasti...
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These notes offer different starting points for revision. The Layers of the Earth covers the inner core to the upper mantle, while Plate Tectonics introduces the crust, mantle and moving plates. Seismic waves looks at waves produced by earthquakes.
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