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3.5 billion years ago when single celled organisms appeared on the earth
4.5 billion years old age of the earth
approximately how much more powerful is every
30 times
scale on the Richter scale
66 million years ago beginning of the cenozoic era
350 thousand years ago homosapiens or humans evolved
541 to 252 million years Paleozoic era time period
ago
absolute dating when you know the exact dates of events
accretion the gaining of mass through sticky collisions
the edge of the continent that tears landforms off a
accretionary wedge
subducted plate
an earthquake is not likely at a transform fault
active creep
boundary with ___
low level vibrations that happen after a major
aftershocks
earthquake
Aleutian islands classic example of a volcanic island arc
volcanic island chain created by by pacific plate
Aleutian islands
sinking under the North American plate
, first took seriously the similarities of the east coast of
Alfred Wegener
South America and the west coast of Africa
allosaurus main carnivorous dinosaur during the mesozoic era
andesite example of intermediate extrusive igneous rock
andesite intermediate lava crystallizes into
classic example of a continental volcanic arc caused
Andes mountains
by oceanic continental convergent plate boundary
if the sediment is transported over a short distance it
angular
is
anthracite, marble, examples of non-foliated metamorphic rock
quartzite
anticlines the top of the wave of rock
anticlines become domes
texture of igneous rock that takes a short time to
aphanitic
crystalize
example of fold mountains created at a plate
Appalachian Mountains
boundary which are shrinking
Appalachian, mountain ranges that match up because of tectonic
Scandinavian plates
ashes, lapilli, lava blocks common pyroclastic materials
asteroid cause of end of eras
part of mantle made primarily of weak rock that is not
asthenosphere
necessarily molten
aurora australis another name for the southern lights
aurora borealis another name for the northern lights
caused by solar wind particles colliding with the
auroras molecules of the atmosphere on the magnetic field
and surrender their energy
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Terms in this set (385)
3.5 billion years ago when single celled organisms appeared on the earth
4.5 billion years old age of the earth
approximately how much more powerful is every
30 times
scale on the Richter scale
66 million years ago beginning of the cenozoic era
350 thousand years ago homosapiens or humans evolved
541 to 252 million years Paleozoic era time period
ago
absolute dating when you know the exact dates of events
accretion the gaining of mass through sticky collisions
the edge of the continent that tears landforms off a
accretionary wedge
subducted plate
an earthquake is not likely at a transform fault
active creep
boundary with ___
low level vibrations that happen after a major
aftershocks
earthquake
Aleutian islands classic example of a volcanic island arc
volcanic island chain created by by pacific plate
Aleutian islands
sinking under the North American plate
, first took seriously the similarities of the east coast of
Alfred Wegener
South America and the west coast of Africa
allosaurus main carnivorous dinosaur during the mesozoic era
andesite example of intermediate extrusive igneous rock
andesite intermediate lava crystallizes into
classic example of a continental volcanic arc caused
Andes mountains
by oceanic continental convergent plate boundary
if the sediment is transported over a short distance it
angular
is
anthracite, marble, examples of non-foliated metamorphic rock
quartzite
anticlines the top of the wave of rock
anticlines become domes
texture of igneous rock that takes a short time to
aphanitic
crystalize
example of fold mountains created at a plate
Appalachian Mountains
boundary which are shrinking
Appalachian, mountain ranges that match up because of tectonic
Scandinavian plates
ashes, lapilli, lava blocks common pyroclastic materials
asteroid cause of end of eras
part of mantle made primarily of weak rock that is not
asthenosphere
necessarily molten
aurora australis another name for the southern lights
aurora borealis another name for the northern lights
caused by solar wind particles colliding with the
auroras molecules of the atmosphere on the magnetic field
and surrender their energy
