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Learning Objectives & Essential Questions
6.10A. build a model to illustrate the structural layers of Earth, including the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, asthenosphere, and lithosphere;
6.5B. recognize that a limited number of the many known elements comprise the largest portion of the solid Earth, living matter, oceans, and the atmosphere 6.10C. identify the major tectonic plates, including Eurasian, African, Indo-Australian, Pacific, North American, and South American 6.10D. describe how plate tectonics causes major geological events such as ocean basins, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building Learning Outcomes: Students will know...
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Essential Questions
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VocabularyAfrican plate
asthenosphere continental crust convergent boundary core (inner and outer) crust divergent boundary Eurasian plate fault geological events Indo-Australian plate lithosphere mantle North American plate ocean basins oceanic crust Pacific plate plasticity Plate Tectonics ridges (mid-ocean ridge) rift valley sea floor spreading South American plate stress subduct trenches tectonic plates transform boundary |