SCIENCE GRADE SEVEN

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SCIENCEGRADE SEVEN EARTH MATTERS
Plate Tectonics
Geological History
Earth Matters
Topographic Maps
Faulting
Geological Features
Earthquakes
Rock Cycle

• Vocabulary
• All 6-8 Process Vocabulary plus
• Earthquake
• Erosion
• Fault
• Floodplain
• Geological Time Scale
• Glacier
• Igneous Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Mineral
• Mountain
• Rock Cycle
• Sedimentary Rock
• Tectonic Plates
• Valley
• Volcano
• Weathering

Volcanoes

• Essential Understandings
• The geological history of the Earth can be
  divided into major time periods which are
  characterized by distinct life forms.
• Rocks, landscape, minerals, quarries, trap rock
  ridges and earthquakes are all geological
  features. These features influence land use and
  consequently the lives of the people who live
  here.
• Topographic maps are constructed using contour
  lines, and they give us a visual layout of the
  elevation of our land.
• Heat flow and movements within the Earth cause
  the rock cycle, plate tectonics and faulting, as
  well as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.