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Jeopardy

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Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals

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Chapter 14 Geology and Nonrenewable Resources

Chapter 14 Geology and Nonrenewable Resources. Post Reading Discussion. Contents. 1b. Describe the environmental effects of gold mining. Tons of mining waste Pollutes air and nearby surface water Cyanide heap leaching Cyanide salts used to extract gold

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HONSHU, JAPAN Earthquake

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Chapter 7 Lesson 2 Earthquakes

Chapter 7 Lesson 2 Earthquakes. What is an Earthquake?. A sudden trembling of the ground caused by movement happening in the crust . Where Do Earthquakes Happen?. Most earthquakes happen at the edges of plates, where plates meet

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A2 examinations: Developing your skills in extended writing

A2 examinations: Developing your skills in extended writing. Bob Digby Geographical Association. Beware!. Very good students often underachieve on essays. Most commonly they show excellent knowledge and understanding, in amazing depth, but fail to answer the question.

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1. California Rock Stories Linking tectonics to rock formation 2. Geologic History of California: Part II Ellen Metzger

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Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Earthquakes and Tsunamis . A Case Study. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110316-zoom-satellite-pictures-japan-tsunami-earthquake-world-before-after/. The Richter Scale.

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Geography of Hawaii

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Plate Tectonics Review

Plate Tectonics Review. Please select a Team. Team Magma Team Lava Team Earthquake Team Volcano. Response Counter. Which plate is the African Plate?. A B C D. Response Counter. What is the name of the partially molten, upper portion of the mantle?. Inner Core Lithosphere

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A New & Improved National Spatial Reference System

A New & Improved National Spatial Reference System. Refinements of the North American Datum of 1983 through the Multi-Year CORS Solution and the National Adjustment of 2011 . Michael L. Dennis, RLS, PE michael.dennis@noaa.gov.

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EARTHQUAKES

EARTHQUAKES. Shaking Crust. EARTHQUAKES. Vibrations produced by breaking of lithosphere (crust & upper mantle) Elastic limit = amount that rocks can stretch and bend When surpassed rocks break & move Seismic waves (vibrations) sent out in all directions. Fault.

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Chapter 17 Study Guide Answers

Chapter 17 Study Guide Answers. #1. Pangaea. #2. 1. Puzzle-like fit 2. Widespread plant 3. Animal fossil 4. Climate clues (glaciers) 5. Rock clues (similar mountains). #3. Oceanic and continental Oceanic and oceanic Continental and continental will not have subduction. #4.

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The San Francisco Earthquake, 1989

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Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes

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Plate Boundary Types

Plate Boundary Types. Divergent plate boundary. A boundary where 2 plates are moving AWAY from each other Seen in mid ocean ridges Iceland. Mid ocean ridge. Convergent plate boundaries. A plate boundary where 2 plates move TOWARD each other. What is happening at the plate boundary?.

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Plate Tectonics

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Earthquakes!!

Earthquakes!!. Travis Osborne Ms. Anderson. When do Earthquakes occur?.

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Erica Moyer Sara Martin Noah Hurrle

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Magnitude 7.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 14:32:41 UTC

Magnitude 7.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 14:32:41 UTC. Japan was rattled by a strong aftershock and tsunami warning Thursday night nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast.

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