ESC 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tibetan Plateau, Convergent Boundary, Oceanic Basin

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Earth Sciences
• Course: ESC 1000
• Professor: Jim Vogl

Document Summary

Explain or describe signify to write one or two sentences at most, not an essay. Discussion of concept sketches in secion 1. 6. Sketch, label, and describe the major layers of the earth (5. 1a: crust. Almost enirely solid except where high temperature causes an area to be parially molten. Similar composiion to upper mantle with more minerals: outer core (2250 km) Inner core (1220 km) consists of metallic iron and nickel (3470 km) Include in descripion composiion and approximate thickness of each layer. Use a separate sketch to describe the diferences between coninental and oceanic crust (5. 1b) Sketch and describe the diference between lithosphere and asthenosphere (5. 1b) Consists of the crust and uppermost mantle. Upper mantle in the lithosphere is called lithospheric mantle. Hoter than lithosphere and can low under pressure. Sot, weak zone over which the lithosphere may move. Sketch a cross-secion of the full crust across a passive margin (5. 1) Oceanic crust coninental shelf normal thickness crust mountain belt.