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Mini-Inquiry One: Exploring Energy and Earth's Processes
Mini-Inquiry One: Exploring Energy and Earth's Processes
1. Energy from Earth's core and the sun drive Earth's processes that cycle rocks and minerals.
1. Energy from Earth's core and the sun drive Earth's processes that cycle rocks and minerals.
1a.How does energy from the Earth’s core affect minerals and the rock cycle?1B. Why do some rock cycle processes occur quickly? Why do some occur slowly? 1c. What processes cause changes on a small scale? What processes cause changes on a large scale? 1d. How are catastrophic events (such as volcanoes) created by gradual processes?
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Mini-Inquiry Two: Exploring our Dynamic Earth
Mini-Inquiry Two: Exploring our Dynamic Earth
2. Distribution of fossils and Earth's physical features give evidence of how plate-tectonics has changed the earth over time.
2. Distribution of fossils and Earth's physical features give evidence of how plate-tectonics has changed the earth over time.
2a. What are fossils?2c. Why are fossils of the same species found on different continents? 2d. Have our continents always looked the way they do now? 2e. How do lithospheric plates interact with each other to create landforms?2h. What happens when plates meet? Separate? Slip? 2i. How does the movement of the mantle influence the motion of plates?
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Mini-Inquiry Three: Exploring Earth Cycles
Mini-Inquiry Three: Exploring Earth Cycles
3. The cycling of water changes Earth's surface and is caused by the sun's energy and Earth's gravity.
3. The cycling of water changes Earth's surface and is caused by the sun's energy and Earth's gravity.
3a. What are the earth’s 4 different spheres?3b. What is weathering? What is erosion?3c. How does water cycle?3d. Where does water go after it falls on the land?3e. How does water shape Earth’s surface?3f. How does water circulate in the oceans?3g. How does energy from the sun transfer between systems?
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Mini-Inquiry Four: Exploring System Interactions
Mini-Inquiry Four: Exploring System Interactions
4. The interactions of Earth's spheres determines climates.
4. The interactions of Earth's spheres determines climates.
4a. What factors interact and influence weather and climate?4b. What is thermal energy?4c. How do temperature, air pressure and humidity influence weather?4d. Why do oceans have currents?4e. How does latitude impact climate?4f. How does altitude impact climate?4g. What is the Coriolis effect?
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