Unit 4 Earth Systems and Resources Exam November

Unit 4 Earth Systems and Resources Exam November 15 th

Vocabulary 4. 1 - 4. 3 • • • • Asthenosphere Lithosphere Hotspot Mantle Convection Current Core Divergent Convergent Seafloor Spreading Volcano Earthquake Epicenter Tsunami • • • • Physical Weathering Chemical Weathering Acid Rain Erosion Parent Material Horizons (soil) Humus Soil Degradation Ores Metals Reserve Tailings Subsurface

4. 1 Plate Tectonics

Fault Types

Fault Matching • Divergent • Convergent • Transform • Subduction • Volcano • Mountains • Mid Ocean Ridge • Deep Sea Trench

How plates work

More Hot Spots Island Archipelago

4. 1 Plate Tectonic Lab (Edible)

4. 2 Soil Formation and Erosion • Part of your lab for next week- Bring in a jar of soil from your yard/community

4. 2 Soil Formation and Erosion • Mechanical – wind, freezing, thawing, rain • Chemical- acid, acid rain, oxidation • Biological- Shrews, moles, earthworms, insects

4. 3 Soil Composition and Properties • Sand • Silt • Clay

Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void spaces in a material

4. 4 Earths Atmosphere

Layers of the atmosphere graphing worksheet

4. 5 global wind patterns

Climate and weather

Coriolis Effect and activity

4. 6 Watersheds

4. 7 Solar Radiation and Earth’s Seasons