Earth Materials and Systems
HS-ESS2.A
Expii topics
- Volcanoes
- What Causes Rock to Melt?
- How Heat Melts Rock
- What Makes a Volcano Explosive?
- How Do Volcanoes Form?
- Earthquakes
- What Is an Earthquake?
- Waves Produced by Earthquakes
- P-Wave (Push, Pull)
- S-Wave (Secondary Waves)
- Surface Waves (L Waves)
- Types of Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries
- Evidence for Sea-Floor Spreading
- Sedimentary Rock Classification: Particle Size
- Development of Plate Tectonic Theory
- Volcanoes at Divergent Plate Boundaries
- Volcanoes at Convergent Plate Boundaries
- Rift Valley Volcanism
- Mechanism of Volcano Formation at Subduction Zones
- Cooling and Solidifying Earth's Crust
- Ocean Geology
- Ocean Floor Features
- Seamounts and Guyots
- Abyssal Plain
- Hydrothermal Vents
- Deep Ocean Trenches
- Mid-Ocean Ridge System
- How Is the Ocean Floor Mapped?
- Continental Shelves and Slopes
- Active vs. Passive Continental Margins
- Submarine Canyons
- Ocean Circulation
- Erosion and Deposition
- Processes Shaping Earth's Surface