UNIT REVIEW SHEETS

Description/Main Ideas

POWERPOINTS

1 – PLANET EARTH

Shape of the Earth, Positions on Earth, Fields, Structure of the Earth, Motions of the Earth

MASS/VOLUME/DENSITY TUTORIAL

2 – MINERALS, ROCKS AND RESOURCES

Mineral I.D., Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks, The rock Cycle, Natural Resources

ROCK CYCLE  (MOVIE)

3 – THE DYNAMIC CRUST

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Earth's Layers, Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics

SUBDUCTION (MOVIE)

ERUPTION (MOVIE)

VOLCANOES

4 – WEATHERING, EROSION & DEPOSITION 

GLACIERS       OCEANOGRAPHY

Weathering, Soil Formation, Transport, Deposition, Ice Ages, Ocean Processes, Landscapes (HANDOUT)

WEATHERING EROSION DEPOSITION  KARST

GLACIERS I GLACIERS II

NYS GLACIERS (.pdf)

SEA LEVEL CHANGES

LANDSCAPES

NY LANDSCAPES

CURRENTS

oceanography

5 – INTERPRETING EARTH’S HISTORY

Fossils, Correlation, Geologic Time, Evolution, Past Events, Radioactive Dating (Lab & Answer Sheet)

READING THE ROCK RECORD

EARTH HISTORY

FOSSILS

RELATIVE DATING LAB

NYS FOSSILS

EARTH'S EVENTS

6 – PROPERTIES OF THE ATMOSPHERE

Weather, Structure of the Atmosphere, Air Temperature, Pressure, Humidity, Winds, Clouds, Precipitation

INSOLATION

SEASONS

AIR PRESSURE

FRONTS

INSTACAM CLOUDS

7 – WEATHER SYSTEMS

Energy in the Atmosphere, Weather Maps, Prediction, Natural Hazards

RADIATION & ABSORPTION LAB

HURRICANE FLOYD LAB

8 – THE WATER CYCLE AND CLIMATES

Water Cycle, Stream Flow, Heat Flow, Insolation, Radiation, Climate

INSOLATION LAB

9 – EARTH IN SPACE

Motions of Celestial Objects, Constellations, Models of the Night Sky, Motions of the Sun, Latitude and the Angle of the Sun

SUN'S PATH

ECLIPSE

EARTH/MOON VIEWER

10- BEYOND PLANET EARTH

Phases of the Moon, Eclipses of the Moon and Sun, Tides, Orbits, Gravity, Solar System, Galaxies, Evolution of the Universe

SUPERNOVA SUN (S.Landsman)

Hubble Deep Field mpg

11- ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

Earth Systems, Technology and the Environment, Pollution, Population, Resource Management