Study Guide for Final Exam
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First Grade Period:
Act3
Unit A Studying Soil Scientifically
and
Unit B Rocks and Minerals
ObservationInference-
Act 5
Organic MatterMake up of soilCauses of weathering of rocksHow is organic material created?
SoilSee Concept map for SOIL in notes
Act 13 OpaqueTranslucentTransparentLusterBrilliantGlassyDullAct 15 PropertyExamples of properties: color, hardness, transparency, luster, crystal shape, reaction to acid, light
refraction, streak color
SyntheticSee statements in 3 level reading guide
Act 18 RockSee anticipation guide statements
Act 19 SedimentSedimentary RockMagma-
Igneous RockMetamorphic RockAct 21 ModelKnow how to read a metric ruler (see worksheet) No fractions
Act 22 Geological TimeProcess to make Metamorphic rockProcess to make Igneous rockProcess to make Sedimentary rock-
Unit D- Plate Tectonics
Activity 36 Storing Waste
Active VolcanoDormant VolcanoExtinct VolcanoNuclear WasteRiskTrade-offActivity 37 Volcanic Landforms
VolcanoLandformWhat causes an eruption?
Activity 38 Beneath the Earth’s Surface
CrustCoreLava*LithosphereMantleScaleVolcano-
Review Inside the earth notes, diagram, chart, and colored/labeled scale model
What are the layers?
if solid or liquid, temperature as you go deeper?
depth/radius of earth?
Activity 39 Earth Time
PaleontologistGeological timeReview Geologic time scale chart- when Pangea came apart?
Approximate age of earth:
Activity 40 The Continent Puzzle
Analysis 1,3,4 *chart of extinct organisms
Activity 41/42 Continental Drift and the Theory of Plate tectonics
Continental driftPlatesplate tectonicswho is Alfred Wegener and what was his theory and how did he knowWhat is pangea?
*Evidence for Continental Drift/Plate TectonicsVideo notes
Analysis 1,2,3 Venn Diagram **Continental drift vs plate tectonics
Activity 44 Mapping Plates
*Anticipation Guide
Continents labeled- direction and sizes of major plates
*Analysis 1-5
Activity 45 Understanding Plate Boundaries
*Descriptions and chart of boundaries- what is created at each:
Transform
divergent
convergent
continental and ocean plate
continental with continental plate
Hot spot
Thickness of ocean and continental crust
Direction of movement, what is created at each boundary type, how do we find plate boundaries
SubductionReview returned Quiz: Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Activity 46 Convection Currents
picture/diagram/description of demonstration
convection current- cause and effect
Activity 47 Spreading Plates
Chart of changes over time of divergent boundaries
Activity 48 Other types of Plate Motion
Diagram of transform and convergent boundaries- earthquakes
*Analysis 1-4
Review Sea floor spreading worksheet and the theory of plate tectonics worksheet