A Living Planet

Chapter 2

Focus Questions

Solar System

• Sun• Planets• Other celestial

bodies

Biosphere

Lithosphere

Atmosphere

Hydrosphere

CAPE COD, MA

Pangea

Million years ago

Oceans and Seas

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Maine Coastline

Lakes Lake Baikal, Russia

Flaming Gorge,

Utah

Landforms Grand Canyon (eastern rim)

Mount Kilimanjaro, TanzaniaLandforms

Landforms Angel Falls in Canaima

National Park, Venezuela

Macchu Pichu (Andes Mountains),

Peru

Plate Tectonics

Pangea (animated)

hyperlink

Pangea-to-Today Million years ago

EarthquakesEarthquakes

Video

Parkfield (1 min)

After 1906 Earthquake

(46 min)

Recent Earthquake Map Animations - U.S.

San Andreas Fault

National Geographic Earthquake (2.5 min)

Volcanoes

• Volcanic Action• Ring of Fire

National Geographic Volcano (3 min)

Weathering (mechanical)

Mud Slide Avalanche

Weathering (mechanical)

Sand Storm Hurricane

Daily Breeze

Weathering (chemical)

Acid Rain

Rust

Erosion

Colorado River

Arches National Park, Utah

Erosion

Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park. These hills and valleys were sculpted by glacial erosion. The pond was dammed behind a moraine ridge during retreat of the ice sheet.

Glaciers hyperlink

Glacial Erosion

Erosion

Man-made dune nearly eroded by wind and weather (Outer Banks, North Carolina)

Fossil Creek – Ft. Worth

South of Zio’s at Western Center Blvd.

Conclusion

• Structure of the Earth

• Bodies of Water and Landforms

• Internal Forces Shaping the Earth

• External Forces Shaping the Earth