Chapter 8:
How does the theory of plate tectonics explain Earth's surface features?
What is happening at a subduction zone?
How does the rock cycle explain the creation of the 3 types of rocks on Earth?
What are the qualities of healthy soil?
Divergent plate boundary animation
Convergent plate boundary animations
Two oceanic plates and one oceanic and one continental plate
Two converging continental plates
Transform plate boundary animation
Maps of Earth's surface features
Earth's interior
Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, mantle,
outer core, inner core
Plate Tectonics
divergent, convergent and transform boundaries, subduction zone, mantel convection, sea floor spreading,
mid-oceanic ridges, ocean trenches,
volcanic island arcs, hot spots,
earthquakes, tsunamis
Rock cycle
Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary,
uplifting and erosion, heat and pressure, melting and cooling, deposition,
physical and chemical weathering and
erosion
Soil
horizons, texture, porosity, infiltration,
cation exchange capacity,
base saturation, soil pyramid, minerals (
sand, silt, clay), organic matter,
humus, parent material, degradation,
primary and secondary succession
Mining
Ore, metal, types of mining,
composition of the earth's crust
Mining laws
Mining law of 1872
Surface Mining Control and
reclamation Act of 1977
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