Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Earth Science Unit 1 Day 2 Part 2

Learning Objective: Students will learn about plate tectonic theory and how it's created the features of Earth by creating a flip book and will describe the patterns and trends over time using a graph, latitude, longitude and technical language mantlecrustlithosphere,inner coreouter core.


Questions:

  1. What is plate tectonic theory? (book)
  2. How do you think plate tectonics relates to mountain formation? (brain)
  3.  What is the mechanical layer of Earth that contains the tectonic plates?

Answer Choices for number 3:
 
  • A. Lithosphere
  • B. Crust
  • C. Mantle
  • D. Asthenosphere


Exit Ticket for Day 2 Part 2: 
  • Summarize what you have learned so far about the Earth's surface changing. 
  • What do you think is the most important point to remember?