Reviewing plate motion

The video that was shown today hopefully gave you a chance to see how the plates interact with one another. This will be a big part of your test ~ be sure to look over the chart that was given to you (in your notes!).

We also reviewed Inquiry 15.1. In case you left your paper in school, the notes are posted under Class Info.

Have a great weekend!

Oceanic vs. Continental

Our class investigation today led us to discover how ocean and continental plates behave.

We have one last investigation (faults) before we finish our unit on plate tectonics.

Homework:

• Complete vocab sheet
• Finish Inquiry 15.1 reflection questions

Test has been moved to Wednesday, Nov. 25!! Review sheets will go home Monday.

More Earth Science resources

Found another site for those that want to learn more or just need some practice. This site has links to interactive websites covering topics we learned in class.

http://www.learningscience.org/esc2astructureearthsystem.htm

Convection and plate motion recap

We reviewed the layers of the earth and watched a short clip that illustrates what convection looks like in the mantle. For your notes, you received a chart with the type of plate boundaries, the motions and features found. STUDY THIS!

Tomorrow we will investigate oceanic and continental crust movement.

For homework: Complete worksheet 15.1 about the Tonga Trench. If you do not have colors the paper states, feel free to use colors you have (just make a key). If you have no colored anything, use 3 different symbols (star, dot, square).

How do plates move?

We modeled today the 3 types of plate movement: transform, divergent and convergent. Make sure you remember how each moves!!!

Tomorrow, we will discuss more in depth what goes on at each location and label our map with these boundaries.

Homework (Pds 2 and 4 only): Complete the worksheet on plate boundaries. Use the lab activity sheet to help you!

Need some practice?

I found these links while cruising the web. They will give you some practice for your upcoming test!

Plate Tectonic Quiz from McDougal Littell
Plate Tectonic Practice Test
Glencoe Online Practice Quiz

Convection in the mantle

Our investigation today led us to discover how convection cells work within the mantle. We now can see/understand what causes the crust (plates) to move. Over the next few days we will learn more about movement along the plate boundaries.

Homework tonight:

• Period 1: Complete worksheet on plate boundaries
• Period 2 and 4: Finish 16.1 Reflection questions

Also start studying/reviewing your notes on continental drift. plate tectonics and earth's layers. You will be having a test on Tuesday, November 24!!