Chapter 2 lesson 3 sci

CHAPTER 2 LESSON 3Landforms

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How do movements of the crust change landforms?

Hypothesis:

Answer:

VOCABULARY

Plate-

Earthquake-

Epicenter-

Fault-

VOCABULARY CONTINUED…

Magma

Lava

Volcano

MODELING A VOLCANIC ERUPTION

What happens to the land when a volcano erupts? Hypothesis:

Does lava cover the land evenly? Hypothesis:

LAB QUESTIONS

Is the volcano we saw in the lab an example of a constructive or destructive process? Explain…

EARTH’S STRUCTURE

How far to the center of the Earth? H:

What structures is the Earth made of? H:

EARTH’S STRUCTURE

Crust-

Mantle-

Outer Core-

Inner Core-

EARTH’S STRUCTURE

Earth’s crust and upper mantle are divided into sections

Plates Map of tectonic plates

PANGAEA

EARTHQUAKES

Occurs when Earth’s crust moves and energy is released

Focus-

Epicenter-

Caused by three different types of plate movement - - -

HOW DO SCIENTISTS CLASSIFY EARTHQUAKES?

Estimating their magnitude This means:

Richter scale:

VOLCANOESWATCH IT HAPPEN: HTTP://WWW.HARCOURTSCHOOL.COM/MENUS/SCIENCE2009/GRADE5_GA.HTML

Melted or molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface is ________________.

This ________ is pushed to the surface because it is less dense.

If it flows out of a vent or opening it becomes ___________.

Three types of Volcanoes Composite-

Shield-

Cinder Cone-

HOW MOUNTAINS FORM

Formed from where the crust is crumpled and pushed upward by the movements of plates.

Normal faults-

Reverse faults-

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How do movements of the crust change landforms?

Hypothesis:

Answer: