1. 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.

2. Homework: Frayer model Word Wall

3. Predict To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge. P

4. Interpret To give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate to conceive the significance of; construe. P

5. Impact To have an immediate and strong effect on something or somebody P

6. Relate To tell; give an account of, or describe in some detail P

7. Crustal Features Relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon P

8. Weathering The process by which water, ice, wind and heat act to break down rocks. P

9. Erosion The process by which wind, air, ice, and gravity remove and transport material from one place to another. P

10. 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. P

11. Ridge A long narrow hilltop or range of hills P

12. Plate Tectonics The theory that the lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere P

13. Convection Current The circular motion of liquids or gases caused by density difference that result from temperature differences. P

14. Pangaea The single, huge continent that existed 245 million years ago. P

15. Continental Drift The theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past. P

16. Divergent Boundary The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. P

17. Sea-floor spreading The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as mid-ocean ridges. P

18. Rift Region where tectonic plates pull apart; divergent boundary. P

19. Convergent Boundary The boundary between two colliding tectonic plate. P

20. Subduction zone The region where oceanic lithosphere sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary. P

21. Trench A deep depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another

22. Transform Boundary The boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other. P

23. 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. P

24. Topographic Maps the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality. P

25. Satellite Map Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made by means of artificial satellites P

26. A& C Your Definition:Sentence: Picture: Create Question: Plate Tectonics The theory that the lithosphere is Divided 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

27. A & C Your Definition:Sentence: Picture: Create Question: Sea Floor Spreading

28. A& C Your Definition:Sentence: Picture: Create Question: Plate Boundary Fill in the blank Multiple Choice Essay

29. 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.

30. 12/18/12 S- What is the action and reaction force in this situation? Intro to Plate Tectonics

31. You have 5 mins to turn in your homework. WordWall is due tomorrow!!!!

32. YOU WILL COMPLETE THE LESSONS FILL IN THE BLANK HANDOUT. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION P&a: Plate Tectonic Interactive presentation C: Interactivity: Tectonic Trouble

33. 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.

34. 12/19/12 Plate Boundaries S- On which layer are tectonic plates laying? What causes the plates to move?

35. P- Types of Plate Boundaries Can you name the 3 types of plate boundaries?

36. Plate Boundary Movement Student Handout (Cscope) Pop-corn Reading

37. A- Stations

38. C- Chart

39. E- Summary

40. 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 Wegener 1.South America and Africa fit together like a puzzle 2.Plant and animal fossils have been found on several continents

41. YOU WILL COMPLETE THE LESSONS FILL IN THE BLANK HANDOUT. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION P: Topographic Maps Interactive presentation C: Interactivity: Tectonic Trouble

42. 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.