Reminder that you will have a quiz on Plate Boundaries on Thursday, October 24th. It will be short and sweet, and is simply a check-in to see if you can get the basics of Plate Tectonics, before we move forwards into the more applied sections of the unit.
Quiz Outline: Students should be able to:
Quiz Outline: Students should be able to:
Describe
the structure of the earth’s interior, and explain how this knowledge has come
about.
Be familiar with notion of
convection currents as key energy source for tectonic activity
Explain
the theory of continental drift & Pangea
Distinguish
between and give examples of the four types of plate boundaries
Converging
– collision
Converging
– subduction
Diverging
Transform
You
should be able to label specific world map locations with – PLATE BOUNDARY TYPE
+ WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS EARTHQUAKES/VOLCANOES
Identify
the types of landforms produced (mid-ocean ridge, trench, rift zone, etc.) at
each plate boundary
Identify
plate boundary types by looking at diagrams
Understand
the notion that the movement of the earth’s plates is all connected, and works as a ‘recycling process’
Chapter 1, 2, 3 in Study Guide + Class
Materials
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