Earth Science

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Map of Standards Quarter 2

Dynamic Earth Processes

Science Standards and Frameworks, pg. 259-

3a

. Students will interpret the
evidence of the ocean floor
(magnetic patterns, age, and sea-floor topography) to support plate tectonics

.

1. Students will interpret magnetic patterns

of the ocean

floor to support plate tectonics. 2. Students will interpret the age of the ocean floor

to support

plate tectonics. 3. Students will interpret sea-floor topography

to support plate

tectonics.

3b

. Students will label the three
different kinds of plate boundaries

and identify the

principal structures that form at each.

3c

. Students will
explain the properties of rocks

based on the

physical and chemical

conditions in which they formed, including plate tectonic processes.

3d

. Students will explain
why and how earthquakes occur

and the scales

used

to measure their intensity and magnitude

.

1. Students will label each of the types of plate boundaries on a diagram (convergent, divergent, transform

).

2. Students will identify the principal structures

that form at a convergent

boundary

(oceanic trenches, volcanic

island arches, volcanic mountain chains, mountain chains). 3. Students will identify the principal structures

that form at a divergent

boundary

(rift valley, mid-ocean ridges).

4. Students will identify the principal structures

that form at a transform

boundary

(fault lines).

1. Students will explain that the properties of rocks arise from the physical conditions in which they are formed (temperature and pressure

).

2. Students will explain the properties of rocks due to the chemical conditions

in which they

are formed (composition reflects the available chemical constituents). 3. Students will explain the properties of rocks that result from plate movements such as subduction & uplift

.

3e.

Students will

distinguish between the two kinds of volcanoes

:

one kind with violent eruptions producing steep slopes

and the other kind

with voluminous lava flows producing gentle slopes

.

1. Students will explain why and how earthquakes

occur.

2. Students will explain the Mercalli scale

used to

measure an earthquake’s intensity

.

3. Students will explain the Richter scale

used to

measure an earthquake’s intensity

.

3f

. Students will explain the
location and properties of volcanoes

that are due to hot

spots

and those that are due to

subduction

.

1. Students will distinguish between the two kinds of volcanoes: one kind with violent eruptions producing steep slopes

and

the other kind with voluminous lava flows producing gentle slopes.

2. Students will identify examples

of volcanoes with

steep slopes and volcanoes with gentle slopes and predict the nature by which they were formed.

1. Students will explain the location of volcanoes that are due to hot spots.
   2. Students will explain the properties of volcanoes that are due to hot spots.
   3. Students will explain the location volcanoes that are due to subduction

.

4. Students will explain the properties of volcanoes that are due to subduction.