Mountains and Volcanoes - 5/16 to 5/30

• 1. Pangaea DE U4L2

  2. Sea-floor spreading

  3. Mid-Ocean Ridge

  4. Mantle Convection

  5. Subduction Zone

  6. Syncline DE U4L3

  7. Anticline

  8. Folded Mountains

  9. Fault-Block Mountains

  10. Volcano DE U4L4

  11. Vent

  12. Pyroclastic Material

  13. Hotspot

  14. Mineral DE U3L1

  15. Igneous Rock DE U3L2

  16. Metamorphic Rock

5/18 - What are the 3 main types of volcanoes? Name 3 characteristics for each. (DE pg. 229)

5/19 - Describe how the following are formed and examples in Oregon: Lava plateau and caldera. (DE pg. 230)

5/22 - What kind of volcanoes form: 1) above a Hot spot, 2) at convergent plate boundaries and 3) at divergent plate boundaries. (DE pgs. 231-234)

5/23 - After watching the video clip of Nyiragongo lava sampling:

1. What type of volcano is this?

2. How would you describe the viscosity of its lava?

3. How much are you willing to sacrifice in the pursuit of knowledge?

5/24 - 1) What type of volcano usually forms at a hotspot? 2) What are two examples of hotspot volcanos?

5/25 - Make a Venn diagram comparing Rocks and Minerals.

5/30 - Color the processes and rock types on the rock cycle diagram different colors (at least 5 colors needed). Paste the diagram into your notebook.

Websites

• Annenberg Learner - Dynamic Earth Interactives

• Iris.edu - Animations and Interactives

• Dive and Discover - Plate Tectonics

• Earthguide.ucsd.edu - Plate Tectonics

• • Identify 6 different kinds of evidence for plate tectonics and Pangaea.

  • Describe how tectonic plates move

  • Identify geologic events that occur because of tectonic plate movement.

  • Identify types of mountains and volcanoes, what causes them, and how they form.