How glacial and arid landscapes form
- Describe what minerals are and their general properties
- Compare and contrast the various types of rocks.
- Identify and explain how water shaped landscapes form.
- Identify and explain how glacial and arid landscapes form.
- Explain the theory of plate tectonics.
- Explain how the movement of plates creates earthquakes, mountains, faults, folds, and volcanoes.
- Describe the various methods for creating the geologic time scale.
- Identify and describe the various features of the ocean floor.
- Explain how ocean currents and waves form; identify and describe shoreline processes.
- Explain how the atmosphere is heated
- Describe various methods for determining atmospheric humidity.
- Explain how clouds and fog form.