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HOMEWORK

Review guides due Tuesday, January 19th

EARTH TEST- PERIODS 1,5,9 ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20TH 

PERIOD 2, 7, 8- DUE THURSDAY, JANUARY 21st

Copy of review guides below - Answers posted Friday

Review guide 1 and 2 - Complete by Thursday 

Review guide 3- Complete by Friday

Official Review guide- Complete Monday 

Journal EarEQVth 

PERIOD 1,5,9 - DUE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20TH

PERIOD 2, 7, 8- DUE THURSDAY, JANUARY 21st

NEW PAGE REQUIREMENT AT LEAST ¾ OF A PAGE RESPONSE

Journal EarEQVth

Would you rather live (your home and personal possessions) by a volcano or earthquake fault line? Explain your reasoning!

OR

Which natural disaster causes more global and ecological damage- an earthquake or volcano? Explain your reasoning.

REVIEW GUIDES 

REVIEW GUIDE #1

Name:___________________________

Earth Changes    Pre- Review #1

ANSWERS POSTED ON BLOG

1. How does the temperature change as you go from the surface towards the center of the Earth?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. The three main layers that make up the Earth are the _______________, _______________, and _________________.

3. The _________________is a layer of rock that forms the outer skin of the Earth.

4. Basalt is found on the ____________________.Granite is found on the ________________________.

5. What is the difference between the inner and outer core?

Inner Core-_____________________________________________

Outer Core-_____________________________________________

6. How do convection currents move inside the Earth?

a- hot materials rise, while cooler materials sink

b- hot materials sink, while cooler materials rise

c- hot materials move up or down, while cool materials move sideways.

7. Which layer of rock within the Earth’s interior is the thickest? ________

8. Name the two parts of the mantle region

Upper most part=________________________________

Lower part =____________________________

Name:___________________________

Earth Changes  Pre- Review #2

ANSWERS POSTED ON BLOG

1. State Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis about how the Earth’s continents have moved.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Name the three pieces of evidence Wegener used to support his hypothesis. 1._______________ 2. _______________ 3._____________

3. _______________ carry the pieces of the Earth surface include oceanic and continental crust.

4. True or False- The theory of plate tectonics explains that plates are in constant motion because of the convection currents in the mantle.

5. Describe the movement of the plate boundaries below

Divergent boundary- ________________________________________

Convergent boundary-_______________________________________

Transform boundary-________________________________________

6. True or False- Earthquakes can occur at plate boundaries and fault lines.

7. What was the supercontinent called 225 million years ago?

________________________

Name:___________________________

Earth Changes Pre- Review #3

ANSWERS POSTED ON BLOG

1. Scientist know about the interior of the Earth due to ____________ waves that release energy during an earthquake.

2. Rocks change shape and volume after an earthquake as tension, compression, and shearing takes place. This is know as ___________.

3. An earthquake occurs deep within the interior of the Earth at this point, ______________.  Energy is release and travels to the ___________, which is directly above the point within the Earth’s interior.

4. Energy travels to create an earthquake within three different seismic waves. Name the waves and describe its energy movement.

_______________-________________________________________

_______________-________________________________________

_______________-________________________________________

5. The ______________ scale records the size of the seismic waves through the use of a _________________ that is buried within the continental or oceanic crust.  The scale record the release of the energy from 0-9, which is called the ________________ of the earthquake.

6. A volcano is a weak uplifted spot within the crust that has melted material called _____________ and once this reaches the surface it is called __________ turning into solid rock.  

7. Almost all earthquakes and volcanoes occur at (circle the correct answer).

a. faults, plate boundaries, Ring of Fire

b- faults and plate boundaries

c- Ring of Fire and breaks in the mantle

8. Describe the three types of volcanoes

_______________=___________________________________________

Cinder Cone   =___________________________________________

_______________=___________________________________________

Caldera= volcano that can collapse due to magma emptying.

9. The type rocks that form from magma include ___________ and ____________ (that can float).

10. Rocks are classified into three groups

1.___________________

2.___________________

3.___________________

11. What does it mean to classify in science (think back to process skills).

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Supervolcano

Movie developed by the Discovery Channel

Supervolcano connects to the Earth Changes unit.

Summary- USGS scientists and researchers that work at Yellowstone collect data and use Vergil (prototype of Yellowstone) that predicts a VEI 8 eruption in the near future. The USGS scientists takes steps to inform the public, but the government does not want to cause chaos in the country. Unfortunately, the caldera under Yellowstone erupts causing a VEI 8, and USGS along with the government have to work together to handle this natural disaster today, tomorrow, and in the future.

During and after watching this movie, students will be able to:

1. Determine the cause and effect relationships during a VEI 8 volcanic eruption.

2. Identify the predictions and hypotheses that lead up to a VEI 8 volcanic eruption.

3. Evaluate the government and scientists plans for the evacuation and aftermath from the volcanic eruption.

4. Recount scientific Earth changes concepts such as: lava, magma, seismograph, Richter Scale, caldera, lava flow, pyroclastic flow.

5. Analyze from the scientific predictions and data if a Supervolcano eruption will occur at Yellowstone in the near future.

PowerStandards - 6th grade science

Standard 11 # 2

Plan and construct and test prototypes using technological design

Learning Target- Collect data for analysis

   Predict results of prototype (Vergil - in movie)

   Draw conclusions from qualitative and quantitative observations

Standard 13 #2

Apply and use of appropriate scientific tools and technological devices in inquiry or design investigations

Learning Targets- Identify appropriate scientific tools and technological devices in

     inquiry or design investigations

Standard 12 E #3

Analyze the process of our dynamic Earth and connect to present day environmental conditions

Learning Targets- Infer how plate movements have impacted populations, ecology,

     and Earth’s geological features

     Understand constructive and destructive forces

     Understand the location of frequent earthquakes and volcanoes

     that provide evidence for plate tectonics

Journal Entry Checklist------Cranium Crunch

1-You can Google Doc OR handwrite your entry in your spiral notebook

2-I will only accept them on the due date unless you know that you will be absent when they are due

3- If you are typing on a Google Doc, please double space

4-Just start writing... you do not have to write out the question and then start writing.... think of this as a diary....

5-Journal Entries through a Google Doc

1. Share Google doc with me through email.

2. Add message function when Google doc is shared.  Write an email message to me stating what journal entry you are submitting.

3. Can share with me at any time before the due date and by 2:40 pm on the date it is due. If it is an early release day it is due by 12:25 pm.

4. If you submit your journal entry after 2:40 pm or 12:25 pm, it is considered LATE.

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