EMAIL ADDRESS jtracey@nssd112.org

Mrs. Tracey's email hours 6 am- 8 pm weekdays 

If you are absent from class, many make-ups occur at 7:20 am. This is due to the time it might take to complete the lab. A shorter lab can usually be made up at lunch recess or X block.

United States Geological Survey Website
USGS

Yellowstone Volcanic Observatory 

YVO

Earth Changes Test- Tuesday, January 24th

ALL STUDY GUIDES DUE MONDAY, JANUARY 23rd

BREAK IT DOWN BELOW

Study guide 1 and 2 done by Thursday, January 19th

Study guide 3 done by Friday, January 20th

Official Study Guide done by Sunday, January 22nd

COPY OF STUDY GUIDES BELOW AND ANSWERS WILL BE POSTED STARTED THURSDAY

IF YOU ARE GOING ON THE CHORUS FIELD TRIP ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 24TH (2ND AND 5TH PERIOD ONLY- YOU CAN TAKE THE TEST MONDAY 1/23 OR TUESDAY 1/24 AT 7:20 AM - IF THIS DOES NOT WORK, PLEASE EMAIL ME )

Journal EarEQVth

Periods 2,7,8 - due Wednesday, January 18th

Periods 1,5,9- due Thursday, January 19th

New requirement for journal entries

At least ¾ of a page response 0 1 2 ______

(Typed double space about 1 page

Hand written in between second and third hole of spiral notebook

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 

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.

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 if they are written in your spiral notebook!

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. jtracey@nssd112.org

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.

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

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