Earth Science Concepts

This material is not in your book but is required by the College Board for your APES exam. Here are some websites I found to help you learn this material. Complete your study guide to help you prepare for our unit test and to help you in understanding things that happe
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Geologic time scale

http://www.extremescience.com/zoom/index.php/geologic-earth-history
http://www.geosociety.org/science/timescale/ http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/Geologictime.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/change/deeptime/index.html (an interactive site that supports evolution over time)

Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics

http://www.scotese.com/ - Click on Earth History then each period of Earth's history to see what the continents looked like.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do12we.html (Alfred Wegener's idea of Continental Drift)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/shockwave.html (interactive)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/plate-tectonics.html
http://www.science.sjsu.edu/scied/255/PPT02/PlateTectonics.htm
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/plate_tectonics/rift_man.php
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/intensity.html Read this to understand how earthquakes are measured.

The Sun and Seasons

http://science.howstuffworks.com/question165.htm
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/seasons1.html&fr=t%20t&edu=mid
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/6i.html