348 Earth Science Topics and Assignments
The chart below contains the First Semester, Chs. 1 -11 and the Second Semester, starting with Astronomy ( Chs. 19 - 21 ), assignments that are related to the textbook. The collection of the textbook homework will be on the day of that chapter test. I will schedule the test by cycle and day according to the CHC academic calendar. All of your work must be typed in 12 font, properly identified, titled, dated and turned in on time to receive full credit.
Read the Chapter |
Answer the Review Q's |
Answer the Examining the Earth System Qs |
Study Key Terms |
Chapter Quiz |
Exercise |
Video Title |
Introduction | p. 14
# 1 - 8 |
# 1 - 2 |
Yes |
YES |
ONE: The Study of Minerals | # 1 The Living Machine # 5 The Birth of a Theory |
1 Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks | p. 33
# 1 - 12 |
# 1 - 2 |
Yes | YES |
ONE: Continue The Study of Minerals | # 12 Minerals: The Materials of Earth |
2 Rocks: Materials of the Lithosphere | p. 57
# 1 - 17 |
# 1 +-2 |
Yes | YES |
TWO: Common Rocks | # 14 Intrusive Igneous Rocks # 17 Sedimentary Rocks # 18 Metamorphic Rocks |
3 Weathering, Soil, and Mass Wasting | p. 85 - 86
# 1 - 27 |
# 1 - 4 |
Yes | YES |
THREE: Introduction to Aerial Photographs and Topographic Maps | # 15 Weathering and Soils # 16 Mass Wasting |
4 Running Water and Groundwater | p. 120 - 121
# 1 - 23 |
# 1 - 4 | Yes | YES |
Continue THREE | # 19 Running Water I # 20 Running Water II # 21 Ground Water |
5 Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind | p. 152 - 153
# 1 - 22 |
# 1 - 3 | Yes | YES |
FOUR: Shaping Earths Surface Running Water and Groundwater | # 22 Wind, Dust and Deserts # 23 Glaciers |
6 Earthquakes and Earths Interior | p.178 - 179
# 1 - 22 |
# 1 - 2 | Yes | YES |
EIGHT: Earthquakes and Earths Interior | # 1 Earths Interior # 3 Earths Interior # 9 Earthquakes "The Day the Earth Shook " |
7 Plate Tectonics | p. 212 - 213
# 1 - 21 |
# 1 - 2 | Yes | YES |
Continue EIGHT | # 5 The Birth of a Theory # 6 Plate Dynamics " The History of the Earth: Over Eons " |
8 Igneous Activity | p. 242 - 243
# 1 - 26 |
# 1 - 2 | Yes | YES |
SEVEN: Geologic Maps and Structures | # 13 Volcanism " In the path of a Killer Volcano " |
9 Mountain Building | p. 268 - 269
# 1 - 19 |
# 1 - 2 | Yes | YES |
Continue SEVEN | # 7 Mountain Building # 8 Earths Structures |
10 Geologic Time | p. 291 - 292
# 1 - 18 |
# 1 - 2 | Yes | YES |
SIX: Determining Geologic Ages | # 10 Geologic Time |
11 Earth History: A Brief Summary | p. 319 - 320
# 1 - 8 |
# 1 - 2 |
Yes | YES |
Continue SIX | # 11 Evolution Through Time |
Read the Chapter |
Answer the Review Q's |
Answer the Examining the Earth System Qs |
Study Key Terms |
Chapter Quiz |
Exercise |
Video Title |
12 The Ocean Environment | p. 344 - 345
# 1 - 20 |
# 1 - 2 | YES
|
YES |
NINE: Introduction to Oceanography TEN: The Dynamic Ocean Floor |
#4 Sea Floor " The Blue Planet " |
13 The Restless Ocean | p. 373 - 374
# 1 - 25 |
# 1 - 2 | YES
|
YES |
ELEVEN: Waves, Currents, and Tides | # 24 Waves, Beaches, and Coasts |
14 Composition, Structure, and Temperature | p. 402 - 403
# 1 - 22 |
# 1 - 2 | YES
|
YES |
TWELVE: Earth Sun Relations | " Solar Sea " |
15 Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation | p. 437 - 439
# 1 - 27 |
# 1 - 3 | YES
|
YES |
THIRTEEN: Atmospheric Heating | " Hurricane " |
16 Air Pressure and Wind | p. 460 - 461
# 1 - 19 |
# 1 - 3 | YES
|
YES |
FOURTEEN: Atmospheric Moisture, Pressure, and Wind | " Flood " |
17 Weather Patterns and Severe Storms | p. 488 - 489
# 1 - 22 |
# 1 - 2 | YES
|
YES |
FIFTEEN: Air Masses, the Middle-Latitude Cyclone, and Weather | " Lightning " " Tornado " |
18 Climate | p. 515 - 516
# 1 - 22 |
# 1 - 4 | YES
|
YES |
SIXTEEN: Global Climates and the Human Impact | " Fate of the Earth " |
19 Earths Place in the Universe | p.
543 - 545
# 1 - 24 |
# 1 - 2 | YES
|
YES |
SEVENTEEN: Astronomical Observations | " The Climate Puzzle " |
20 Touring Our Solar System | p. 576 - 577
# 1 - 22 |
# 1 - 3 | YES
|
YES |
EIGHTEEN: Patterns in the Solar System | "Gifts from The Earth" " Venus " |
21 Light, Astronomical Observations, and the Sun | p. 598 - 599
# 1 - 25 |
# 1 | YES
|
YES |
NINETEEN: Planet Positions | " Doomsday Asteroid" " Eclipse of the Century " |
22 Beyond Our Solar System | p. 624 - 625
# 1 - 25 |
# 1 - 4 | YES
|
YES |
TWENTY: The Moon and Sun | " Tales from Other Worlds " " Death of a Star " " Rescue Mission in Space " |