Name ___________________________ Period ________ Date __________
Geophysical Science- Study Outline – “Planet Earth,” (ref. Ch 21 in Text
EQ: How do materials cycle through the Earth’s systems?
D 21 Explain how internal energy of the Earth’s systems causes matter to cycle through the magma and the solid earth.
By the end of our study of “Earth’s interior and Plate Tectonics”, you will need to be able to:
Key Terms
Be able to define and use these terms:
Crust
Guiding questions - Objectives
Be able to discuss or do the following
 Identify Earth’s different geologic layers.
Mantle
Core
 Explain how the presence of magnetic
bands on the ocean floor support the theory
of plate tectonics.
Lithosphere
Plate tectonics
Magma
 Describe the movement of Earth’s
lithosphere using the theory of plate
tectonics.
Subduction
 Identify the three types of plate boundaries
and the principal structure that form at each
of the boundaries.
fault
Connect terms in a meaningful way to show their relationship ... concept map, Venn diagram or
other organizer.
Name ___________________________ Period ________ Date __________
Geophysical Science- Study Outline – “Planet Earth,” (ref. Ch 21 in Text
EQ: How do materials cycle through the Earth’s systems?
D 21 Explain how internal energy of the Earth’s systems causes matter to cycle through the magma and the solid earth .
By the end of our study of “Earthquakes and Volcanoes”,you will need to be able to:
Key Terms
Be able to define and use these terms:
Focus
Guiding questions - Objectives
Be able to discuss or do the following
 Identify the causes of earthquakes.
Epicenter
 Distinguish between primary, secondary,
and surface waves in earthquakes.
Surface waves
 Describe how earthquakes are measured
and rated.
Seismology
 Explain how and where volcanoes occur.
Richter scale
vent
 Describe the different types of volcanoes.
Connect terms in a meaningful way to show their relationship ... concept map, Venn diagram or
other organizer.
Name ___________________________ Period ________ Date __________
Geophysical Science- Study Outline – “Planet Earth,” (ref. Ch 21 in Text
EQ: How do materials cycle through the Earth’s systems?
D 21 Explain how internal energy of the Earth’s systems causes matter to cycle through the magma and the solid earth .
By the end of our study of “Weathering and Erosion”, you will need to be able to:
Key Terms
Be able to define and use these terms:
Acid precipitation:
Guiding questions - Objectives
Be able to discuss or do the following
 Distinguish between chemical and physical
weathering.
 Explain how chemical weathering can form
underground caves.
Erosion:
 Describe the importance of water to
chemical weathering.
Deposition:
 Identify the three different physical
elements that can cause erosion.
Connect terms in a meaningful way to show their relationship ... concept map, Venn diagram or
other organizer.