planet earth
Know what the root word “hydro–” means.
water
Understand Continental Drift Theory.
Continental Drift Theory is the idea that Earth’s continents were once joined together and have slowly moved apart over millions of years.
Be able to define chemical weathering.
rock is changed into new substances.
Be able to describe what happens on June 21 in each hemisphere.
Northern Hemisphere: Summer Solstice (the longest day of the year and the start of summer)
Southern Hemisphere: Winter Solstice (the shortest day of the year and the start of winter)
Know what natural resources are.
Air, water, sunlight, plants, soil, minerals, and fossil fuels.
Know the meaning of the root “atmo–”.
Air , Vapor , Steam
Be able to explain Plate Tectonics and plate movement.
Tectonic plates are enormous moving pieces of the earths lithosphere.
Be able to describe what mechanical weathering is.
it doesn’t change the composition of the rock, only the size
Be able to define a solstice.
One of two astronomical events each year when the Earth's axial tilt is most extreme in relation to the Sun, resulting in the longest or shortest day of the year.
identify renewable resources.
Solar energy, wind energy, hydro power, geothermal energy, and biomass.
Know what the root word “bio–” means.
life
Know how divergent plate boundaries move.
Plates move apart spreading horizontally.
Understand what erosion is (movement of sediment).
movement of weathered rocks on the earth surface
Be able to explain the meaning of an equinox.
When earth is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun which results in nearly equal amount of daylight and darkness.
identify non-renewable resources.
oil, coal, natural gas
Know what the root word “geo–” means.
Earth or Ground
Understand how convergent plate boundaries move.
Plates colliding causing either plates to dive under the other or the edges of both plates to crumble
Understand that Earth’s revolution around the sun causes seasons.
The tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun that causes seasons.
Know the difference between weather and climate.
weather is the short term changes in the air for a given place and time.
climate is a region's average weather conditions over a long period.
Know the four stages of the water cycle in the correct order.
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Accumulation
Know the correct order of Earth’s layers from outer to inner.
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
Understand how transform plate boundaries move.
plates slide past one another.
Know the direction in which Earth rotates and what it causes.
Earth rotates from west to east and, when the earth rotates it causes day and night once every 24 hours.
Know the purpose of a climate map.
A climate map shows the different climate regions of an area, helping us understand patterns of temperature and rainfall.