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Re: Dynamic Planet B/C

Posted: November 5th, 2018, 12:40 pm
by UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F
Things2do wrote:(previous post)
Well, it's a little pointless if you're going to quote the original post like that, isn't it?

Re: Dynamic Planet B/C

Posted: November 6th, 2018, 2:53 pm
by greenmilktea
am I allowed to begin a new question if nothing is being asked right now? sorry if not!

1. How do crag and tail formations differ from rôches moutonnées?
2. What is an ice cap? What are the requirements for an ice cap to be considered an ice sheet?
3. What is the most common type of crevasse? Describe it!

Re: Dynamic Planet B/C

Posted: November 6th, 2018, 5:47 pm
by AarushMehta
greenmilktea wrote:am I allowed to begin a new question if nothing is being asked right now? sorry if not!

1. How do crag and tail formations differ from rôches moutonnées?
2. What is an ice cap? What are the requirements for an ice cap to be considered an ice sheet?
3. What is the most common type of crevasse? Describe it!
1. Rôche moutonnées are usually smaller.
2. A dome-shaped layer of ice. must be over 50,000 square km to be considered an ice sheet.
3. Transverse: they open across a glacier and form where valleys become steeper.

Re: Dynamic Planet B/C

Posted: November 6th, 2018, 5:51 pm
by greenmilktea
AarushMehta wrote:
greenmilktea wrote:am I allowed to begin a new question if nothing is being asked right now? sorry if not!

1. How do crag and tail formations differ from rôches moutonnées?
2. What is an ice cap? What are the requirements for an ice cap to be considered an ice sheet?
3. What is the most common type of crevasse? Describe it!
1. Rôches moutonnées are usually smaller.
2. A dome-shaped layer of ice. must be over 50,000 square km to be considered an ice sheet.
3. Transverse: they open across a glacier and form where valleys become steeper.
Looks good. Your turn!

Re: Dynamic Planet B/C

Posted: November 6th, 2018, 6:25 pm
by AarushMehta
List the Milankovitch cycles and describe their effects on Earth's climate.

Re: Dynamic Planet B/C

Posted: November 8th, 2018, 1:29 pm
by JoeyC
1.) Eccentricity; affects the magnitude of other cycles, bringing the Earth closer to or farther away from the Sun at certain points.
2.) Precision; the Earth's axis spins so that eventually different sides of the Earth will be tilted at the Sun; affects seasons.
3.) Obliquity; the Earth's axis's tilt fluctuates ~3* so that the [seasons become more or less drastic

Re: Dynamic Planet B/C

Posted: November 9th, 2018, 12:14 am
by AarushMehta
JoeyC wrote:1.) Eccentricity; affects the magnitude of other cycles, bringing the Earth closer to or farther away from the Sun at certain points.
2.) Precision; the Earth's axis spins so that eventually different sides of the Earth will be tilted at the Sun; affects seasons.
3.) Obliquity; the Earth's axis's tilt fluctuates ~3* so that the [seasons become more or less drastic
yep, your turn

Re: Dynamic Planet B/C

Posted: November 9th, 2018, 5:44 am
by JoeyC
State the difference between epochs, ages, and other geological measures of time.

Re: Dynamic Planet B/C

Posted: November 16th, 2018, 4:54 pm
by Things2do
Ages are subdivisions of epochs, which are subdivisions of periods. Need more?
Edit: Forgot to hide it...

Re: Dynamic Planet B/C

Posted: November 17th, 2018, 7:10 am
by JoeyC
Could be more specific, but go on ahead!