12 Earth Internal Processes
Chapter 12: Earth's Internal Processes
Chapter 12: Earth's Internal Processes
Labs
Math Skills
Rates of Continental Movements
Rates of Wave Motion
Percentages
Volume
Metric Units and Conversions
Objectives
Explain supporting evidence for the continental drift hypothesis.
Discuss the failings of the continental drift hypothesis.
Describe the causes and characteristics of earthquakes.
Explain how seismic waves affect Earth's surface.
Describe how seismic waves are used to infer Earth's internal structure.
Explain how geologists infer the structure of Earth's deep interior.
Describe Earth's internal structure and composition.
Describe the types and causes of different types of volcanic eruptions.
Explain the pattern of occurrence of volcanoes and its link to plate tectonics.