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HNRT 228 AstrobiologyChapter 4 - Earth - Bennett & Shostak
Lecture Notes for Chapter 421 and 23 September 2015Dr. H. Geller
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The Habitability of Earth
Geology and Life (4.1)Reconstructing the History of Earth and Life
(4.2) Rocks, radiometric dating, geological record,
fossils, geological time scale, Earth’s age
The Hadean Earth and the Dawn of Life (4.3) Atmosphere, oceans, heavy bombardments
Geology and Habitability (4.4) Earth’s interior, plate tectonics, magnetosphere
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The Habitability of Earth
Climate Regulation and Change (4.5) Greenhouse effect, carbon cycle, ice
ages, Snowball Earth, long term habitability
The Process of Science in Action: Formation of the Moon (4.6) Sister model, capture model, spinoff
model
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Some Guiding Questions1. What is the greenhouse effect? How does it
affect the average temperature of the Earth?2. Is the Earth completely solid inside? How can
scientists tell?3. How is it possible for entire continents to move
across the face of the Earth?4. How does our planet’s magnetic field protect life
on Earth?5. Why is Earth the only planet with an oxygen-rich
atmosphere?6. Why are prevailing winds generally from the
west over most of North America but generally from the east in Hawaii?
7. What are global warming and the “ozone hole”? Why should they concern us?
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Telling Rocks Apart
How geologists tell apart different minerals and rocks color, luster, texture hardness test
scratching one against another• diamond is hardest
acid testusing weak hydrochloric acid to
streak testform a streak across a ceramic tile
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Plate tectonics is involved in the formation of the three major categories of rocks Igneous Rock
cooled from molten material
Sedimentary Rock Layered eroded
material formed by the action of wind, water, or ice
Metamorphic Rock
Rock that has been altered in the solid state by extreme heat and pressure
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The Rock Cycle
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iClicker Question
Rocks formed from other rocks that are heated and placed under great pressures are called
A igneous rocksB sedimentary rocksC metamorphic rocksD fault rocksE scarp rocks
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iClicker Question
Rocks formed from layers of fine material that have been compressed under water are calledA igneous rocksB sedimentary rocksC metamorphic rocksD fault rocksE scarp rocks
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iClicker Question
Rocks formed when molten material cools and solidifies are called
A igneous rocksB sedimentary rocksC metamorphic rocksD fault rocksE scarp rocks
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iClicker Question
Which of the following are not used to identify rocks:
A crystalline shapeB acid testC streak testD hardness testE all of the above can be used to
identify a rock
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Surface Building Processes
Stress “stress is a force that tends to
compress, pull apart, or deform” different types of stress
compressive stresstensional stressshear stress
Strain “the adjustment to stress”
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Stress and Strain
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Surface Building Processes
Folds bends in
layered bedrockAnticline /\
Syncline \/
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Surface Building Processes
Faulting formation of a crack caused by relative
movement of rock on either side of a fracture
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Mountains
“elevated parts of the Earth’s crust that rise abruptly above the surrounding surface”
Causes folding, faulting,
volcanic activity
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Volcanoes“hill or mountain formed by the extrusion of lava
or rock fragments from magma below”Different types
shield, cinder cone, composite (composite shown)
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Tear-Down Processes
Weathering mechanical weathering chemical weathering
Erosion mass movement (mass wasting) running water (floodplain, delta) glacier wind (deflation and abrasion) impact cratering
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Earthquakes
Defined as “quaking, shaking, vibrating, or upheaval of the ground”
Earthquake causes elastic rebound
theory
Intensity measure Richter Magnitude
not linear scale
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iClicker Question
What is the term used to specifically define a downward fold of rock material?A scarpB erodaC foldD synclineE anticline
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Earth’s Interior andHow We Know It
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Earth’s Inside Story
Energy transfer in the mantle similar to that of a pot of boiling water.
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Earth’s Interior, Then and Now
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What We Learn from Seismometers
The Earth’s inner and outer cores are composed of iron with some nickel and other metals mixed in
The mantle is composed of iron-rich minerals
Both temperature and pressure steadily increase with depth inside the Earth
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Crustal Rumblings
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iClicker QuestionWhich of the
diagram represents the MANTLE of the Earth?
ABCDE None of the
above.
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iClicker Question
Which of the diagrammed sections of the Earth's interior represents the Outer Core?
ABCDE None of the
above.
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iClicker Question
Which of the diagrammed sections of the Earth represents the CRUST?
ABCDE None of the
above.
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iClicker Question
Energy transport from one region to another by the movement of material as in the mantle of the Earth is known as
A chaos.B radiance.C conduction.D differentiation.E convection.
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iClicker Question
The existence of earthquake shadow zones indicates that there is an abrupt change between the properties of the mantle and those of the core. Specifically, the transverse wave shadow zone shows that the outer core must be
A solid.B liquid or semi-liquid.C gaseous.D similar to crustal material.E impossible to determine.
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Plate Tectonics
“The theory that the Earth’s crust is made of rigid plates that float on the asthenosphere.”
Consider the scientific evidence for plate tectonics and what forced scientists to accept the theory as fact
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Plate tectonics, or movement of the plates, is driven by convection within the asthenosphere
Molten material wells up at oceanic rifts, producing seafloor spreading, and is returned to the asthenosphere in subduction zones
As one end of a plate is subducted back into the asthenosphere, it helps to pull the rest of the plate along
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Plate Tectonics
The Earth’s crust and a small part of its upper mantle form a rigid layer called the lithosphere.
The lithosphere is divided into huge plates that move about over the plastic layer called the asthenosphere in the upper mantle
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Fossils across an ocean
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The continents appear to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle
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Development of Geologic Time
Fossilization“Reading the Rocks”
principle of uniformity principle of original horizontality principle of superposition principle of crosscutting relationships principle of faunal succession radiometric dating
Geologic Time Scale
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Geologic Time Scale
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Earth’s Atmosphere
Composition Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), Argon, Water
Vapor, CO2, Methane, other
Atmospheric Pressure pressure exerted by atmosphere
Warming Sun - solar constant is not really constant greenhouse effect
warming due to the transparency of a substance to radiation at visible wavelengths and opacity to infrared radiation
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The Earth’s atmosphere has changed substantially over time
The Earth’s atmosphere differs from those of the other terrestrial planets in its chemical composition, circulation pattern, and temperature profile
The Earth’s atmosphere changed from being mostly water vapor to being rich in carbon dioxide
A strong greenhouse effect kept the Earth warm enough for water to remain liquid and to permit the evolution of life
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The appearance of photosynthetic living organisms led to our present atmospheric composition, about four- fifths nitrogen and one-fifth oxygen
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Structure of the Atmosphere
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Circulation in our atmosphere results from convection and the Earth’s rotation
Because of the Earth’s rapid rotation, the circulation in its atmosphere is complex, with three circulation cells in each hemisphere
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Winds
Local winds wind chill
factorGlobal
wind patterns
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Weather Producers
Air MassesEvaporation
Absolute humidity Relative humidity
FrontsWaves and cyclonesStorms
thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes
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An idealized cold front
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An idealized warm front
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Weather Forecasting
Predictions based upon “characteristics, location, and rate of
movement of air masses and associated fronts and pressure systems”
Complex computer modelsLed to science of “chaos”
chaotic dynamic systems
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Climate
“general pattern of the weather that occurs for a region over a number of years”
Major climate regions tropical temperate polar
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The principal climate zones
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iClicker Question
Which of the following layers of the atmosphere is highest above the surface of the Earth?
A troposphere.B stratosphere.C thermosphere.D mesosphere.E ozone layer.
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iClicker Question
What is the primary ingredient of the Earth's atmosphere?
A NitrogenB OxygenC Nitrogen and oxygen in equal partsD HydrogenE Carbon dioxide
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iClicker Question
In what part of the atmosphere does weather occur?
A hydrosphereB stratosphereC ionosphereD troposphereE all of the above
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iClicker QuestionHow rapidly a planet loses its atmosphere depends
on the planet's I. mass II. atmospheric composition III. temperature IV. rotation period
A I & IIB III & IVC I, II, & IIID II, III, & IVE I, II, III, & IV
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iClicker Question
Earth possesses few visible craters and the Moon possesses many. This is largely because
A Earth formed later than the Moon and, therefore hasn't encountered as many meteoroids.
B the Moon doesn't have an atmosphere that could burn up meteorites before impacting.
C erosion and plate tectonics have slowly removed evidence of past cratering on Earth.
D A, B and C.E Only B and C above.
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Ocean currents influence temperatures and climates
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The hydrologic cycle
Tidal forces help power the motion of the oceans
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Distribution of the Water
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Watersheds of three rivers
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The path of groundwater
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Oceanography
Waves and tides changes coastal structure
transport of material
long term and short term changesA Climate control mechanism
ocean conveyor beltmajor control of climate
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A wave passing in the open
ocean
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A wave becoming breaking onshore
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Ocean Conveyor Belt -Major Climate Control
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The Earth’s Magnetic Field
Electric currents in the liquid outer core generate a dipole magnetic field Similar to a coil of wire around an iron nail
This magnetic field produces a magnetosphere that surrounds the Earth and blocks the solar wind from hitting the atmosphere
Traps particles from the solar wind in regions Producing Van Allen Belts
Most of the particles of the solar wind are deflected around the Earth by the magnetosphere.
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A bow-shaped shock wave, where the supersonic solar wind is abruptly slowed to subsonic speeds, marks the outer boundary of the magnetosphere
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An increased flow of charged particles fromthe Sun can overload the Van Allen belts and cascade toward the Earth, producing aurorae
Some charged particles from the solar wind are trapped in two huge, doughnut-shaped rings called the Van Allen belts
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iClicker Question
The presence of Earth’s magnetic field is a good indication that
A there is a large amount of magnetic material buried near the North Pole.
B there is a quantity of liquid metal swirling around in the Earth's core.
C the Earth is composed largely of iron.D the Earth is completely solid.E there are condensed gasses in the core of
the Earth.
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Energy Sources and the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and surface
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The Greenhouse Effect Solar energy is the
energy source for the atmosphere
In the greenhouse effect, some of this energy is trapped by infrared absorbing gases in the atmosphere, raising the Earth’s surface temperature above what it would be if there was no greenhouse effect
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Rising Carbon Dioxide
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Industrial chemicals released into the atmosphere have damaged the ozone layer in the stratosphere
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iClicker Question
The greenhouse effect occurs largely becauseA a gas is transparent to visible light and
opaque to infrared radiation.B a gas is transparent to infrared radiation
and opaque to ultraviolet radiation.C ozone is transparent to ultraviolet
radiation and opaque to infrared radiation.D methane is transparent to infrared
radiation and opaque to visible light.E the sun emits more infrared radiation than
ultraviolet radiation.