Slide 1Rocks S6E5 Students will investigate the scientific view of how Earths surface is formed. b.Investigate the composition of rocks in terms of minerals. c.Classify rocks…

Slide 1Uniformitarianism Laws of nature DONT change with time Past events explained & estimated by modern processes The Present is the Key to the Past Slide 2 Uniformitarianism…

Slide 1Chapter 6 review Slide 2 1. UNIFORMITARIANISM: -The processes that shape the Earth today are the same processes that occurred in the geologic past The present is the…

Slide 1Chapter 32 Geologic History Relative & Absolute Dating BFRB Pages 245-256 Slide 2 Whos got the TIME? -RELATIVE TIME - the order or sequence is known, but not the…

Slide 1Mt Vesuvius Slide 2 When Mt Vesuvius erupted ash fell on Pompeii and Herculaneum, covering everything including people. The ash that covered the people were called…

Slide 1 Earth’s History Slide 2 Slide 3 Earth probably formed from an accumulation of rock, dust, and gases drawn together by its own gravity about 4.6 billion years ago…

Slide 1 Volcanic Landforms How do volcanoes change the Earth’s surface? Slide 2 What you will learn 1.What landforms lava and ash create. 2.How the magma that hardens beneath…

When Mt Vesuvius erupted ash fell on Pompeii and Herculaneum, covering everything including people. The ash that covered the people were called body casts. In 1700 Stabiae,…

The Geologist as Detective THE PRINCIPLES USED IN DETERMINING THE ORDER IN WHICH ROCKS WERE FORMED The idea that processes that shape the Earth, such as volcanoes, earthquakes,…

Volcanic Eruptions 7.3 p.209-216 Inside a volcano Magma chamber- holds the magma Pipe- tube that connects the magma chamber to the surface Vent-place where magma reaches…