12/17/12 Plate Tectonics Vocab

• STARTER:

• When pushing cart when mass is being added, what is going to happen to the force as mass is

added.

Homework:

•Frayer model •Word Wall

Predict• To state, tell about, or make known

in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge.

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Interpret• To give or provide the meaning of;

explain; explicate; elucidate to conceive the significance of;

construe.

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Impact• To have an immediate and strong

effect on something or somebody

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Relate• To tell; give an account of, or

describe in some detail

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Crustal Features• Relating to or characteristic of the

crust of the earth or moon

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Weathering• The process by which water, ice,

wind and heat act to break down rocks.

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Erosion• The process by which wind, air, ice,

and gravity remove and transport material from one place to another.

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Deposition• The settling out or placement of

rock, particles of rock, or organic matter, generally referred to as

sediments, after transportation by wind, water, ice, or gravity.

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Ridge• A long narrow hilltop or range of

hills

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Plate Tectonics• The theory that the lithosphere is

divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the

asthenosphere

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Convection Current• The circular

motion of liquids or gases caused

by density difference that

result from temperature differences.

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Pangaea • The single, huge continent that

existed 245 million years ago.

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Continental Drift• The theory that continents can drift

apart from one another and have done so in the past.

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Divergent Boundary

• The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving

away from each other.

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Sea-floor spreading• The process by which new oceanic

lithosphere forms as mid-ocean ridges.

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Rift• Region where tectonic plates pull

apart; divergent boundary.

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Convergent Boundary

• The boundary between two colliding tectonic plate.

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Subduction zone• The region where oceanic

lithosphere sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent

boundary.

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Trench• A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate

under another

Transform Boundary• The boundary between two tectonic

plates that are sliding past each other.

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Fault • Displacement of rock layers in the

Earth's crust in response to stress, accompanied by a

break in the continuity of the

rocks on each side of the fault line.

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Topographic Maps• the detailed mapping or charting of

the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.

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Satellite Map• Satellite imagery consists of

photographs of Earth or other planets made by means of artificial satellites

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A& C

Your Definition: Sentence:

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Plate Tectonics

The theory that the lithosphere isDivided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere

Geologists study plate tectonics to find future stress points and earthquake zones

Fill in the blank Multiple Choice

Essay

A & C

Your Definition: Sentence:

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Sea Floor Spreading

A& C

Your Definition: Sentence:

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Plate Boundary

Fill in the blank Multiple Choice

Essay

• Pick 3 words from the list of vocabulary we used today

and create a wordwall. Include the word, definition,

and image.• If you do not finish today

complete for homework.

ExiT

12/18/12

S- What is the action and

reaction force in this situation?

Intro to Plate Tectonics

• You have 5 mins to turn in your homework.

• WordWall is due tomorrow!!!!

• YOU WILL COMPLETE THE LESSONS FILL IN THE BLANK HANDOUT. PAY CLOSE

ATTENTION

P&a: Plate Tectonic Interactive presentation

C: Interactivity: Tectonic Trouble

ExiT

Quiz• Based on the presentation

you just say we will take a quiz over what you has just

seen.• Write the correct answer in

your journal.

12/19/12 Plate Boundaries

S- On which layer are tectonic plates laying? What causes the

plates to move?

AsthenosphereConvection Current

P- Types of Plate Boundaries

• Can you name the 3 types of plate boundaries?

ConvergentDivergentTransform

Plate Boundary Movement

• Student Handout (Cscope)

• Pop-corn Reading

A- Stations

C- Chart

E- Summary

12/20/12 S

Intro to Mapping

• What evidence is there that the continents

were once one body of land called Pangaea?

Which scientist is credited with this?

Alfred Wegener1. South America and Africa fit together like a puzzle2. Plant and animal fossils have been found on several continents

• YOU WILL COMPLETE THE LESSONS FILL IN THE BLANK HANDOUT. PAY CLOSE

ATTENTION

P: Topographic Maps Interactive presentation

C: Interactivity: Tectonic Trouble

ExiT

Quiz• Based on the presentation

you just say we will take a quiz over what you has just

seen.• Write the correct answer in

your journal.