Virginia Geology Unit

After this unit students should be able to do the following skills

• Geologic Provinces of Virginia
  • Be able to identify and label a map of the provinces
  • Identify major features of each provinces
• Topography of Virginia
  • Identify the terrain of each province
  • Located where the Fall-Line is
  • Explain how the Fall-Line is connected to the locations of cities on I-95
  • Locate where Arlington is located
• State map of Virginia
  • Be able to use a road map to find cities, locations, and distances
  • Use a roadmap to plan a road trip in VA
• Karst Topography
  • Know and identify features of karst topography
  • Explain how limestone caves are formed
• Chesapeake Bay
  • Explain what an estuary is and where mixing occurs
  • Explain how the bay was formed
  • Identify two economic resources of the bay
  • Identify two threats to the bay
  • Identify the states of the bay watershed