Forces on the Earth's surface and below it help shape our Earth. On the surface the land wears down and reshapes itself through the process of weathering (rain, wind and others elements), erosion and deposition. Inside the Earth is changing as well due to the forces located beneath the surface of the Earth such as the inner core, the outer core (Earth's magnetic field), earth quakes caused by the shifting tectonic plates and other processes. These forces both inside the Earth and on the surface are responsible for the ever shifting surface of our Earth. Students will need to be familiar with the following items in order to pass the UNIT 2 Terrain Types/Shaping The Earth.
Students will be familiar with all vocabulary words introduced during Week 7: Terrain Types, Week 8: Land Use, and Week 9: Layers of the Earth and Atmospheres.
Specific items students will be expected to know are as follows:
- Identify the different shapes found on the surface
of the Earth
- Explain how the forces within the Earth help bring
about changes to the surface area of the Earth
- Explain how weather, erosion, and deposition help
create different land shapes on the surface of the
Earth
- Identify and list the characteristics of different
types of mountains
- Identify and list the characteristics of different
types of plateaus
- Compare and contrast a canyon and valley
- Compare and contrast mechanical and chemical
weathering
- Explain the process of erosion
- Explain the process of weathering
- Explain the link between erosion, deposition and soil
creation
- Explain why water is the most powerful agent of
weathering and erosion
- Identify the layers of the Earth
- List the characteristics of the layers of the Earth
- Identify the atmosphere in which human beings live
- Explain how Earth's gravity field contributes to erosion
- Explain the theory of Pangaea and how the continents are
believed to have all been one continent many many years
ago
- Explain the theory of Continental Drift
- Explain the theory of Plate Tectonics
- Explain how natural disasters help shape the Earth
- Describe and locate the Ring of Fire
Students will be familiar with all vocabulary words introduced during Week 7: Terrain Types, Week 8: Land Use, and Week 9: Layers of the Earth and Atmospheres.
Specific items students will be expected to know are as follows:
- Identify the different shapes found on the surface
of the Earth
- Explain how the forces within the Earth help bring
about changes to the surface area of the Earth
- Explain how weather, erosion, and deposition help
create different land shapes on the surface of the
Earth
- Identify and list the characteristics of different
types of mountains
- Identify and list the characteristics of different
types of plateaus
- Compare and contrast a canyon and valley
- Compare and contrast mechanical and chemical
weathering
- Explain the process of erosion
- Explain the process of weathering
- Explain the link between erosion, deposition and soil
creation
- Explain why water is the most powerful agent of
weathering and erosion
- Identify the layers of the Earth
- List the characteristics of the layers of the Earth
- Identify the atmosphere in which human beings live
- Explain how Earth's gravity field contributes to erosion
- Explain the theory of Pangaea and how the continents are
believed to have all been one continent many many years
ago
- Explain the theory of Continental Drift
- Explain the theory of Plate Tectonics
- Explain how natural disasters help shape the Earth
- Describe and locate the Ring of Fire