'Meteorite impact' presentation slideshows

Astronomy 101 The Solar System Tuesday, Thursday Tom Burbine tomburbine@astro.umass

Astronomy 101 The Solar System Tuesday, Thursday Tom Burbine tomburbine@astro.umass.edu. Course. Course Website: http://blogs.umass.edu/astron101-tburbine/ Textbook: Pathways to Astronomy (2nd Edition) by Stephen Schneider and Thomas Arny . You also will need a calculator.

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Chapter 14 The History of Life

Chapter 14 The History of Life. Section 1: Fossil Evidence of Change. Section 2: The Origin of Life. The History of Life. Chapter 14. 14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change. Land Environments. Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago.

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Snowball Earth

Snowball Earth. Presented by Mindi Purdy and Jen Ulrich. Theory of Snowball Earth. Many lines of evidence support a theory that the entire Earth was ice-covered for long periods 600-700 million years ago.

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weather

weather. Lau. Hon. Wa. 4C. 18. Typhoon Lightning Rainstorm Tsunamis Tornadoes Blizzards Hurricane Spring Summer Windy Cloudy Sunny Waterspout Snowy. Hot Cool Cold Warm Rainy Dry Autumn Winner Wet Fog Cumulonimbus. dictionary. Typhoon

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Building a Comet!

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Asteroids and Meteorites

Asteroids and Meteorites. Asteroid Facts. Asteroids are rocky leftovers of planet formation . Asteroids are cratered and not round. The largest is Ceres, diameter ~1000 kilometers. 150,000 in catalogs, and probably over a million with diameter >1 kilometer.

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Chapter 13 Biodiversity Through Earth History

Chapter 13 Biodiversity Through Earth History. The Fossil Record of Biodiversity Underlying assumption is that the process of evolution is occurring evolution : creation of new species random mutation : genetic changes

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Mesozoic Era (Age of the Dinosaurs)

Mesozoic Era (Age of the Dinosaurs). Three Periods Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous. MESOZOIC ERA. KNOWN AS THE MIDDLE ERA TIMEFRAME: Occurred between 248 to 65 million years ago. IMPORTANT EVENT. Time marked by rapid movements of plates

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Relative Dating

Relative Dating. Relative Dating. Relative Age : the age of something compared to something else. Absolute Age : the actual age of a rock or an event . The Principal of Superposition. In undisturbed sedimentary rock layers (strata), the oldest rock is at the bottom. .

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Meteorite composition

Meteorite composition. Major groupings: Stony meteorites Chondrites Achondrites Iron meteorites Octahedrites, hexahedrites, ataxites Stony-iron meteorites Pallasites Mesosiderites. Chondrites Carbonaceous chondrite class CI chondrite (Ivuna-like) group

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Meteorite composition

Meteorite composition. Major groupings: Stony meteorites Chondrites Achondrites Iron meteorites Octahedrites, hexahedrites, ataxites Stony-iron meteorites Pallasites Mesosiderites. Chondrites Carbonaceous chondrite class CI chondrite (Ivuna-like) group

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Meteorite composition

Meteorite composition. Major groupings: Stony meteorites Chondrites Achondrites Iron meteorites Octahedrites, hexahedrites, ataxites Stony-iron meteorites Pallasites Mesosiderites. Chondrites Carbonaceous chondrite class CI chondrite (Ivuna-like) group

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Meteorite composition

Meteorite composition. Major groupings: Stony meteorites Chondrites Achondrites Iron meteorites Octahedrites, hexahedrites, ataxites Stony-iron meteorites Pallasites Mesosiderites. Chondrites Carbonaceous chondrite class CI chondrite (Ivuna-like) group

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The Moon

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Endangered Species

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Mesozoic Era

Mesozoic Era. Age of Reptiles. After Permian Extinction Millions of years pass before diversity of living things begins to rise again. Ammonites evolved Related to squid Many types evolved Became extinct after f ew million years

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The Mesozoic Era

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Composite Materials

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Tsunamis By: Deana Collett, Breanna Asher & Cameron Brock

Tsunamis By: Deana Collett, Breanna Asher & Cameron Brock. What are Tsunamis?!?!?!?. . Tsunami are large waves caused by sudden movement of the ocean due to earthquakes, landslides, large volcanic eruptions or meteorite impact in the ocean. . How and where Tsunamis are formed.

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Dinosaurs: Where They Lived, and How They Died Photos by R. Alley or as indicated.

Dinosaurs: Where They Lived, and How They Died Photos by R. Alley or as indicated. The Green River in Dinosaur National Monument.

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