Unit 5: Theory & Evidence of
Plate Tectonics
Skill:
Essential Questions:
- Engaging in scientific argument from evidence.
- In science, reasoning and argument are essential for identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a line of reasoning and for finding the best explanation for a natural phenomenon.
- Scientists must defend their explanations, formulate evidence based on a solid foundation of data, examine their own understanding in light of the evidence and comments offered by others, and collaborate with peers in searching for the best explanation for the phenomenon being investigated.
- In science, reasoning and argument are essential for identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a line of reasoning and for finding the best explanation for a natural phenomenon.
Essential Questions:
- How and why is Earth constantly changing?
- How do energy processes in the Earth’s interior produce change at the Earth’s surface?
- How does the age of continental rocks compare to the age of ocean rocks?
- What is the plate tectonics theory and what evidence supports it?
- How is radiometric dating used to determine the age of rocks?
- How do plate boundaries relate to the age of rocks?
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PLATE TECTONICS
DYNAMIC EARTH INTERACTIVE
INTERACTIVE PLATE BOUNDARY ANIMATION
INTERACTIVE SITE ON PLATE TECTONICS
GEODISK: Plate Tectonics
Mantle Convection & Plate Tectonicswww.khanacademy.org/partner-content/amnh/earthquakes-and-volcanoes/plate-tectonics/a/mantle-convection-and-plate-tectonics
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VOLCANOES
USGS Site on Volcanoes
GEODISK: Volcanoes
True Story: Paricutin the Volcano in a Cornfield
Video: How the Earth Was Made: San Andreas Fault
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