AND FORMED:
EROSION AND TECTONIC PLATES
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Given the image of tectonic plates, students will identify how they effect the shape of
the land with one real-life example
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Given a picture of a landscape, students will label the elements that reshape the lands
surface using the terms: wind, water, glacial ice without error
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Given pictures of volcanoes, students will explain how volcanoes change the shape of the
land with one real-life example
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Given a choice between 4 possible definitions of erosion, students will identify the correct
definition
Describe erosion and the elements that are needed for it to occur
EROSION
TAKE THE FINAL
QUIZ!
VOLCANOES
OCEANIC
TRENCHES
Erosion is
The process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by
the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
Water Erosion
Wind Erosion
Wind Erosion
Examples of
erosion
Glacial Erosion
Modeling videoHow to tell apart the different kinds of erosions by looking at the
evidence!
Good job!
Yes, this picture of erosion is WIND EROSION, you can tell
based on the things around it in the picture!
Good job!
Yes, this picture of erosion is WATER EROSION, you can tell
based on the things around it in the picture!
Good job!
Yes, this picture of erosion is GLACIAL EROSION, you can
tell based on the things around it in the picture!
Great! Now
Take this mini-quiz to check your understanding about
EROSION further!
TAKE EROSION
QUIZ!
1. Erosion means
A.
B.
C.
D.
Wind, water and ice changing how the land looks by wearing it away over time
Almost!
Remember this phrase: What does What, How?
B.
Wind, water and ice carry debris, which wears away the surface
C.
Wind and water carry debris, which wears away the surface, ice itself wears away the
surface
D.
Not quite
Remember what each type of erosion USES to erode.
Wind
B.
Water
C.
Glacial
Great!
Now that you know what EROSION is, you can learn about other things that change the
Earths surface.
BUT FIRST
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EROSION
volcanoes
Usually form on tectonic plate
boundaries but can occur within an
interior area of a tectonic plate (inside
the area of the plate).
Definition:
Tectonic platesThe 2 sub-layers, the lithosphere and crust, of the
Earths crust that move, float, and sometimes
fracture and whose interaction causes
earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic
trenches.
Volcano
examples
Notice that some of these pictures are underwater!
Volcanoes can
Like Hawaii!
Kilauea
Alright!
Now take this mini-quiz to check your understanding of VOLCANOES further.
TAKE VOLCANO
QUIZ!
B.
It erupts and spreads lava that makes rock and spreads ash that
changes the environment
C.
It erupts, spreading lava that makes rock, a cloud, and ash that
changes the environment
D.
Yes!
These are the main ways volcanoes change the land around them.
Not quite
Remember the different things that a volcano expels, and how it affects
the land and environment.
Good!
Volcanoes USUALLY form on the edges of tectonic plates that rub against
each other!
Almost
Re-read the question: where do volcanoes Usually form?
B.
On land
C.
Almost
Remember Hawaii also!
Youre on fire!
Now that you know where VOLCANOES form and how they
change the land, you can learn about other things that change
the Earths surface.
BUT FIRST
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VOLCANOES!
Oceanic trenches
Are long but narrow depressions (indents) of the sea floor. They are the deepest parts of
the ocean floor, and are an outcome of tectonic plate boundaries.
*Click on
tectonic plate
for a refresher of
the definition
Definition:
Tectonic platesThe 2 sub-layers, the lithosphere and crust, of the Earths
crust that move, float, and sometimes fracture and
whose interaction causes earthquakes, volcanoes,
mountains, and oceanic trenches.
It is important to remember
That OCEANIC trenches can only form in the ocean
That they are the deepest part of the ocean
2187 meters is
Like putting 159 school buses tip to tip!
Sea floor
spreading
Is the tectonic plates
moving away, as you
now know, this can
cause volcanoes-but it
also causes ocean
trenches
Yes!
They get pushed and pulled so the land is moved in both ways.
B. Very
C. Mountains
D. Very
Not quite
Remember that picture comparing the tallest
mountain and the deepest trench?
Yup!
The trenches are extreme indentions in the ocean
floor.
Alright!
Now take this mini-quiz to check your understanding of OCEANIC TRENCHES further.
TAKE OCEANIC
TRENCH QUIZ!
Everest
B. Marianna
C. Mariachi
D. Mt.
Marianna
Look again
Remember the picture comparing the tallest mountain
to the deepest trench!
Correct!
Remember the deepest is the Marianna Trench, not Mt.
anything!
2. What is it called
when tectonic plates
move under the ocean?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Not quite
Look again at the wording!
Great!
Yes, sea floor spreading is when tectonic plates move,
changing the shape of the land on the ocean floor.
OCEAN TRENCH
B.
C.
D.
Yes!
Wind and water carry debris while ice grinds the land
away
3. How do tectonic
plates effect the
shape of the land?
A. Tectonic plates pull and push the land to
make oceanic trenches
B. Tectonic plates pull and push the ocean,
which changes the land
C. Volcanoes form on tectonic plates, and
volcanoes can change the land
D. A and C
E. All of the above
Umm
Take another look at the possible answers, and take a
moment to remember what you learned about tectonic
plates
4. True or false?
The Marianna Trench is deeper than Mt.
Everest is tall.
5. How do volcanoes
change the shape of
the land?
Give one real-life example!
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