Lesson 14

Lesson Objectives...

• Develop and use a model to show the tectonic process of uplift can create mountains at a time scale too large to see.

• Construct an explanation based upon prior investigations and evidence that gradual changes have caused marine fossils to become exposed on mountains due to erosion (accumulating) over time, and those gradual changes will lead to the destruction of the marine fossils due to erosional processes over time.

Resources for Lesson 14...

What we figured out this lesson...

• Tectonic plate movement has caused uplift to occur at mountains, pushing up rocks that used to exist on ancient seafloors. (Lesson 14)

• Over time, marine fossils from the ancient seafloor are exposed due to erosional processes. (Lesson 14)

• Erosional processes will always be occurring and will continue to erode the landscape into the distant future. (Lesson 14)