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 * [[image:http://fionamariecarter.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/plates_volcanoes_map.jpg?w=402&h=302 width="482" height="362"]] || =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
 * 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 ||
 * ==Extras==

Chemistry: Chem Outline

Biogeochemical Cycles:

Earthquakes & Volcanoes: Volcano Animation || ==Assignments== ||