Unit 4: Landforms, Sedimentary Rocks, and Fossil Fuels
BIG IDEA
Forces change Earth’s surface.
Students will be able to…
Demonstrate and describe the effects of weathering, erosion and deposition on the Earth’s surface.
Demonstrate and describe the processes that lead to the formation of landforms including deltas, canyons, and sand dunes.
Explore and explain the processes that lead other formation of sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels.
Plan and carry out repeated trials of an experimental investigation of force (gravity, friction, or ice wedging from the action of wind, water, or ice) involved in the shaping of landforms or in forming sedimentary rock.
Describe the characteristics of past living organisms and the environment where they lived based on observable evidence.
Scientific Vocabulary
5.7B
Earth’s surface
formation
landforms
delta
canyon
sand dune
change(s)
wind
water
ice
weathering
erosion
deposition
5.7A
Earth’s surface
process(es)
formation
sedimentary rock
weather/weathering
rock
particles
sediment
deposition
pressure
compact/compaction
cement/cementation
layers
fossil fuels
plant remains
animal remains
heat
5.7D
fossil
evidence
past
living organisms
(nature of) environment
model
layers
5.7A (ongoing)
variable
constant
investigation/experiment
testable question
data
results
conclusion
BIG IDEA
Forces change Earth’s surface.
Students will be able to…
Demonstrate and describe the effects of weathering, erosion and deposition on the Earth’s surface.
Demonstrate and describe the processes that lead to the formation of landforms including deltas, canyons, and sand dunes.
Explore and explain the processes that lead other formation of sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels.
Plan and carry out repeated trials of an experimental investigation of force (gravity, friction, or ice wedging from the action of wind, water, or ice) involved in the shaping of landforms or in forming sedimentary rock.
Describe the characteristics of past living organisms and the environment where they lived based on observable evidence.
Scientific Vocabulary
5.7B
Earth’s surface
formation
landforms
delta
canyon
sand dune
change(s)
wind
water
ice
weathering
erosion
deposition
5.7A
Earth’s surface
process(es)
formation
sedimentary rock
weather/weathering
rock
particles
sediment
deposition
pressure
compact/compaction
cement/cementation
layers
fossil fuels
plant remains
animal remains
heat
5.7D
fossil
evidence
past
living organisms
(nature of) environment
model
layers
5.7A (ongoing)
variable
constant
investigation/experiment
testable question
data
results
conclusion