Slide 1 Slide 2 Determining geological ages Relative ages – placing rocks and geologic events in their proper sequence, oldest to youngest. Absolute dates – define the…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Deforming the Earth’s Crust: Faulting Pg. 129 Slide 3 What is a FAULT? When rock layers BREAK when stress is applied One block of rock slides relative to…

Slide 1 Forces in Earth’s Crust Part 1 Slide 2 Stress: a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume *The movement of Earth’s plates creates an enormous force…

Slide 1 Mountain Building…11 Earthquakes…12 Volcanoes…13 Slide 2 Ch. 11 – Mountain Building A. Stress deformation - the bending, tilting, and breaking of the earth’s…

Slide 1 Who’s FAULT is it? Picture and Images of Different Types of Faults Slide 2 1. Strike Slip Fault Slide 3 San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain, central California…

Slide 1 Slide 2 PAGES 292 TO 303 MR. ALTORFER SCIENCE EARTHQUAKES Slide 3 EARTHQUAKES A. What are earthquakes? 1. Earthquakes are vibrations in the ground that result from…

Slide 1 EARTHQUAKES Slide 2 DEFINITION Vibrations in the ground caused by a release of energy along faults, (breaks), in the Earth’s lithosphere as a result of plate tectonics.…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 FELSIC ROCKS: texture Intrusive Extrusive Muy extrusive GraniteRhyoliteObsidian Slide 5 Yosemite Valley: El Capitan Intrusive: slow cooling,…

Slide 1 Earthquakes Pages B104-B127 Slide 2 Faults are classified by how rocks move. The blocks of rock along different types of faults move in different directions, depending…

Slide 1 Earthquakes Chapter 19 Slide 2 Focus vs. Epicenter _________– where the rock breaks and seismic waves begin; can be at deep or shallow depths _________ – point…