Andes mountains geology
[DOC File]Discovery Education
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Briefly discuss the geology of the Andes and how this mountain range has helped shape South America. Discuss how the Andes are comprised of several small mountain ranges. Show students a physical map of South America, and demonstrate how to read the map, pointing out where the Andes are higher or lower, and where they are wider or narrower.
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Describe how Darwin made the connection between the theory of gradualism and geology and the appearance of new species using the finches he collected on the different islands. ... Describe the differences in climate between the low-lying rainforest and the high-elevation grasslands near the Andes Mountains. What kinds of adaptations have the ...
[DOCX File]Geology Unit Project – Landforms
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Appalachian Mountains. Mt. Fuji. Mount St. Helens. Himalaya Mountains. Andes Mountains. Iceland. San Andreas Fault. Aleutian Islands. Marianas Trench. Great Rift Valley (East Africa) Kilauea. Mauna Loa. Mount Rainier. Mount Hood. ... Geology Unit Project – …
[DOC File]The volcanoes of the Andes Mountains of western South …
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Physical Geology, EEES 1010-005, Thursday, April 3, 2008. Choose the letter of the statement that best answers the question or completes the sentence and fill in the corresponding bubble on the computer answer sheet (use a #2 pencil only).
[DOC File]Chapter 11
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Geology Chapter 11 – Mountain Building. Michael Wysession. ... Mountains primarily form by folding and faulting rock at compressional plate boundaries, by faulting rock at tensional plate boundaries, by uplifting the lithosphere, and through volcanism. Forces and Motion. ... What do the Andes Mountains show? What is a accretionary wedge?
[DOC File]Plate Tectonics Question Bank
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Where the Nazca plate subducts under the South American plate, the Andes Mountains formed, which is very thick crust. Base your answers to questions 16 and 17 on the map below. Seismic stations are located at the four cities shown on the map. Letter X represents the epicenter of an earthquake determined from seismic waves recorded at all four ...
[DOC File]The volcanoes of the Andes Mountains of western South …
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Test 2: Physical Geology, EEES 1010-005, Thursday, February 28, 2008. ... The largest active volcanoes of the Andes Mountains of western South America are composite volcanoes. _____ volcanoes are steepest near their summits and less steep at the base. Composite.
[DOC File]Chapter 10 Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity
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Rising magma can form continental volcanic arcs (Andes Mountains). _____ The greatest volume of volcanic rock is produced along the oceanic ridge system. Lithosphere pulls apart. Less pressure on underlying rocks. Partial _____ occurs. Large quantities of fluid basaltic magma are produced.
[DOCX File]Figure 1: Erosion and exhumation rates (mm/a) of the Andes ...
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Figure 1: Erosion and exhumation rates (mm/a) of the Andes Mountains, South America. The map of South America is shaded based on elevation and is divided into tectonic regions using the template from Ramos and Folguera 2009. The rates were compiled from a …
[DOC File]Writing Assignment 3: Mountain building and the Andes
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First, read the article from Scientific American, “How Erosion Builds Mountains.” This is meant to introduce you to the topic and should be fairly easy going. Then, tackle the article from the journal Geology, “Climate, tectonics, and the morphology of the Andes”. This is short, but dense.
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