Students will be evaluated upon the first two sections of Chapter 4, namely, Inside the Earth and Restless Continents. The test will focus upon the composition and physical properties of the layers of the Earth, how scientists know about the interior structure of the Earth, description of a tectonic plate, the idea of continental drift by Alfred Wegener, sea-floor spreading that contributes to the increasing size of the crust as the new oceanic lithosphere forms at the mid-ocean ridges while the continents continue to move farther apart from each other very slowly, as well as the magnetic reversal that reveals the evidence for the sea-floor spreading over time.
What to study? What to study? What to study?
As has become a standard for this class, the classroom teacher highly recommends that the students re-read both sections, study their Cornell notes, lecture notes, the project that was done on the Earth’s physical layers (If you do not have your project because it has been displayed to show other people your work, then you need to review pages 98-99), review your quick write if you had earned a 4 or a 5, both section review questions, and any posted material on the iblog or handouts on these topics.