Layers of the moon, by Karl
Topic VI: The Dynamic Earth. Earth’s Four Zones: 1. Crust: the outside or surface—made up of mostly igneous rock with a thin shell of sedimentary rock.
Unit 5 – The Dynamic Earth Chapter 17 – Plate Tectonics Major focus for the Regents Exam! ESRT pages we will study in this unit: Page 5 – Tectonic Plates.
1oxygenO 2silicon Si 3aluminiumAl 4ironFe 5calciumCa 6sodiumNa 7potassiumK 8magnesium Mg Most Abundant Elements in the Earth’s Crust.
Plate Tectonics Joy Nowak. What is plate tectonics? A plate is a large, rigid slab of rock. The word tectonics comes from the Greek root “to build”. The.
I can identify the characteristics needed in order to be considered a mineral.
Structure of Earth Chapter 2. Most simply The earth is layered & density stratified 1.Crust – cold, rigid, thin 2.Mantle – warmer, more dense; outer part.
Technology has often led to new discoveries Telescope Microscope X-ray machines Radar and Sonar Satellite multispectral cameras Hubble Space Telescope.
Earth. Models Model is a representation of an object or event.
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The Lithosphere: A thin layer of solid rock that surrounds the earth. T he lithosphere is divided into 3 parts: the least dense continental crust, then.