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Earth Systems STAAR Review
1. TEKS covered: 8.9A-Describe the historical development of evidence that
supports plate tectonic theory.
Activity: Pass out world plate tectonics map.
Tell students that the current theory of plate tectonics is that the Earth’s
crust is divided into around 12 large plates that move around on top of the
plastic like layer of the asthenosphere. Ask: What is the force behind the
movement of plates? Answer:
Questions for World Plate Map:
1. What type of boundary is between the North American and Eurasian
Plate and explain how it forms?
2. What type of boundary is between the Nazca and South American plate
and explain how it forms?
3. TEKS covered: 8.9B-Relate plate tectonics to the formation of crustal
features.
Activity: Pass out maps A-D. Ask questions below:
Questions for A-D
1. Which two pictures are of convergent boundaries?
A and B
2. What type of landform can be formed at A?
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What type of landform can be formed at B
What type of boundary is C?
What type of landform can be formed at C?
What type of boundary is D?
What type of landform can be formed at D?
What type of natural disaster could happen at D?
******Watch Plate Tectonic Rap on You Tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkELENdZukI
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TEKS 8.9C-Interpret topographic maps and satellite views to
identify land and erosional features and predict how these features may
be reshaped by weathering.
Activity: Hand out Topographic Map worksheet and answer questions
below:
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TEKS 8.10A- recognize that the Sun provides the energy that drives
convection within the atmosphere and oceans, producing winds and
ocean currents.
Ask students:
- What provides the energy that drives convection within the atmosphere and
oceans, producing wind and ocean currents?
-What causes ocean surface currents?
-What causes deep water ocean currents?
Watch You Tube clip-You tube’s best convection currents video-3:04-just
watch until 1 minute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUU69ParFM
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TEKS 8.10B-Identify how global patterns of atmospheric movement
influence local weather using weather maps that show high and low
pressures and fronts.
Questions from Weather Map:
1. What type of front is moving through Georgia, South Carolina, and
North Carolina?
2. What type of weather is Texas experiencing?
3. What type of pressure system is in Michigan?
4. What type of weather would Michigan be experiencing?
5. Which direction is the warm front north of New York and Maine
moving?