Student Instructions
Using the information provided from the 9 weeks assessments. Use and
to record progress. Common note mistakes are:
• Confusing the crustal features caused by various types of plate boundaries
• Misidentifying the relative directions that tectonic plates are moving at different plate boundaries
• Not recognizing that volcanoes can be formed by both convergent and divergent plate boundaries
• Misidentifying a delta as a crustal formation caused by plate tectonics
• Thinking that plate tectonics is not an ongoing process
• Not realizing that the same fossil evidence on separate continents means that the landmasses were once connected
• Miscalculating changes in elevation when using a topographic map
• Confusing the terms erosion, weathering, and deposition
• Misidentifying landforms from satellite views or topographic maps
• Misunderstanding that closer contour lines indicate a steeper slope