Plate Tectonics
A large, continuous land mass
What is continent?
Mountains or hills made by hot rocks and gases moving to Earth’s surface from deep inside Earth
The breakdown of solid materials into very small particles by water, air, and natural events
What is weathering?
Mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus (plant and animal remains)
What is soil?
Ms. Weisser is from?
What is South Dakota
Long chains or groups of mountains
What is mountain ranges?
A deep valley at the bottom of the ocean
What is deep ocean trenches?
The gradual wearing down by wind, water, air, and natural events
What is erosion?
All the plants found in a particular area
What is vegetation?
Ms. George is from?
What is Massachusetts?
Most earthquakes tend to occur at which location?
The steep slopes of the very oldest mountains
or
The boundaries between continents and oceans
What is the boundaries between continents and oceans
The Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. What claim can be made about the Ring of Fire from this information?
It is the only place on earth where earthquakes can happen.
or
The edges of the tectonic plates are moving in this area.
What is the edges of the tectonic plates are moving in this area.
Sand or small pieces of rock broken down by weathering and deposited on the land or at the bottom of a body of water
What is sediments?
A force that causes objects with mass to attract each other
What is gravity?
Ms. Elliott is from?
A sudden release of energy under F. Bands Earth’s surface that makes the ground shake or crack
What is an earthquake?
Patterns of magnetic stripes along boundaries of tectonic plates
What is bands?
Which of the following processes makes sediments?
Wind carrying particles of sand from one place to another
or
Water and ice breaking rocks into smaller pieces
What is water and ice breaking rocks into smaller pieces
The rate of erosion in an area would increase if the–
amount of vegetation increased.
or
wind speed increased.
what is the wind speed increased?
Ms. Weisser has how many siblings?
What is 6
Is there a pattern to the locations of earthquakes and volcanoes around the globe? Explain.
Yes. Earthquakes and volcanoes usually occur at the boundaries between tectonic plates.
What landforms would you most likely see at the edges of plate boundaries in the ocean?
You would most likely see a ridge that looks like a small mountain range. You could also see volcanoes along plate boundaries in the ocean.
Students will investigate how the amount of water affects the distance sediments are carried. Which tools would be most appropriate for this investigation?
thermometer, beaker
or
graduated cylinder, metric ruler
what is graduated cylinder, metric ruler
What environment do you think will become eroded faster—a beach with tall grasses and shrubs or a beach with many sand dunes and no grass? Explain your thinking.
The beach with many sand dunes and no grass will erode faster because there is nothing to keep the sand from washing away. The roots of the grass and shrubs help keep the sand in place.
Ms. Elliott has how many children?
what is 5 children and 2 grandchildren?