3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:Physical Oceanography
  • Subject(s):Science
  • Days:19
  • Grade(s):9, 10, 11, 12
Key Learning: Geological processes are responsible for the physical features of the Earth.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 
What geological processes are responsible for the physical features of the earth.
   
Concept: Physical Features of the Earth Identify and describe the layers of the Earth from its inner core to its exosphere.
Concept: Continental Drift Summarize and analyze the chronological creation of the continental drift theory.
Concept: Plate Tectonics Explain the theory of plate tectonics with reference to historical events and biological and geological evidence.
Concept: Ocean Basins Students will identify the major oceans, sea, and land masses.
Concept: Geography of the ocean floor The student will be able to identify the different geological features of the ocean basins.
Concept:
Additional Information:

The asterisk (*) next to the vocabulary terms above indicates essential FCAT vocabulary. Glencoe Marine Biology textbook and ancillary materials

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Vocabulary Report

  • Fringing -
  • *Convergent -
  • Big Bang Theory -
  • Alfred Wegener -
  • Sir Francis Bacon -
  • *Deep Sea -
  • Reef Achipelago -
  • *Asthenophere -
  • Reef Atol -
  • *Atmosphere -
  • *Divergent and Lateral Plate Movement -
  • *Continental Drift -
  • *Island Arc -
  • *Pangaea -
  • *Core -
  • Reef Barrier -
  • *Crust -
  • *Abyssal -
  • *Mid-Ocean Ridge -
  • Greenhouse Effect -
  • *Plate tectonics -
  • *Continental -
  • *Thermal Vents -
  • *Inner Core -
  • *Continental Shelf -
  • *Mantle -
  • *Continental Slope -
  • *Trench -
  • *Continental Rise -
  • *Mesosphere -
  • *Island Arc -
  • *Ozone -
  • *Plain -
  • *Photon -
  • *Troposphere -
  • *Slope -
  • *Seduction -
  • *Trench -