Unit+1++Earth+Systems


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Notes:
|| =Unit 1: Earth Systems=

Goals: Quick Review of Chemistry

 * Explain the fundamentals of environmental chemistry and apply them to real-world situations
 * Describe the molecular building blocks of living organisms
 * Differentiate among the types of energy and recite the basics of energy flow (laws of thermodynamics)
 * Distinguish photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and chemosynthesis, and summarize their importance to living things

Goals: Earth Systems (and other Environmental Systems)

 * Describe the nature of environmental systems
 * Compare and contrast how carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, sulfur, and water cycle through the environment
 * Explain how plate tectonics and the rock cycle shape the landscape around us and the earth beneath our feet
 * Identify the layers of the Earth
 * Compare and Contrast the major types of volcanoes
 * Explain the causes and effects of earthquakes (epicenter, S waves & P waves and how they differ)
 * Explain why the Earth experiences seasons

Skills:

 * Convert numbers in standard notation into scientific notation
 * Convert numbers in scientific notation into standard notation ||
 * ==Extras==

Chemistry & Basic Biology:
Chem Outline Khan Academy Cells Biogeochemical Cycles: Carbon Cycle Atomic Model

Coriolis Effect:
Awesome Coriolis Effect Movie

Earthquakes & Volcanoes:
Earthquake in India Volcano Animation Earthquake Animation Volcanoes & Earthquakes Extreme Earth Make A Quake Virtual Earthquake Virtual Volcanoes Plate Boundaries Interactive Earthquake Waves

Seasons:
Reason for the Seasons Animation Solar Intensity and Latitude You Tube Video of Seasons

Geologic Clock:
Interactive Geologic Timescale Geologic Clock Game || ==Assignments== due on Friday, September 2 at the beginning of class ||