Science Final
- Know the major types of boundaries studied (convergent, divergent, transform) and what type of geologic features and events are associated with each.
- Know the difference between a continental plate and an oceanic plate and what happens at a convergent boundary when they meet.
- Know some of the key evidence that supports the theory of plate tectonics
- Be able to explain why or why not plate tectonics is associated with our current change in sea levels.
- Know the names of the three plates that are causing geologic change in CA.
- Be able to explain why we have earthquakes in CA and what caused the formation of the Cascade Mountains. (Mt. Lassen and Mt. Shasta)
- Convergent boundary
- divergent boundary
- transform boundary
- subduction zone
- Ocean ridge
- rift valley
- fault line
- oceanic trench
- Be able to describe the early history of Earth, including when it was formed, how it was formed and what it was like.
- Be able to describe the origin of the moon including how it was formed and what impact it has on the Earth.
- Be able to explain the two ways scientists think water came to be on Earth.
Be able to describe Earth’s early atmosphere.
- Earth’s axial tilt
- volcanic outgassing
- 4 eras approximate length
- Know the era and order of the following events:Formation of the Earth,Formation of the moon,Oldest rock,Great oxygenation event,Pangea exists,Oldest evidence of life, first member of our genus appears
- Eras:Cenozoic,Mesozoic,Paleozoic,Precambrian
- Know the three most common states of matter, and how mass/volume are affected as things change states
- Understand what the law of conservation of matter states
- Be able to calculate the density of an object
- Know the density of fresh water and how buoyancy is connected to it.
- Be able to convert from cm3 to mL
- Matter,
- Mass,
- Volume
- Meniscus
- density,
- buoyancy