1. Chapter 2 Lesson 3

2. Essential Question: How do movements of the crust change landforms?
Hypothesis:
Answer:

3. Vocabulary
Plate-
Earthquake-
Epicenter-
Fault-

4. Vocabulary continued…
Magma
Lava
Volcano

5. Modeling a Volcanic Eruption
What happens to the land when a volcano erupts?
Hypothesis:
Does lava cover the land evenly?

6. Lab Questions
Is the volcano we saw in the lab an example of a constructive or destructive process? Explain…

7. Earth’s Structure How far to the center of the Earth?
What structures is the Earth made of?

8. Earth’s Structure
Crust-
Mantle-
Outer Core-
Inner Core-

9. Earth’s Structure
Plates
Map of tectonic plates
Earth’s crust and upper mantle are divided into sections

10. Pangaea

11. Earthquakes Occurs when Earth’s crust moves and energy is released
Focus-
Epicenter-
Caused by three different types of plate movement -

12. How do scientists classify earthquakes?
Estimating their magnitude
This means:
Richter scale:

13. Volcanoes watch it happen: http://www. harcourtschool
Melted or molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface is ________________.
This ________ is pushed to the surface because it is less dense.
If it flows out of a vent or opening it becomes ___________.
Three types of Volcanoes
-Composite-
-Shield-
-Cinder Cone-

14. How mountains form
Formed from where the crust is crumpled and pushed upward by the movements of plates.
Normal faults-
Reverse faults-

15. Essential Question: How do movements of the crust change landforms?
Hypothesis:
Answer: