Earth Science Unit 1 TST/CST day

Learning Objective: Students will learn about why the Earth changes using a graphic organizer and technical vocabulary: faults, plate tectonics, tension, compression, density, inner core, outer core, mantle, lithosphere, crust, convection currents.


Questions:

1. Every 250,000 years the north and south pole switch places, why do you think this is? (brain)
2. Which statement is true of Earth's poles?

Answer choice for #3

	A. Earth's geographic North Pole moves about 10 km each year. B. Earth's north magnetic pole is aligned with its geographic North Pole. C. Earth's north magnetic pole is aligned with its geographic South Pole. D. Earth's magnetic and geographic poles are generally not in the same place.