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Classwork

Unit #2: The Sea Floor

Vocabulary
•McGraw-Hill Marine Biology
1) Abyssal Plane
2) Active Margin
3) Asthenosphere
4) Basalt
5) Biogenous Sedminent
6) Calcerous Ooze
7) Central Rift Valley
8) Continental Drift
9) Continental Rise
10) Continental Shelf
11) Continental Slope
12) Convection Currents
13) Core
14) Crust
15) Density
16) Earthquake
17) Fault
18) Granite
19) Guoyots
20) Hot Spots
21) Hydrogenous Sedminent
22) Hydrothermal Vents
23) Island Arcs
24) Lithogenous Sediment
25) Lithosphere
26) Magma
27) Magnetic Anomalies
28) Mantle
29) Mid-Ocean Ridge
30) Pangaea
31) Passive Margin
32) Plate Tectonics
33) Rift Valley
34) Ring of Fire
35) Sea Floor Spreading
36) Seamounts
37) Sediment
38) Thermal Plumes
39) Trenches
40) Volcanoes
Bookwork/Homework
McGraw-Hill Marine Biology "Ch. 11 The Unifying Theory of Plate Tectonics"
Read pg. 11-1 to 11-29


The Fluid Earth "Unit 1: Earth & Ocean Basins"
 "Layers of the Earth" - Read pg. 56-61
 "Earth's Moving Plates" - Read pg. 62-70

 

Classwork

Bathymetry Activity
 Our Dynamic Earth Film
 Sea Floor Crossword Puzzle Worksheet
 The Heat Within Film
Theory of Contiental Drift Notes
Theory of Plate Tectonics Notes
Theory of Sea Floor Spreading Notes


Extra Credit
 Jeopardy Review

 

Use the following current news articles below to do articles reviews in class. Each aritlce reviewed will be counted as extra credit towards unit #2.

African Desert Rift Confirmed as New Ocean in the Making @ Science Daily
 Previously Unknown Fault Caused Earthquake Swarm Off Oregon's Coast @ OregonLive.com
 The Mountains That Froze the World @ Science Mgazine
Volcano Watch: The layered Earth turns 100 years old @ Hawaii247.org
 Why the Ring of Fire is so angry @ Science Alert

 

Helpful Links for Unit #2
 Dive & Discover @ WHOI
Introduction to Plate Tectonics @ University of North Dakota
Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker Science Odyssey @ PBS
Plate Tectonic & Sea Floor Spreading @ CVO Website
Plate Tectonic Movement Visualizations @ Carlton College
Stratigraphy and Sedimentology on the Colorado @ Northern Arizona University
When the Earth Moves @ Beyond Discovery

 

Online Assignments
None