Warm Up January 7, 2016
Convection Currents
Discussion: Have you heard the word current
before?
1. Look up the definitions of Convection and
Current.
2. Define in your own words what you think
Convection Currents are and how they are
involved with tectonic plate movement.
January 8, 2016
1. What is the plastic-like layer that lays below the
lithosphere?
2. What type of plate is the San Andreas Fault part
of? Why volcanoes do not form along this
plate?EXPLAIN!
a. Divergent
b. Subduction
c. Convergent
d. Transform
3. Concerning Plates that move together, if crust is
being added at one location, why doesn’t the
Earth’s surface keep expanding? Give details in
three to five sentences.
January 11, 2016
Concept Map: Make an events-chain concept map
that describes seafloor spreading along a divergent
plate boundary. Choose from the following phrases:
magma cools to form new seafloor, convection
currents circulate hot material along divergent
boundary, and older seafloor is forced apart.
January 12, 2016 Warm-Up
1.
2.
This was a large ancient landmass that consist of all
the continents on the Earth.
a. Plate
b. Plate tectonic
c. Seafloor spreading
d. Pangea
This explains the locations of mountains,
trenches, and volcanoes.
a. Continental Drift
b. Seafloor Spreading
c. Plate Tectonic
d. Convection Current
Explain: Why the fossil of an ocean fish found on
two different continents would not be good
evidence of continental drift. Write 2 to 3
sentences.
January 13, 2016 Warm-Up
1. Fill in the blank. Movement along any plate
boundary means that ___________ happens at
another boundary.
a. Seafloor spreading
b. Volcano formation
c. Changes
d. Earth quakes
2. When plates move together, crust is added in
one place and then _________ in another place.
a. Changes in another place
b. Builds up in another place
c. Spreads in another place
d. Disappears in another place
3. In which order of events would you say takes
place when two moving plates collide?
a. Sinks, becomes denser, and cools.
b. Becomes denser, cools, sinks.
c. Cools, becomes denser, and sinks.
d. Cools, rises, spreads and then sinks.
Warm-Up January 19, 2016
1. How do differences in density cause deep ocean
currents? Explain what density has to do with
ocean currents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuOX23yXhZ8
January 20, 2016
1. Density currents are created by
a. Temperature differences
b. Wind
c. salinity differences
d. Both temperature and salinity differences.
2. As the amount of salt in the water increases,
the salinity of the water ______________.
a. increases
b. decreases
c. stays the same
d. increases and decreases
3. What do you think the Coriolis Effect has to do
with surface currents in the ocean? First you
have to know what the Coriolis Effect is. Can
you explain? Hint: Deflection and circulation.
Ocean Currents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fcXL61NZS0
Coriolis Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2mec3vgeaI
Coriolis Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdGtcZSFRLk
Warm Up January 21, 2016
Coriolis Effect:
Draw a Globe demonstrating Coriolis Effect. Use line
arrows showing the direction in which ocean currents are
effected by the Coriolis affect. Make sure you include the
Equator, North Pole, and the South Pole. Also
demonstrate the direction of the Earth’s rotation. Use a
pencil.
Question: If a hurricane is spinning counter clock wise,
which direction is the wind and currents blowing?
Explain:
1. What is the Coriolis Effect?
2. How does the Coriolis Effect cause ocean surface
currents?
3. How does Current Density relate to the Coriolis
Effect that produces Ocean Currents?
Warm-Up January 22, 2016
Vocabulary: Please use science book to define these
words: Pages 516-521
1. Surface current
2. Coriolis Effect
3. Upwelling
4. Density Current
5. Salinity
Ocean tides and waves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohDG7RqQ9I
January 25, 2016
1. Which of the following describes upwelling?
a. Horizontal ocean circulation that brings deep,
cold water to the surface.
b. Vertical ocean circulation that brings deep,
warm water to the surface.
c. Horizontal ocean circulation that brings deep,
warm water to the surface.
d. Vertical circulation that brings deep, cold
water to the surface.
January 26, 2016
1. Which type of tide occurs when the sun, the
moon, and the Earth are aligned?
a. Low tide
b. High tideh
c. Neap tide
d. Spring tide
2. When are spring tides higher or lower than
neap tides? Explain in two to three sentences.
January 27, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzY5-NZSzVw Water Cycle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY9HG8zUgOE
January 29, 2016 USA Test Prep
1. What are the progresses water moves
through, in order, as it moves from the
surface of a lake to a cloud in the sky?
A. Evaporation then Condensation
B. Condensation then Evaporation
C. Precipitation then condensation
D. Condensation then Precipitation
2. During the water cycle, the sun’s energy
evaporates water from the surface of Earth.
This water returns to Earth as some form of
a.Condensation
b. Ground water
c. Transpiration
d. Precipitation
February 1, 2016
1. A hurricane is most likely to occur in an area____
a. Near warm water.
b. Near cool water.
c. With strong winds
d. With little moister
2. Adrienne noticed a puddle in her driveway after a
rain storm before the Sun came out. Later that
afternoon, she noticed the puddle was much
smaller. What made the puddle become smaller?
a. The rain stop falling
b. The puddle drained into the grass
c. The sun heated the water and it evaporated
d. The water was sucked into the driveway.
3. #6 Based on the weather map seen here, what
weather conditions would we expect in El Paso?
a. Cold Temperature and sunny skies.
b. Cold temperature and cloudy skies.
c. Warm temperatures very cloudy and heavy rain.
d. Warm temperatures, increasing clouds and
showers.