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The GeosphereThe Geosphere
Ch. 3 sec. 1BCh. 3 sec. 1B
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Plate TectonicsPlate Tectonics
• Tectonic Plates – pieces of the lithosphere– Glide across the underlying asthenosphere– Continents move along these plates
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Continental DriftContinental Drift
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Plate TectonicsPlate Tectonics
• Pacific plate
• North American plate
• South American plate
• African plate
• Eurasian plate
• Antarctic plate
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Plate BoundariesPlate Boundaries
• Geologic activity usually occurs between tectonic plates
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Plate BoundariesPlate Boundaries
• Diverging – plates move apart from one another– New ocean floor
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Plate BoundariesPlate Boundaries
• convergent- plates move toward one another– Mountain ranges
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Plate BoundariesPlate Boundaries
• Subduction – slip past one another– volcanoes
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VolcanoesVolcanoes
• Mountain built from magma (melted rock) that rises from the Earth’s interior to its surface
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VolcanoesVolcanoes
• Often located near plate boundaries (colliding or seperating)
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VolcanoesVolcanoes
• Can occur in land or sea– Sea, usually turn into islands
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VolcanoesVolcanoes
• Erupts when pressure of magma inside becomes so great that it blows open the solid surface
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VolcanoesVolcanoes
• Some may always flow so that pressure never builds up and they never erupt
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VolcanoesVolcanoes
• Negatives– Clouds of hot ash, dust and gas– Ash can mix with water and create a mud flow– Ash can cause buildings to collapse, bury
crops
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VolcanoesVolcanoes
• Can change Earth’s climate– Mt. St. Helens
• Ash and sulfuric gas reach upper atmosphere• Reduce sunlight (temp decrease)
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EarthquakesEarthquakes
• Fault (Transform)= break in the Earth’s crust along which blocks of the crust slide relative to one another– Creates vibrations
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EarthquakesEarthquakes
• Earthquakes = vibrations due to slippage of fault plates– Occur all the time but we don’t necessarily
feel them
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EarthquakesEarthquakes
• Richter scale – used to quantify the amount of energy released from earthquake
9.0 — Causes complete devastation and large-scale loss of life. 8.0 — Very few buildings stay up. Bridges fall down. Underground pipes burst. Railroad rails bend. Large rocks move. Smaller objects are tossed into the air. Some objects are swallowed up by the earth.7.0 — It is hard to keep your balance. The ground cracks. Roads shake. Weak buildings fall down. Other buildings are badly damaged.6.0 — Pictures can fall off walls. Furniture moves. In some buildings, walls may crack.5.0 — If you are in a car, it may rock. Glasses and dishes may rattle. Windows may break.4.0 — Buildings shake a little. It feels like a truck is passing by your house.3.0 — You may notice this quake if you are sitting still, or upstairs in a house. A hanging object, like a model airplane, may swing.2.0 — Trees sway. Small ponds ripple. Doors swing slowly. But you can't tell an earthquake is to blame.1.0 — Earthquakes this small happen below ground. You can't feel them.
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EarthquakeEarthquake
• Richter scale measures magnitude– Smallest 2.0– Largest 9.5
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EarthquakeEarthquake
• Most take place at or near plate boundaries– San Andres Fault (between North American
and Pacific plate)
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EarthquakeEarthquake
• Can’t predict them but scientist know where they may occur
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ErosionErosion
• The removal and transport of surface material– Change of rock layers due to wind and water
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ErosionErosion
• Wears down rocks and makes them smoother over time– Older the mountain range the more erosion is
should have– Applachain Mtn. are older than Rocky Mtns
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Water ErosionWater Erosion
• Rivers and ocean
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Water ErosionWater Erosion
• Ocean waves erode coastlines
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Water ErosionWater Erosion
• Rivers can carve deep gorges into landscape
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Wind ErosionWind Erosion
• Plants adapt with roots to hold onto soil
• Loose soil, plants blow away
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Wind ErosionWind Erosion
• Soft rocks (sandstone)– Erode easier
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Wind ErosionWind Erosion
• Hard rocks (granite)– Longer to erode