Student Assignment Sheet
Earth/Environmental Science
Unit 4: Geology
Standards:
 EEn.2.1.1: I can explain how the rock cycle, plate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes impact the
lithosphere.
 EEn.2.1.2: I can predict the locations of volcanoes, earthquakes, and faults based on information
contained in a variety of maps.
Essential Vocabulary
 Sedimentary
 Igneous
 Metamorphic
 Mantle convection
 Ridge push
 Gravity pull
 Ocean trenches
 Mountain ranges
 mid-ocean ridges
 magma
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lava
volcano
lithosphere
divergent boundary
transform boundary
convergent boundary
lahar
Strike-slip fault
Reverse fault
Normal fault
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epicenter
focal point
magnitude
P-wave
S-wave
Appalachian Mts.
Fall zone
Barrier islands
River basins
Assignments (What should be in my notebook?)
Unit Sheet
Bell Ringers
Notes
Rock Cycle Lab
Earth History Packet
Dynamic Earth Webquest
Geologic Time Football
Mum-A-Mia
Plate Tectonics PhET
Ring of Fire Mapping
Writing Prompts
Independent Practice
Notebook Check Grade
Writing Prompts:
1. What would happen to the continents in a million years?
2. How are plate tectonics responsible for major geological events?
3. Explain the rock cycle.
4. Explain the driving force for plate motion.
5. What is an Earthquake? What are some dangers associated with them?
6. Why do you think that volcanoes at convergent plate boundaries only from when there is subduction
occurring between the two plates? Explain.
Independent Practice Questions:
EEn.2.1.1: I can explain how the rock cycle, plate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes impact the
lithosphere.
Answer each of the following questions using complete sentences.
1. In Figure 3-1, what type of rock should occur in the part of the rock cycle labeled:
B _______________________
F _______________________
H_______________________
2. Explain the rock cycle by describing how an igneous rock can become a sedimentary rock, then a
metamorphic rock, and then an igneous rock again.
3. List the types of evidences that supports Wegener’s hypothesis.
4. Describe each plate boundary interaction including the activities that occur there.
5. What is a fault?
6. Describe and draw a diagram of each of the types of faults.
7. What is an earthquake? Describe the anatomy of an earthquake.
8. Describe the ring of fire.
9. What is a hot spot?
10. What comes out of a volcano during an eruption?