Changing Earth Chapter 1 Plate Tectonics Learning Goals

Changing Earth Chapter 1 Plate Tectonics Learning Goals

Describe the Earths layers and their properties. Label the Earths layers and describe their properties. Describe the plates that make up the Earths outermost layers. Explain the causes and results of convection currents. Explain the causes and evidence of plate movement. Explain how continental drift hypothesis was developed. Explain current evidence for plate movement that scientists have gathered. Identify different kinds of plate boundaries Describe the kind of movement at different plate boundaries. Identify landforms that are created by different plate boundaries. Recognize or recall specific terminology: o inner core o outer core o mantle o crust o lithosphere o asthenosphere o tectonic plates o convection o convection current o continental drift o Pangaea o mid-ocean ridge o theory of plate tectonics o divergent boundary o convergent boundary o transform boundary o magnetic reversal o hot spot

Describe the Earths layers and their properties. Label the Earths layers and describe their properties. Describe the plates that make up the Earths outermost layers. Explain the causes and results of convection currents. Explain the causes and evidence of plate movement. Explain how continental drift hypothesis was developed. Explain current evidence for plate movement that scientists have gathered. Identify different kinds of plate boundaries Describe the kind of movement at different plate boundaries. Identify landforms that are created by different plate boundaries. Recognize or recall specific terminology: o inner core o outer core o mantle o crust o lithosphere o asthenosphere o tectonic plates o convection o convection current o continental drift o Pangaea o mid-ocean ridge o theory of plate tectonics o divergent boundary o convergent boundary o transform boundary o magnetic reversal o hot spot