objective: use rules of relative dating to determine how old an object is. responsibilities:...
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Objective: Use rules of relative dating to determine how old an object is.
Responsibilities: Relative dating cards and puzzle finished.
ATTENTION!!!
ALL LATE WORK DUE 6/11
NO LATE WORK WILL BE TAKEN DURING FINALS WEEK.
6/8
Finals study guide up by this Monday afternoon.
6/8 Warm-up
• Please pick up a Dried Mud Puddle Puzzle from the front of the room.• Put the order of events in the correct order.(this is an individualActivity, we will shareLater)
To Do:
• 1. Match relative dating definitions • 2. Get Mrs. Coda or Mr. Pearson to sign off on
your correct definitions.• Get materials• Glue stick, Scissors, 3 note cards.• Cut each note card in half to make 6 flash cards.
• When your flash cards are complete you use them to complete the relative dating puzzle puzzle on the screen.
4 Last WHOTsQuestions
• Tuesday– Moraine
• Thursday– The shape of
Valleys
• Wednesday– Sorted VS
Unsorted Sediments.
• Monday– Hydroelectric
Power.
•Today’s - super position.
Objective: Apply logic of relative dating to features in Eastern WA
Responsibilities: Study for final.
ATTENTION!!!
ALL LATE WORK DUE 6/11
NO LATE WORK WILL BE TAKEN DURING FINALS WEEK.
6/9
Finals study guide up by this Monday afternoon.
RELATIVE DATING
Determining whether an object or an event
is older or younger than other objects or
events
(Not exact ages)
Law of Original Horizontality• New layers of rock are formed flat!
• List the rocks in order from youngest to oldest!
Disturbed Rock Layers (II)
INTRUSION: Molten rock squeezes into existing rock and cools
TILT:
Forces inside Earth slant rock layers
Unconformity
• Break in the geologic record
• Frequently old layers of rock are eroded before new ones laid down
Think outside the box. Even if it doesn’t seem possible.
What could cause big landforms you just saw?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN???
PICTURES FROM DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE REGION
Make notes for yourself about what you see and where you see it
Claim: The following is evidence that there was a large scale flooding event in Eastern Wa.
Evidence: From space, it looks like a braided stream bed is dried up,
but it is too big to be a river. 200ft+ high river walls ancient waterfall 9x bigger than Niagra Falls Sorted sediment foreign boulders Giant ripples
You give the reasoning.
EASTERN WA EVIDENCE
Objective: Discover… where did the water come from?
Responsibilities: Study at least 15 minutes for final... Tonight!
ATTENTION!!!
ALL LATE WORK DUE TOMORROW
Also: I am missing a ton of glacier webquests from last week.
If you checked out a text book, bring that back!
6/10
Finals study guide up by this Monday afternoon.
What were the two theories that came before a massive flood to explain the scablands?
What was the town called where the glacial lake formed?
What happens when super-cooled water rushes through a glacier?
SLEEPY QUIZ…
Objective: Finish Missoula, Study for Final.
Responsibilities: Study at least 15 minutes for final... EACH NIGHT!
ATTENTION!!!
ALL LATE WORK DUE TODAY!!!
NO LATE WORK WILL BE TAKEN DURING FINALS WEEK.
6/11
Finals study guide up by this Monday afternoon.
Relative Dating Exercises• Always start
with the oldest rock and work toward the present.• List the letters
in order, with the oldest at the bottom
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