ATM 200 - Natural Disasters

Ch 2 – Internal Energy and

Plate Tectonics

Monday, 28 September 2015

Daily Announcements:

1) “Hurricane Strike!” Assignment Due: Today (9:20 AM).

2) Exam #1 is Wednesday. (Bring #2 pencils, pencil sharpener, eraser.)

3) Exam #1: Ch. 1, 9, 10 & 11, homework and lecture material (videos too!)

4) Reminder: there are no make-up exams; do not miss this exam!

5) Students with disabilities: please make your appointment for all exams

at the Disability Resource Center (and hand in your form to me).

6) The Red Ball “disaster” drawings for Part 2 begin today! (Hrcn Chart)

Song #1: “Earthquake Song” by The Little Girls

Song #2: “Earthquake” by Family Force 5

Text Source Today: Chapter 2 (p. 36-48)

· Brief History of “Continental Drift” Notes Template

· Sea-Floor Spreading Evidence PDF DOC

· Plate Tectonics: A Unified Theory

· Types of Plate Boundaries (Rap Version)

· Continental Drift: Pangaea to Present Day

Study Guide Material (Stacey’s Guide) :

1) Know the brief history behind “continental drift” theory.

2) What was the “evidence” that eventually validated Wegener’s theory?

3) Where do most of the earthquakes, volcanoes and mountain belts occur?

4) Know the “indisputable” evidence of “sea-floor spreading.”

5) †Review Plate Tectonics (Figures 2.13, 2.14 & 2.27).

6) What is the age of the oldest rocks on the ocean floor?

7) Know the different types of plate boundaries and examples.

8) Know the “basics” of continental drift from Pangaea to present day.