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Unit Essential Question: How does the Earth Change? Geology

Unit Essential Question: How does the Earth Change?

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Unit Essential Question:

How does the Earth Change?

Geology

In your Science journal record the UEQHow does the Earth Change?

Activating Strategy:

Your lab group will have the opportunity to use your observation skills and inferring skills to predict the contents of three film canisters.

Lesson Essential Question: What is the content of the three film canisters?

Geology

Write numbers 1-3 in your journal under today’s date.

LEQ: What is the content of the three film canisters?

Date 1. 2. 3.

You may: tap, roll, shake, or weigh your canister.

What differences do you notice between the canisters?

Apart from the canisters all being the same in appearance, are the canisters similar in any way?

How did you obtain this evidence?

Activating Strategy - Geology

Survey page 17.Titles: The Science of Geology & Studying

Surface Changes

Bold print: geologists, rock, geology, constructive forces, destructive forces & continents.

Reading your Science Text

The study of planet Earth

What is the Science of Geology?

There are two groups of forces that change the surface of our Earth – constructive forces and destructive forces.

What are the Forces that change the Earth's Appearance?

1. Geologist – a _scientist_ who studies the _forces_ that _make_ and _shape_ planet _Earth_ .

Geology Vocabulary – page 17

1. geologist – a _scientist_ who studies the _forces_ that _make_ and _shape_ planet _Earth_ .

2. rock – the _material_ that _forms_ Earth’s _hard surface_ .

Geology Vocabulary – page 17

1. geologist – a _scientist_ who studies the _forces_ that _make_ and _shape_ planet _Earth_ .

2. rock – the _material_ that _forms_ Earth’s _hard surface_ .

 3. geology – the _study_ of _planet Earth_ .

 

Geology Vocabulary – page 17

4.constructive force – a _force_ that _builds up mountains_ and landmasses on Earth’s _surface_ .

5. destructive force – a _force_ that slowly _wears away mountains_ and other features on the surface of _Earth_ .

Geology - Forces that Change the Earth's Surface

6. continent – a great _landmass_ surrounded by __oceans_ .

Geology Vocabulary – page 17

How do Scientist answer the question –

What’s inside Earth?

The deepest mine in the world, a gold mine in South Africa, reaches a depth of 3.8 kilometers.

You would have to travel more than ________ times that distance ---- over _________ kilometers ---- to reach the Earth’s center.

How Do You Find Indirect Evidence?

You would have to travel more than _1,600_ times that distance ---- over _6,000_ kilometers ---- to reach the Earth’s center.

How do Scientist answer the question – What’s inside Earth?

7. seismic wave – a _vibration_ that travels through _Earth_ carrying the _energy_ released during an _earthquake_ .

What would you have to consider to travel to the center of the Earth?

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

What would you have to consider to travel to the center of the Earth?

1. TemperatureAt first the rock around you is cool.At about 20 meters down your instruments

report that the rock is getting warmer.For every 40 meters that you descend (go

down) from that point, the temperature rises 1°C.

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

2. Pressure

8. pressure – the _force_ pushing on a _surface_ or _area_ .

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

CrustMantleCore

LEQ: What are the Three Layers of the Earth?

9. crust - _layer_ of _rock_ that forms Earth’s _outer_ skin .

The crust consists mostly of dense rocks such as basalt (buh SAWLT) and granite.

10. basalt – dark, _dense _, _igneous_ rock with a fine _texture_, found in _oceanic_ crust .

11. granite – a usually _light_- colored _rock_ that is found in _continental_ crust .

What is the Crust?

12. mantle – the _layer_ of _hot_, _solid_ material

_between_ Earth’s _crust_ and _core_ .

What are the two parts of the mantle?

13. lithosphere – a _rigid_ layer made up of the uppermost part of the _mantle_ and _the crust_ .

 14. asthenosphere – the _soft_ layer of the

_mantle_ on which the_lithosphere_ floats .

What is the Mantle?

15. outer core – a _layer_ of molten (_melted_) _iron_

and _nickel_ the surrounds the _inner_ core of Earth .

 16. inner core – a _dense_ sphere (ball) of

_solid_ iron and nickel in the _center_ of Earth .

 

What is the Core?