Ocean Tides
What is an ocean tide?
Rise and fall of ocean water
How do coral reefs disintegrate?
The tissue quickly rots away or is eaten by bacteria in days
What is a mineral?
A naturally occurring inorganic element or compound
What is the land surrounded by water on three sides?
peninsula
What are 3 types of plate boundaries?
Divergent, transform, and convergent
How often does an ocean tide occur?
Every 12.5 hours
What is symbiosis?
Different organisms that live together that benefit both partners.
What are the 5 requirements to be a mineral?
1. The Color, 2. Luster, 3. Hardness, 4. Streak, and 5. Breakage
What are the major landforms?
Mountains, hills, plateaus, and plains
What motion would be expected from a transform fault boundary?
The plates slide past and alongside each other, horizontally
What causes an ocean tide?
Gravitational attraction of the sun and moon
How long does it take for a coral reef to form?
Depends on size. Most modern coral reefs are about 6,000 to 8,000 years old
What are the Physical properties that we use to identify minerals?
Color, Luster, Streak and Breakage
What smaller than oceans, but large bodies of salt water-connected to oceans or surrounded by land?
Sea
What is the name of the process that occurs at the mid-ocean ridge?
Sea floor spreading (SRS)
What time of the year are tights the highest?
The highest tides occur when the Moon is new or full.
What are the different parts of a coral reef?
back reef, reef crest, and fore reef
What are some common uses for minerals?
Ores, Gemstones, and Jewelry
Large sheets of ice that sit on top of the land, found where it is cold, move slowly over time
Glacier
Generally, how fast do plates move?
2-3 cm per year or 1in per year
Does the Sun or the moon have a greater influence on the tides on Earth?
The moon has the dominant effect.
How long can a coral reef survive?
Most modern reefs go back nearly 8,000 years
How can the same mineral be so many colors?
Because of the presence of certain elements in the mineral's normal molecular structure
Landforms that are somewhat higher than their surroundings, but not as tall as mountains
Hills
What is plate tectonics?
The Earths' crust broken up into pieces.