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Planet Earth/Atmosphere
Learning Targets
Vocabulary:
crust
lithosphere
fault
epicenter
Magnitude scale
Stratosphere
troposphere
thermosphere
Name __________________
Period _____ Date _______
mantle
plate tectonics
convergent plate
primary wave
igneous
stratus
ozone
greenhouse gas
inner core
outer core
magma
subduction
divergent plate
focus
secondary wave
surface wave
sedimentary
metamorphic
cumulus
cirrus
mesosphere
precipitation
temperature inversion
Key Concepts:
1. Describe and label the layers of the Earth.
2. Explain the processes that produce different types of rock.
3. Determine the relative ages of a cross section of rock.
4. Describe the evidence for plate tectonics, the different type of plate boundaries, and relate them to volcanoes
and earthquakes.
5. Define an earthquake, the three types of seismic waves, and find the epicenter of an earthquake.
6. Describe and label the layers of the atmosphere.
7. Describe the three different types of clouds and how clouds are formed.
8. Explain the causes and effects of global climate change.
9. Explain, recognize, and demonstrate seasons.
Planet Earth/Atmosphere
Learning Targets
Vocabulary:
crust
lithosphere
fault
epicenter
Magnitude scale
Stratosphere
troposphere
thermosphere
Name __________________
Period _____ Date _______
mantle
plate tectonics
convergent plate
primary wave
igneous
stratus
ozone
greenhouse gas
inner core
outer core
magma
subduction
divergent plate
focus
secondary wave
surface wave
sedimentary
metamorphic
cumulus
cirrus
mesosphere
precipitation
temperature inversion
Key Concepts:
1. Describe and label the layers of the Earth.
10. Explain the processes that produce different types of rock.
11. Determine the relative ages of a cross section of rock.
12. Describe the evidence for plate tectonics, the different type of plate boundaries, and relate them to volcanoes
and earthquakes.
13. Define an earthquake, the three types of seismic waves, and find the epicenter of an earthquake.
14. Describe and label the layers of the atmosphere.
15. Describe the three different types of clouds and how clouds are formed.
16. Explain the causes and effects of global climate change.
17. Explain, recognize, and demonstrate seasons.