correlation to understand the history of a region? What are the · differences between absolute-age dating and relative-age dating? How are radioactive · elements used to date rocks and other objects? How can scientists use · certain non-radioactive materials to date geologic events? What are the methods · by fossils are preserved? How do scientists use · index fossils? How are fossils used to · interpret past physical and biological history? Unit Objectives Unit Objectives Students will know… Students will be able to… The four ways in Describe four ways in which entire organisms can be entire preserved as fossils. organisms can be List five examples of fossilized traces of organisms. preserved as fossils. Describe how index fossils can be used to determine the Five examples of age of rocks. fossilized traces of Summarize Wegener’s hypothesis of continental organisms. Describe the process of sea-floor spreading. How index fossils Identify how paleomagnetism provides support for the idea can be used to of sea floor spreading. determine the age of Explain how sea-floor spreading provides a mechanism for rocks. continental drift. Wegener’s Summarize the theory of plate tectonics. hypothesis of Identify and describe the three types of plate boundaries. continental drift. List and describe three causes of plate movement. The process of Identify how movements of tectonic plates change Earth’s spreading. surface. How Summarize how movements of tectonic plates have paleomagnetism influenced climate and life on Earth. provides support for Describe the supercontinent cycle.
correlation to understand the history of a region? · What are the differences between absolute-age dating and relative-age dating? · How are radioactive elements used to date rocks and other objects? · How can scientists use certain non-radioactive materials to date geologic events? · What are the methods by fossils are preserved? · How do scientists use index fossils? · How are fossils used to interpret past physical and biological history? Unit Objectives Students will know… The four ways in entire organisms can be preserved as fossils. Five examples of fossilized traces of organisms. How index fossils can be used to determine the age of rocks. Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift. The process of spreading. How paleomagnetism provides support for Unit Objectives Students will be able to… Describe four ways in which entire organisms can be preserved as fossils. List five examples of fossilized traces of organisms. Describe how index fossils can be used to determine the age of rocks. Summarize Wegener’s hypothesis of continental Describe the process of sea-floor spreading. Identify how paleomagnetism provides support for the idea of sea floor spreading. Explain how sea-floor spreading provides a mechanism for continental drift. Summarize the theory of plate tectonics. Identify and describe the three types of plate boundaries. List and describe three causes of plate movement. Identify how movements of tectonic plates change Earth’s surface. Summarize how movements of tectonic plates have influenced climate and life on Earth. Describe the supercontinent cycle.