Earth Systems, Plates & Earth Materials — Chapter overview · Science 6: Matter, Energy & Earth Systems, Grade 6
How can properties and indirect evidence reconstruct Earth’s processes? What formation histories are supported by a supplied rock packet, and where must identification remain uncertain?
Chapter question
How can properties and indirect evidence reconstruct Earth’s processes?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 5.1 · Earth’s Spheres & System Interactions
I can name the four Earth systems and give an example of each.
- Unit 5.2 · Inside Earth: Layers & Indirect Evidence
I can explain how earthquake waves reveal what Earth is made of.
- Unit 5.3 · Moving Plates, Boundaries & Earth Evidence
I can describe the three kinds of plate boundary and what happens at each.
- Unit 5.4 · Minerals: Properties, Patterns & Identification
I can state the four conditions something must meet to be a mineral.
- Unit 5.5 · Rocks, Weathering & the Rock Cycle
I can name the three rock groups and how each one forms.