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Unit 4 Dynamic Earth


Unit 4 Dynamic Earth:  Plate tectonics, mountain building





 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 


 

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What are the scientific
 ideas and evidence that led to the theory of plate tectonics?








What is the relationship
 between the type of plate boundary and the locations of various features such
 as ocean trenches, mountain ranges, and mid-ocean ridges?

















What is Earth’s interior
 like?














How are mountains formed
 along convergent and divergent plate boundaries?





How are mountains formed at
 locations other than plate boundaries?


 

2.02 Analyze the
 historical development of the theory of plate tectonics


 

Chapter 17: Plate Tectonics


p. 442-467












































Chapter 20: Mountain
 Building


p. 523-543


 

Continental drift activity





A Model of Earth’s Interior
 Act.





Edible Tectonics








A Solid or Liquid or a
 Liquid—What is the Mantle (Asthenosphere) Like?





Fault models activity





Amazing Earth video


 

Continental drift


Pangaea


Magnetic reversal


Paleomagnetism


Seafloor spreading


Convergent boundary


Divergent boundary


Transform  boundary


Rift valley


Subduction


Theory of plate tectonics


Ridge push


Slab pull











Orogeny


Fault-block mountain


Uplifted mountain


 




 

What are p-waves and
 s-waves and how have they helped scientists theorize about Earth’s internal
 structure?





What are quantitative
 measures of earthquakes?





How do you locate the
 epicenter of an earthquake?





What is the level of
 seismic activity in NC?


 

2.04 Analyze seismic
 waves including velocity and refraction to:


-Infer Earths internal structure


-located earthquake
 epicenters’


-measure earthquake
 magnitude


-evaluate the level of
 seismic activity in NC


 

Chapter 19: Earthquakes


p. 495-519


 

Locating Plate Boundaries
 by Earthquake Data


 

Epicenter


Fault


Focus


Primary wave


Secondary wave


Strain


Stress


Surface wave


Seismogram


Seismometer


Magnitude


Modified Mercalli scale


Richter scale


Seismic gap


tsunami




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