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Rock Cycle
Plate Tectonics
Space Science
Objectives:
Students will model the layers of Earth, test properties
of minerals, and classify rocks by the process of their
formation.
Objective(s):
Students will identify and describe major tectonic
plates found on Earth, and describe how plate
movements contribute to many geological events.
Objective(s):
Students will identify and describe components
of the solar system and conduct research on the
history and future of space exploration.
Vocabulary:
• Gravity
• Crust
• Mantle
• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Core
• Magnetosphere
• Magma
• Lava
• Rock cycle
• Igneous rock
• Metamorphic rock
• Sedimentary rock
• Extrusive
• intrusive
iScience Textbook:
Lesson 7.2- Earth’s Interior pg. 268
Lesson 8.1- Rocks and the Rock Cycle pg. 302
Lesson 8.2- Igneous Rock pg. 312
Lesson 8.3- Sedimentary Rock pg. 322
Lesson 8.4- Metamorphic Rock pg.332
Vocabulary:
• Plate tectonics
• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary (plate)
• Subduction (zone)
• Convection currents
• Mid-ocean ridge
• Rift valley
• Deep ocean trench
Vocabulary:
• Rocket
• Satellite
• Space probe
• Space shuttle
• Lunar
• Gravity
• Inertia
iScience Textbook:
Lesson 7.3- The Theory of Plate Tectonics pg. 282
iScience Textbook:
Lesson 10.1- Early History of Space Exploration
pg. 398
Lesson 10.2- Recent and Future Missions pg.
408