• 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