Week 6: Introduction and Weekly Schedule

Introduction and Weekly Schedule

Week 6 Lesson Objectives

• Describe the 3 major types of plate boundaries
• Summarize the 3 types of convergent plate boundaries
• Explain how interactions at plate boundaries affect Earth's topography. Describe the features created at each type of boundary and explain how they are created.
• Describe the short- and long- term damage associated with volcanic eruptions
• Explain how mountains affect precipitation and climate
• Describe the 4 major spheres of earth (atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere) and explain how they interact with, and affect, one another
• Submit 6.1 ASSIGNMENT: Quiz on Plate Interactions
• Submit 6.2 ASSIGNMENT: Science Journal