Atlantic hurricane season begins each year on June 1st. As we know from readings

Atlantic hurricane season begins each year on June 1st. As we know from readings in the textbook, these storms form within one, humid air mass and can be devasting to areas where they make landfall. For this lab exercise, you will be reviewing data from the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, tracking some storms and answering … Read more

Introduction: Review the text on hotspot volcanism and recall that hotspots prod

Introduction: Review the text on hotspot volcanism and recall that hotspots produce a string of dormant volcanoes behind an active volcano. Because we know the age of the volcanoes and their distance from the hotspot, we can use the dormant volcanoes produced by a hotspot to determine the speed and direction that a tectonic plate … Read more

“For this activity, you will be reviewing the geological time scale in the modul

“For this activity, you will be reviewing the geological time scale in the module reading assignment from the Geological Time chapter in the PRI Digital Atlas of Ancient Life –online textbook and the Earth History chapter from the OER Commons Earth Science textbook. Use the images of the geologic time scales in your readings to … Read more