'Geological activity' presentation slideshows

Chapter 7 Earth and the Terrestrial Worlds

Chapter 7 Earth and the Terrestrial Worlds. Mercury craters smooth plains, cliffs. Venus volcanoes few craters. Radar view of a twin-peaked volcano. Mars some craters volcanoes riverbeds?. Moon craters smooth plains. Earth volcanoes craters mountains riverbeds.

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Terrestrial World Surfaces

Terrestrial World Surfaces. Solid rocky surfaces shaped (to varying degrees) by: Impact cratering Volcanism Tectonics (gross movement of surface by interior forces) Erosion (by impacts or by weather). Impact Cratering.

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Terrestrial World Surfaces

Terrestrial World Surfaces. Solid rocky surfaces shaped (to varying degrees) by: Impact cratering Volcanism Tectonics (gross movement of surface by interior forces) Erosion (by impacts or by weather). Impact Cratering.

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Medium and Large Icy Worlds

Medium and Large Icy Worlds. Medium and Large Icy Worlds. Enough self-gravity to be spherical. Metal/rock core, ice mantle and crust. Some geological activity Two main locations: Larger Icy moons orbiting gas giant planets

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Chapter 8, Section 2 Objectives : 1. Summarize the theory of plate tectonics.

Chapter 8, Section 2 Objectives : 1. Summarize the theory of plate tectonics. 2. Compare the characteristic geologic activities that occur along the three types of plate boundaries. 3. Explain the possible role of convection currents in plate movement.

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GEOL 208 Lecture 1b

CON U

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Mars: Third Order Landscapes

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Other Objects in the Solar System (13.15)

Other Objects in the Solar System (13.15). Planetary Moons. Large natural objects that revolve around planets are called satellites or moons . Moons range in size, shape, terrain, and geological activity just like planets.

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Hodge- p odge in Miranda

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Biogeochemical: Sulfur Cycle

Biogeochemical: Sulfur Cycle. By: Diana Ramirez, Catalina Calderon, Joanna Lopez, & Yamilex Milian. What is sulfur ?. A non metallic element that can be in different forms, usually a yellow solid, burns in only blue flame, and suffocating odor.

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The World Oceans

The World Oceans. Arctic Ocean. A smooth, pale-blue layer of polar pack ice edged by jagged chunks of floating ice covers much of the frigid waters With an area of 12 million square kilometers (5 million square miles), smallest ocean

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TESEP PRESENTS: PD9: Plate Tectonics (The reason for the Challenging Earth)

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