Unit 3: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes & Volcanoes
IS9
Unit 3: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Reading – Chapter 16, Sections 16.4, 16.5, 16.6 (pg 494-514)
Date / Homework Assigned / In-Class10-22
T / Outline Part I, / Let’s Hope We Don’t Drift Apart: Wegener & Continental drift, Pangaea puzzle
10-24
Th / Did you finish plotting all the earthquakes and volcanoes? –Must be complete by 10/30 / ⧝How the Earth was Made: Marianas Trench
10-28
M / Outline Part II & Part III / Quiz #1 on Part I, Magnetic Profiles Lab, Seafloor Spreading PowerPoint, Scrat Video, Convection Model & discussion
10-30
W / Outline Part IV / Quiz #2 on Part II & III, What’s Happening During Convection group activity? Cascade Volcanoes and Plate Boundaries, The Ring of Fire
11-1
F / Outline Part V / Quiz #3 IV, Predicting Plate Movements - cut out, Faults and Stress PowerPoint, It’s not my Fault lab
11-5
T / Outline Part VI / Quiz#4 on Part V, Fault Sort, Earthquakes, Scales and Waves student activity, Locating the epicenter (earthquake lab)
11-7
Th / Outline Part VII / Quiz #5 on Part VI, Locating the Epicenter 3, Preparedness Now!, CA natural hazards stations
11-12
T / Study Guide / Quiz #6 on Part VII Volcanoes-IS Quest, Hot Spots
11-14
Th / Study for test! / 30 minutes of fuel…what would you do!!!! Review for test
11-18
M / Relax / Unit test: you need to be able to find the epicenter of an earthquake given seismic data, and to identify a volcano based on data!
Vocabulary –
Plate Tectonics
Convection Currents
Alfred Wegener
Pangaea
Continental Drift
Magma/Lava
Viscosity
Pahoehoe/aa
Lahar
Mafic/Felsic (Silica)
Quiet Eruption
Explosive eruption
Pyroclastic flow
Ash & Cinders
Intrusive igneous rock
Batholith/Sill/Dike
Volcanic neck
Earthquake
Mercalli Scale
Moment Magnitude
Epicenter & Focus
Rift Valley
Island Arcs
Folded Mountains
Mid-ocean Ridge
Sea-floor Spreading
Subduction
Trench
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Compression
Tension
Shearing
Volcano
Earthquake
Seismic waves
Tsunami
Liquefaction
Normal fault
Reverse fault
Thrust fault
Strike-slip fault
Fold
Hanging Wall/Foot Wall
Rayleigh/Love wave
P wave (longitudinal)
S wave (transverse)
Surface wave
Seismograph
Magma chamber
Pipe
Vent
Crater
Caldera
Hot spot
Shield volcano
Cinder cone volcano
Composite volcano
Ring of fire
Learning Targets –
ü- I need more help with this concept ü I understand the basics of this concept ü+ I got this!/ B4 test / References
(ppt= powerpoint)
I can explain Wegener’s theory of continental drift / Text 495
I know the evidence for sea-floor spreading / Text 496-497
I can explain how convection currents power the movement of the plates / Text 497
I can list and describe the types of plate boundaries and faults and the “stress” that causes them / Text 499-500
I can describe how and where most mountains form / Text 501
I can draw a diagram of the fault, epicenter, focus and epicenter of an earthquake / Text 504
I know the relationship between earthquakes, volcanoes and plate boundaries. / Text:511
I can compare and contrast P, S and Surface waves (order that they arrive, materials that they can move through, and how they move the rock particles). / Text 504-506
I can find the epicenter of an Earthquake using data from seismograph stations and a compass. / Labs
I can compare and contrast the different “scales” used to describe earthquakes (Richter, Moment Magnitude, Modified Mercalli) / Text 505-506
I can explain how volcanoes form / Text 508-509
I know why some volcanic eruptions are quiet and others explosive / Text 510
I can label the epicenter, focus and fault. / Text: 504
I know that the closer a city is to an epicenter the more damage that will occur. / Notes
I know that the best way to protect yourself during an earthquake is to “Drop, Cover and Hold on.” / Video
I can label the hanging wall and footwall of a fault. / Lab
I can compare and contrast the different types of faults (normal, reverse, strike-slip and thrust). / Text:601
I can draw the movement along the fault for normal, reverse, strike-slip and thrust faults and know which way the hanging wall moves (up or down). Remember that a strike-slip fault has no hanging wall or footwall. / Lab
I can identify the type of “stress” that is associated with each fault. / Lab
I know that the San Andres Fault is an example of a strike-slip fault. / Video
I can identify waves based on diagrams. / Types of Waves w/s
I can locate the “Ring of Fire” and know how it got its name. / Text:511
I can identify the factors that affect viscosity (silica & water content, temperature). / Text:510
I know how a Tsunami forms and the system that is used to track them. / Text:503 & Video
I can explain how earthquakes can cause liquefaction. / Lab
I can label the parts of a volcano. / Text: 509
I can describe how a caldera forms and that Crater Lake is an example of a caldera. / Lab
I know the characteristics of a quiet and explosive eruption. / Text: 510
I know which type of eruption form pahoehoe and aa. / Text: 509
I can compare and contrast the 3 types of volcanoes / Text: 512
I can draw a cross section of each of the 3 types of volcanoes and can describe how each was formed (lava flow or ash & cinders). / Text: 512
I can identify and describe the types of intrusive igneous rocks that can form (sill, dike, volcanic neck, batholith). / Text: 514
I can describe how a hot spot can create volcanoes (Hawaii). / Text:513
I can identify the relative age of an island by its distance from the hot spot. / Text: 513
I know that the Earth’s plate move in different directions but hot spots do NOT move. / Lab & demo
I can describe how seismographic data has been used to identify the outer core. / Text: 507