Constructive and Destructive Forces Test
Quiz: Monday, March 20th
Review Session: Monday at 8:00 am
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Stream Table Webquest
Constructive and Destructive Forces Reading
Superposition vocabulary
Topographic maps lab
M&M’s lab
Superposition puzzle
EDpuzzles: (where most of the information comes from)
o Weathering and Erosion
o Relative Age
o Absolute Age
o Glaciers
 Cinch Chapters--If you want additional information on a topic these can be
helpful. They may cover additional topics not mentioned in class so you
would need to focus on topics listed below.
Go to cinchlearning.com or use your iPad Cinch app and go to Earth Science.
The username is kobeb24 and the password is kobe.
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Technology and mapmaking
Rocks and the Rock Cycle
Sedimentary Rocks
Weathering
Erosion and Deposition
Landforms Shaped by Water and Wind
Mass Wasting and Glaciers
Fossils
Relative-Age Dating
Absolute-Age Dating
You should be able to: This is a starting place for required information. There
may be additional topics not mentioned below that is covered in an EDpuzzle or
lab.
Erosion and Weathering:
 I can read and create a topographic map with varied elevation levels and understand the
flow of water
o Index Contours
 I can compare and contrast weathering and erosion
o How does climate impact weathering and erosion rates?
o How does uniformitarianism impact geologists?
o What leads to deposition?
o How are things sorted when they are eroded?
o What landforms can be created from water, wind, or gravitational erosion?
 How are deltas and alluvial fans similar and different?
 I can describe the major types of weathering and how they impact Earth
 I can describe the major types of erosion and how they impact Earth
o What happens to an aging river?
o Where does most erosion occur in a river? Where does most deposition occur?
o Abrasion vs deflation
Glaciers:
 I can describe how glaciers lead to weathering, erosion, and deposition
o How are glaciers contributing to the constructive and destructive processes on
Earth?
o Kettles
o Moraines
o Eskers
o Erratics
 I can explain how different factors can impact a glacier’s movement
o What impacts how fast or slow a glacier moves?
 I can provide evidence to support the relationship between global temperatures and
CO2 levels in the atmosphere
 Describe how the greenhouse effect is related to global temperatures
Relative Dating:
 I can describe the 3 main types of rocks and provide examples of each
 I can describe the purpose behind an index fossil and use them to help determine the
relative age of rocks
o General process of fossil formation and the type of rock where they could be
found
 I can use the principles of superposition and original horizontality to relatively date rock
layers
 Apply the concepts of intrusions, extrusions, plumes, and unconformities to relatively
date rock layers
o Sill vs. Dike
o Intrusion vs. Extrusion
Absolute Dating:
 I can compare and contrast absolute and relative dating methods
o Understand the way in which carbon-14 is used
 I can explain why some types of rocks cannot be dated absolutely
 I can understand past environments using ice core data
o Know the information that can be gathered from an ice core
 I can explain how absolutely dating fossils can lead to relatively dating rock layers
 I can explain the purpose of using half-lives
 I can calculate the absolute age of rocks/fossils using half-lives