EArth History
Unit Essential Question(s):
How do Earth's natural processes affect the surface of the Earth over time?
LEQ: how do scientists make observations and inferences to better understand the world around Them?
LEQ: How can rock samples help us correlate formations from two or more places?
leq: How does weathering, erosion, and deposition create and change landforms over time?
LEQ: How can we infer the way in which the environment affected rock formation?
leq: How does human impact fit on earth's timeline?
LEQ: How can we infer that the continents were once joined as a whole?
key vocabulary:
Observation
Inference
Correlation
Sandstone
Shale
Limestone
Layers
Elevation
Plateau
Formation
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Plate tectonics
Basin
Canyon
Index fossils
Era
Period
Inference
Correlation
Sandstone
Shale
Limestone
Layers
Elevation
Plateau
Formation
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Plate tectonics
Basin
Canyon
Index fossils
Era
Period