earth processes geology = the scientific study of our planet earth
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Earth Processes
Geology =
the scientific study
of our planet Earth
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• How would you describe the Earth’s Surface?
• How did the surface get this way?
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Plate Tectonics• The lithosphere is broken into 20 sections
called PLATES• Each PLATE is a huge slab of rock that
includes the crust• Fit together like a jigsaw puzzle• Page 218• Plates float on layer of partly melted rock• Can move 2cm – 15cm/yr
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Why do they move??• CONVECTION CURRENTS cause plates
to move
• Convection currents cause hot matter to rise while cool matter sinks
• MAGMA moves up and spreads out sideways in a circular pattern
• Magma carries the plates with it
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To Review…• The sections of the lithosphere are called
A. CrustsB. PlatesC. Puzzle pieces
• Convection currents causeA. Cool magma to rise and hot magma to sinkB. Hot magma to rise and cool magma to sinkC. The movement of the Earth’s platesD. Both B & CE. Both A & C
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Plate Tectonics• Changes will occur in the Earth’s
crust where 2 plates meet• A FAULT is a crack in the Earth’s
crust along which rock moves• Each plate boundary is a huge fault
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Faults
1. Fracture boundary = two plates sliding past each other• San Andreas Fault
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Faults
2. Spreading boundary – plate moving away from each other and new crust added to the surface
• Great Rift Valley
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Faults
3. Colliding boundary = plates move toward each other = mountains
• Himalayas
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To Review• At which type of fault would the plates
move into each other and cause mountains to form?
• At which type of fault would plates slide past one another?
• At which type of fault would plates move away from each other?
A. Fracture boundary
B. Spreading boundary
C. Colliding boundary
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Writing for Science
• Write a letter to a 2nd grader telling them what you learned about Plate Tectonics today
• Must include:– What the earth’s crust is made of– What causes the plates to move– How much the plates move in a year– What a fault is
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Earthquakes
• Plates will get caught on each other• Pressure builds until rock breaks
and lurches forward• An earthquake is a sudden shaking
or vibrating of the Earth’s crust• Most occur along plate boundaries
(228)• Built up energy is released
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Earthquakes
• The focus is where the first rock moves
• Waves move out that make the ground shake = ground rolling, shaking or lifting
• The Epicenter is directly above on the Earth’s surface
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Earthquakes• Types of Seismic Waves –
– S-waves (secondary)• Make rock move up and down and side to
side, deep underground
– P-waves (primary)• Deep below the ground they stretch and
squeeze the rock particles
– L-waves (long)• Travel along the surface• Causes the most damage
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Earthquakes• Seismograph is the instrument records the
seismic waves of energy that radiate from the focus of an earthquake
• Richter Scale is a series of numbers used to describe the total amount of energy released, or magnitude of an earthquake (1930)
– Each increment is 10x stronger
• Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes under the sea that generate a powerful wave that travels to the surface
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To Review• Which type of wave moves along the surface of
the earth during an earthquake?
A. S-waves
B. L-waves
C. P-waves• The first rock moves at the ________.
A. Epicenter
B. Focus
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To Review• What is the name of the instrument that
records the seismic wave that occur during an earthquake?
A. Richter Scale
B. Seismograph
C.Tiltmeter
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Volcanoes• An opening in the Earth’s surface
through which magma rises
• Most occur at the plate boundaries and hot spots
• Many on the ocean floor
• Try to predict to save lives
• Tiltmeter – detects change in slope of volcano = magma might be moving
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Volcanoes
MAGMA
VENT
LAVA
CRATER ASH & CINDERS
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Volcanoes• Eruptions depend on
– Water vapor and gases in magma• If escaping easily = quiet eruptions• Under pressure = explosive eruption
– Lava• Vicious lava (thick and sticky) has gas
that escapes with force and throws ash high in the air
• Non-viscous lava is thin and runny and lava will flow from the vent
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Volcanoes• At a subduction/colliding boundary
1. Sinking crust melts into magma as it enters the mantle
2. Hot magma is less dense than solid rock
3. Magma rises through openings in crust
4. Gases in magma cause pressure to build
5. When pressure is great enough – magma breaks through surface as LAVA
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Volcano Types
Composite = formed from alternating eruptions of cinders /ash & lava•Above subduction zones•Mt. Saint Helen’s
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Volcanoes• At a Hot Spot
1. Areas in mantle hotter than others
2. Magma has melted through the crust
3. This will form several volcanoes that will turn in to islands (Hawaii)
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Volcano TypesShield = quiet eruptions that spread
out in flat layers
•Forms a broad volcano with gently sloping sides
•“New real estate”
•Hawaiian Islands
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Volcano Types
Cinder cone = steep sided volcano
•Form from explosive eruption of lava, ash and cinders
•Steep with small crater
•Form rapidly
•Paricutin
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To Review
• Quiet volcanic eruptions result fromA. Water vapor and gases under tremendous
pressure
B. Water vapor and gases escaping easily
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To Review
• The type of volcanoes that are created at subduction zones are
A. Cinder
B. Composite
C. Shield
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To Review
• The type of volcanoes that are created at areas where the mantle is hotter than the crust are
A. Cinder
B. Composite
C. Shield
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To Review
• When magma reaches the surface of a volcano it is called
A. A crater
B. A vent
C. Cinder
D. Lava
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Soil Formation• Why is soil important?• Soil = mixture of weathered rock and decayed
plant and animal (organic) matter formed over a long time
• Also includes mineral fragments, water and air• Weathering = process of rock breaking into
smaller and smaller fragments• Humus = dark colored organic matter made of
pieces of decaying plants and animals• Worms mix the humus with rock fragments
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Soil Profile• Topsoil –
– Dark– Contains humus– Worms
• Subsoil– – Little or no humus– Some plant roots– Minerals washed down
from topsoil• Bedrock –
– Weathered rock– No humus– Beginning the process of
becoming soil
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Rock Cycle