The Ring of Fire
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In this lesson from the National Geographic Xpeditions website, students improve their understanding of the plate tectonics theory and the Earth’s geological history as they investigate the region known as the Ring of Fire.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 6
- Goal 3: The learner will build an understanding of the geological cycles, forces, processes, and agents which shape the lithosphere.
- Objective 3.01: Evaluate the forces that shape the lithosphere including:
- Crustal plate movement.
- Folding and faulting.
- Deposition.
- Volcanic Activity.
- Earthquakes.
- Objective 3.01: Evaluate the forces that shape the lithosphere including:
- Crustal plate movement.
- Folding and faulting.
- Deposition.
- Volcanic Activity.
- Earthquakes.
- Objective 3.01: Evaluate the forces that shape the lithosphere including:
Grade 9–12 — Earth/Environmental Science
- Goal 2: The learner will build an understanding of lithospheric materials, tectonic processes, and the human and environmental impacts of natural and human-induced changes in the lithosphere.
- Objective 2.03: Investigate and analyze the processes responsible for the rock cycle:
- Analyze the origin, texture and mineral composition of rocks.
- Trace the path of elements through the rock cycle.
- Relate rock formation to plate tectonics.
- Identify forms of energy that drive the rock cycle.
- Analyze the relationship between the rock cycle and processes in the atmosphere and hydrosphere.
- Objective 2.03: Investigate and analyze the processes responsible for the rock cycle:
