Rocks and Minerals c. Students know the resources of major economic importance in California and their relation to California's geology. Students know the importance of water to society, the origins of California's fresh water, and the relationship between supply and demand. Students know how to analyze published geologic hazard maps of California and know how to use the map's information to identify evidence of geologic events of the past and predict geologic changes in the future. Plate Tectonics 3a.
Students know the principal structures that form at the three different kinds of plate boundaries.
Students know the principal natural hazards in different California regions and the geologic basis of those hazards. Students know how to analyze published geologic hazard maps of California and know how to use the map's information to identify evidence of geologic events of the past and predict geologic changes in the future. Students know why and how earthquakes occur and the scales used to measure their intensity and magnitude. Students know the principal natural hazards in different California regions and the geologic basis of those hazards 4. Students know the explanation for the location and properties of volcanoes that are due to hot spots and the explanation for those that are due to subduction.