September 18, 2014September 18, 2014
Objective: Students will compare and contrast continental drift theory and theory of plate tectonics.
WU: Provide 4 evidences that support the hypothesis of the Continental Drift.
September 18, 2014September 18, 2014
Answers: Continental PuzzleMatching FossilsAncient ClimatesRock types and Structures
September 19, 2014September 19, 2014
Objective: Students will compare and contrast Plate Boundaries.
WU: name the 3 types of plate boundaries and describe the action of each.
Vocabulary Quiz – Thursday
September 19, 2014September 19, 2014
ANSWERS:Convergent: plates are coming together- causes mountains, volcanoesDivergent : plates are separated- causes rift valleys and mid-oceanic ridgesTransform fault: sliding motion- causes faults
Questions to answer for foldableQuestions to answer for foldable 1. What is the lithosphere divided into? (Be specific) 2. A plate can be made of what? (2 answers) 3. Compare the thickness and density of the oceanic
and continental crusts. 4. During seafloor spreading where are the youngest
rocks found? Oldest? 5. What is caused when one oceanic plate is pushed
under / beneath another plate? 6. What kind of plate boundary created the East African
Rift Valley?
September 22, 2014September 22, 2014 Objective: Students will understand key ideas
about earthquakes. Warm Up: 1. Compared with the oceanic crust,
the continental crust is ___. (thickness and density)
2. When sea floor spreading occurs, where are the youngest rocks found?
9/22 Answers9/22 Answers
Thicker and less denseClosest to the mantle/ at the bottom of mid- ocean ridge
September 23, 2014September 23, 2014 Objective: Students will investigate properties of
Earthquakes and how they are measured. WU: 1. Name a specific example of a
divergent plate boundary on “continental lithosphere”.
2. On a world map, a series of dots represents locations of ____ (3 things).
Vocabulary Quiz – Today!
September 24, 2014September 24, 2014
Objective: Students will investigate properties of Earthquakes and how they are measured.
WU: 1. The current scale most widely used to measure earthquakes is the____.
2. Tsunamis are often generated by _____.
September 25, 2014September 25, 2014 Objective: Students Compare magma and lava. Locate
volcanoes and relate back to plate boundaries. Explain volcanic effects on the lithosphere and relate back to plate boundaries
Warm Up: 1. What is the main reason Wegner’s Continental drift theory was rejected?
2. What causes plates to shift (move)?
9/25 Answers9/25 Answers
He could not provide a mechanism for movement of the continents= NO EVIDENCE!
Convection cells
September 26, 2014September 26, 2014
Objective: Infer the locations of volcanoes, earthquakes and faults (strike-slip, reverse and normal) from soil, geologic and topographic map studies.
Warm Up: 1. What are the major layers of the earth (from the inside out).
2. What type of plate boundary cause: rift valleys, island arcs, and ridges?
September 29, 2014September 29, 2014
Objective: Conclude the best location for various types of development to reduce impacts by geohazards and protect
property. Warm Up: Describe the 3 major types of
volcanoes and where are they mostly located?
September 30, 2014September 30, 2014
Objective: Review Unit 3 Objectives Warm Up: Which 2 geological events are most
common along plate boundaries?
October 1, 2014October 1, 2014
Objective: Show mastery of Unit 3 Objectives. Warm Up: What does an earthquake wave
transmit?