Learning Outcomes

6th Grade Science

1.  Students will identify the earth's layers and explain continental drift, seafloor spreading, and plate tectonics.

2.  Students will identify the forces that cause mountains to form and describe two ways that mountains form.

3.  Students will explain what causes earthquakes and explain how an earthquake is located and measured.


Test Items to Support Outcomes

1.  Which of the following is NOT a layer of the earth?

          a.  mantle
          b.  core
          c.  crust
          d.  submantle


2.  Match A and B.

                 A                                                                  B
     1.  Normal Fault                        a.  blocks of rock slide against each other
                                                            horizontally
     2.  Reverse Fault                       b.  two sides of the fault pull apart
     3.  Strike-slip Fault                   c.  the two sides push together


3.  The point inside the earth where the earthquake starts is called the epicenter.

         True

         False


Essay Test Item

Students will be assigned a mountain range. Research the given mountain range to discover how it was formed. Write detailed information using terms from the lesson for how the mountain range was formed. Limit your answer to two pages.