Earth Science Spring Semester Homework
Weekly HW – Jan 7-11, Atmosphere
Due Wed: Read p. 476-478. Take a page of Cornell notes as you read.
Due Thurs: Read p. 479-480. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1, and 3-6 on p. 482.
Weekly HW – Jan 14-18, Atmosphere study guide
Due Tues – finish the conclusion from the Oxygen in the Atmosphere lab that we did in class Fri/Mon.
Due Thurs – Study guide Q1: What is an atmosphere?
Q2: Name each layer of the earth’s atmosphere in order, from the ground to space
Q3: Where is the ozone layer located?
Q4: Why is the ozone layer important?
Q5: What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
Q6: What layer of the atmosphere do jets cruise in?
Q7: Describe the temperature trend in the troposphere.
Q8: Describe the temperature trend in the stratosphere.
Q9: Describe the temperature trend in the mesosphere.
Q10: Describe the temperature trend in the thermosphere.
Q11: List the main gases in earth’s atmosphere.
Q12: How much nitrogen (N) is in the atmosphere?
Q13: How much oxygen (O) is in the atmosphere?
Q14: How much argon (Ar) is in the atmosphere?
Q15: How high up can an average human travel before needing oxygen equipment to breathe?
Q16: What keeps the earth’s atmosphere from escaping into space?
Due Fri – Quiz on Atmosphere
Weekly HW for week of Jan 21-25
Due Wed: Read section 17.2. Take a page of Cornell notes as you read. Answer q. 1-6 on p. 487.
Due Thurs: Read section 21.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read. Answer q. 1-7 on p. 603.
In class on Thursday and Friday: work on putting together your website and including carbon cycle information.
WEEKLY HW for Jan 28-Feb 1
Due Wednesday: Study Guide for Carbon and Climate Change Quiz
1. Draw the Carbon Cycle. Fill in all processes and steps.
2. What are the two types of carbon sinks?
3. What causes more CO2 to enter the atmosphere (list four things)? What causes CO2 to leave the atmosphere?
4. If CO2 levels are steady in a closed system, is there more respiration, more photosynthesis, or equal amounts of both? Why?
5. How does Nitrogen get put back in the Nitrogen cycle by plants and animals?
6. What is the Greenhouse effect? Name 4 greenhouse gases. What effect do greenhouse gases have on the Earth?
7. What percent of the sun’s energy is reflected by clouds and atmosphere? Absorbed by clouds and atmosphere? Reaches the surface of the Earth? Is used by humans?
8. What effect does carbon dioxide have on temperature? What effect does temperature have on ice volume? What effect does temperature have on sea level?
9. What happened to the atmosphere after the industrial revolution?
Due Thursday: Carbon and Climate Change Quiz
Earth Science Weekly HW Feb. 11-14: Weather
Due Tues: Read section 18.1. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Answer q.1-7 on p. 509 using full sentences.
Due Thurs: Read section 18.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Earth Science Weekly HW for February 25-March 1
Due Tues: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 522 using full sentences
Due Wed: Read pages 481-482. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thurs: Read pages 534-535. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Read pages 540-542. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
WEEKLY HW for March 4-8
Complete the Home Site page for your Passive Solar Home project. See the example page at the top of this page for more information.
Weekly HW for March 11-15
Due Wednesday: answer the Wind and Weather Study Guide below:
1. Define Condensation, Evaporation, humidity, and Weather.
2. Explain in detail why evaporation cools the object it is evaporating from.
3. Explain why warm air holds more water vapor than cold air?
4. What three factors are needed to make a cloud? Explain what each factor does when making that cloud.
5. Explain in detail why it is hotter at the equator than at the poles.
6. Draw a Hadley wind cell (see page 541). Explain why the air is moving the way it is at each location on the cell.
7. Explain why wind blows from cold to hot by using the terms “high pressure,” “low pressure,” “expands,” and “contracts.”
8. Draw all of the global wind patterns. Include appropriate latitude lines.
9. Explain how the Coriolis effect works.
Due Thursday: WIND AND WEATHER TEST – Study your study guide
Due Friday: Read p. 488-491. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Weekly HW for March 18-22
Due Tues: Read section 21.1. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Answer questions 1-8 on p. 591 using complete sentences.
Due Thurs: Read section 21.2. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer questions 1-8 on p. 599 using complete sentences.
Weekly HW for April 15-19 – Oceans
Due Tues: Read section 15.1, take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Read section 15.2, take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thurs: Read section 15.3, take a page of Cornell Notes as your read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 427. Answer q. 1-5 on p. 432. Answer q. 1-4 on p. 437.
Weekly HW for April 22-26 – Ocean Currents
Due Tuesday: Read Section 16.1. Take a page of Cornell notes as you read.
Due Wednesday: Answer q. 1-5 on p. 453 using complete sentences.
Due Thursday: Read Section 16.2. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Friday: Answer Ocean Quiz Study Guide questions (found below).
OCEAN QUIZ STUDY GUIDE
Weekly HW May 6-10 – California Geology
NOTE: p. CA 1 – CA 33 can be found in Ch. 13A right after Ch. 13 on p. 391-392
Due Tuesday: Read p. CA 4 – CA 8 (Until CA Energy Resources). Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wednesday: Read p. CA 8- CA 11. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thursday: Read p. CA 20 – CA 23. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Friday: read p. CA 24 – CA 26. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:
Q. 1-20 due Fri, May 31
q. 21-40 due Tues, June 4
q 41-60 due Wed, June 5
q. 61-79 due Thurs, June 6
see copy below:
Also, Lab Skills Final Tuesday, June 4. We'll review for it on Monday.
Final Exams: Monday, June 10-Thursday, June 13.
Due Wed: Read p. 476-478. Take a page of Cornell notes as you read.
Due Thurs: Read p. 479-480. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1, and 3-6 on p. 482.
Weekly HW – Jan 14-18, Atmosphere study guide
Due Tues – finish the conclusion from the Oxygen in the Atmosphere lab that we did in class Fri/Mon.
Due Thurs – Study guide Q1: What is an atmosphere?
Q2: Name each layer of the earth’s atmosphere in order, from the ground to space
Q3: Where is the ozone layer located?
Q4: Why is the ozone layer important?
Q5: What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
Q6: What layer of the atmosphere do jets cruise in?
Q7: Describe the temperature trend in the troposphere.
Q8: Describe the temperature trend in the stratosphere.
Q9: Describe the temperature trend in the mesosphere.
Q10: Describe the temperature trend in the thermosphere.
Q11: List the main gases in earth’s atmosphere.
Q12: How much nitrogen (N) is in the atmosphere?
Q13: How much oxygen (O) is in the atmosphere?
Q14: How much argon (Ar) is in the atmosphere?
Q15: How high up can an average human travel before needing oxygen equipment to breathe?
Q16: What keeps the earth’s atmosphere from escaping into space?
Due Fri – Quiz on Atmosphere
Weekly HW for week of Jan 21-25
Due Wed: Read section 17.2. Take a page of Cornell notes as you read. Answer q. 1-6 on p. 487.
Due Thurs: Read section 21.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read. Answer q. 1-7 on p. 603.
In class on Thursday and Friday: work on putting together your website and including carbon cycle information.
WEEKLY HW for Jan 28-Feb 1
Due Wednesday: Study Guide for Carbon and Climate Change Quiz
1. Draw the Carbon Cycle. Fill in all processes and steps.
2. What are the two types of carbon sinks?
3. What causes more CO2 to enter the atmosphere (list four things)? What causes CO2 to leave the atmosphere?
4. If CO2 levels are steady in a closed system, is there more respiration, more photosynthesis, or equal amounts of both? Why?
5. How does Nitrogen get put back in the Nitrogen cycle by plants and animals?
6. What is the Greenhouse effect? Name 4 greenhouse gases. What effect do greenhouse gases have on the Earth?
7. What percent of the sun’s energy is reflected by clouds and atmosphere? Absorbed by clouds and atmosphere? Reaches the surface of the Earth? Is used by humans?
8. What effect does carbon dioxide have on temperature? What effect does temperature have on ice volume? What effect does temperature have on sea level?
9. What happened to the atmosphere after the industrial revolution?
Due Thursday: Carbon and Climate Change Quiz
Earth Science Weekly HW Feb. 11-14: Weather
Due Tues: Read section 18.1. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Answer q.1-7 on p. 509 using full sentences.
Due Thurs: Read section 18.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Earth Science Weekly HW for February 25-March 1
Due Tues: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 522 using full sentences
Due Wed: Read pages 481-482. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thurs: Read pages 534-535. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Read pages 540-542. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
WEEKLY HW for March 4-8
Complete the Home Site page for your Passive Solar Home project. See the example page at the top of this page for more information.
Weekly HW for March 11-15
Due Wednesday: answer the Wind and Weather Study Guide below:
1. Define Condensation, Evaporation, humidity, and Weather.
2. Explain in detail why evaporation cools the object it is evaporating from.
3. Explain why warm air holds more water vapor than cold air?
4. What three factors are needed to make a cloud? Explain what each factor does when making that cloud.
5. Explain in detail why it is hotter at the equator than at the poles.
6. Draw a Hadley wind cell (see page 541). Explain why the air is moving the way it is at each location on the cell.
7. Explain why wind blows from cold to hot by using the terms “high pressure,” “low pressure,” “expands,” and “contracts.”
8. Draw all of the global wind patterns. Include appropriate latitude lines.
9. Explain how the Coriolis effect works.
Due Thursday: WIND AND WEATHER TEST – Study your study guide
Due Friday: Read p. 488-491. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Weekly HW for March 18-22
Due Tues: Read section 21.1. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Answer questions 1-8 on p. 591 using complete sentences.
Due Thurs: Read section 21.2. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer questions 1-8 on p. 599 using complete sentences.
Weekly HW for April 15-19 – Oceans
Due Tues: Read section 15.1, take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Read section 15.2, take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thurs: Read section 15.3, take a page of Cornell Notes as your read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 427. Answer q. 1-5 on p. 432. Answer q. 1-4 on p. 437.
Weekly HW for April 22-26 – Ocean Currents
Due Tuesday: Read Section 16.1. Take a page of Cornell notes as you read.
Due Wednesday: Answer q. 1-5 on p. 453 using complete sentences.
Due Thursday: Read Section 16.2. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Friday: Answer Ocean Quiz Study Guide questions (found below).
OCEAN QUIZ STUDY GUIDE
- Is salt water or fresh water denser?
- Is hot water or cold water denser?
- What conditions are present at the surface of the ocean? Why are these conditions present here?
- What conditions are present at the bottom of the ocean? Why are these conditions present here?
- What factors affect how ocean currents flow?
- What direction do ocean currents go in the Northern hemisphere?
- What direction do ocean currents go in the Southern hemisphere?
- What is upwelling? How does it occur? Where in the world does it occur? Why is it important?
- Why is Northern Europe warmer than Canada? How does the Gulf Stream contribute to this?
- What is a temperature inversion? What conditions create a temperature inversion?
- Where does most fresh water fall in California? Where is it used? How do we get it there?
Weekly HW May 6-10 – California Geology
NOTE: p. CA 1 – CA 33 can be found in Ch. 13A right after Ch. 13 on p. 391-392
Due Tuesday: Read p. CA 4 – CA 8 (Until CA Energy Resources). Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wednesday: Read p. CA 8- CA 11. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thursday: Read p. CA 20 – CA 23. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Friday: read p. CA 24 – CA 26. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:
Q. 1-20 due Fri, May 31
q. 21-40 due Tues, June 4
q 41-60 due Wed, June 5
q. 61-79 due Thurs, June 6
see copy below:
Also, Lab Skills Final Tuesday, June 4. We'll review for it on Monday.
Final Exams: Monday, June 10-Thursday, June 13.
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FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE – EARTH SCIENCE SPRING SEMESTER
7. Why is the ozone layer so important?
8. What common chemical (used in aerosol sprays) was banned because it damages the ozone layer?
9. What percent of our atmosphere is oxygen? Why is there so much oxygen in our atmosphere?
10. What is atmospheric pressure?
11. Where does nearly all of the earth's energy come from?
12. What colors are good reflectors of heat? What colors are good absorbers of heat?
13. What heats up faster, soil or water? Which heats up faster, planets with or without atmospheres?
14. What is the greenhouse effect?
15. Which carries more heat energy, direct vertical sunlight or slanted sunlight?
16. Which part of the earth receives: a) the most direct vertical sunlight, and b) the most indirect (slanted) sunlight?
17. What are 4 major reasons the earth heats up unevenly?
18. Describe the differences between the seasons in each hemisphere.
19. Describe the seasons in July. Describe the seasons in October.
20. What causes the seasons?
21. Why is it hotter in the summer than in the winter?
22. What causes the wind to blow?
23. Wind blows from ____ pressure areas to ____ pressure areas.
24. Does air rise or sink at the equator? Why? Does air rise or sink at the poles?
25. What is latitude?
26. Winds in the northern hemisphere are bent/deflected how?
27. Winds in the southern hemisphere are bent/deflected how?
28. What is the Coriolis effect?
29. Draw the Earth’s prevailing global wind patterns between each significant band of latitude.
30. What is weather?
31. What six main factors does weather include?
32. What is evaporation?
33. When a liquid evaporates from an object, what happens to the temperature of the object?
34. Why does evaporation decrease the temperature of objects?
35. What is condensation?
36. Why does condensation increase the temperature of objects?
37. What is humidity?
38. Which holds more water vapor, warm air or cold air? Why?
39. How is relative humidity measured?
40. A psychrometer has a dry bulb temperature=28C, and wet bulb temp=24C. What is the relative humidity?
41. What if the dry and wet bulb temperatures are the same?
42. What is precipitation?
43. Describe the composition of a cloud.
44. Define condensation nuclei.
45. Describe how a cloud forms.
46. What cloud conditions lead to rain?
47. What cloud conditions lead to snow?
48. What are the 3 major types of clouds?
49. What is a greenhouse gas, and how do they affect earth?
50. What is causing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in our atmosphere to change?
51. How will increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels affect earth?
52. What is climate?
53. What six major factors affect the climate of a place?
54. What happens to temperature and precipitation near the center of continents?
55. What happens to temperature and precipitation near large bodies of water?
56. As Elevation increases, what happens to temperature?
57. How do mountain ranges affect precipitation?
58. What is the difference between windward and leeward?
59. How do ocean currents affect climate?
60. What is the root cause of weather?
61. What does the land look like in an area where floods could be a hazard?
62. What does the land look like in an area where volcanoes could be a hazard?
63. What does the land look like in an area where earthquakes could be a hazard?
64. What does the land look like in an area where tsunamis could be a hazard?
65. What does the land look like in an area where landslides could be a hazard?
66. What does the land look like in an area where coastal erosion could be a hazard?
67. What factors affect the direction of ocean currents?
68. Which direction do ocean currents go in the Northern hemisphere? Southern hemisphere?
69. What effect does the Gulf Stream current have on the climate of Europe?
70. What is upwelling? What type of water does upwelling bring to the surface?
71. What conditions are found at the surface of the ocean? At the bottom of the ocean?
72. What causes a temperature inversion? Why does it lead to smoggy air?
73. What is the largest water usage in California? Where do people live in CA? Where does water fall? How do we get that water from the rainy areas to the people?
74. What are 5 major environmental problems?
75. What is pollution usually measured in? How can you reduce your pollution?
76. What are the environmental problems of developing countries? Developed countries?
77. Where are most volcanoes located in California? Why?
78. Where are most faults located in California? Why?
79. Why does the central valley have lots of new sedimentary rock?
- What form does carbon take in the atmosphere?
- What can you do to reduce global warming?
- How are plants and animals involved in the carbon cycle?
- How has life changed the atmosphere over time? What effect do plants in sunlight have on the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
- How thick is the breathable part of the atmosphere? What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
7. Why is the ozone layer so important?
8. What common chemical (used in aerosol sprays) was banned because it damages the ozone layer?
9. What percent of our atmosphere is oxygen? Why is there so much oxygen in our atmosphere?
10. What is atmospheric pressure?
11. Where does nearly all of the earth's energy come from?
12. What colors are good reflectors of heat? What colors are good absorbers of heat?
13. What heats up faster, soil or water? Which heats up faster, planets with or without atmospheres?
14. What is the greenhouse effect?
15. Which carries more heat energy, direct vertical sunlight or slanted sunlight?
16. Which part of the earth receives: a) the most direct vertical sunlight, and b) the most indirect (slanted) sunlight?
17. What are 4 major reasons the earth heats up unevenly?
18. Describe the differences between the seasons in each hemisphere.
19. Describe the seasons in July. Describe the seasons in October.
20. What causes the seasons?
21. Why is it hotter in the summer than in the winter?
22. What causes the wind to blow?
23. Wind blows from ____ pressure areas to ____ pressure areas.
24. Does air rise or sink at the equator? Why? Does air rise or sink at the poles?
25. What is latitude?
26. Winds in the northern hemisphere are bent/deflected how?
27. Winds in the southern hemisphere are bent/deflected how?
28. What is the Coriolis effect?
29. Draw the Earth’s prevailing global wind patterns between each significant band of latitude.
30. What is weather?
31. What six main factors does weather include?
32. What is evaporation?
33. When a liquid evaporates from an object, what happens to the temperature of the object?
34. Why does evaporation decrease the temperature of objects?
35. What is condensation?
36. Why does condensation increase the temperature of objects?
37. What is humidity?
38. Which holds more water vapor, warm air or cold air? Why?
39. How is relative humidity measured?
40. A psychrometer has a dry bulb temperature=28C, and wet bulb temp=24C. What is the relative humidity?
41. What if the dry and wet bulb temperatures are the same?
42. What is precipitation?
43. Describe the composition of a cloud.
44. Define condensation nuclei.
45. Describe how a cloud forms.
46. What cloud conditions lead to rain?
47. What cloud conditions lead to snow?
48. What are the 3 major types of clouds?
49. What is a greenhouse gas, and how do they affect earth?
50. What is causing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in our atmosphere to change?
51. How will increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels affect earth?
52. What is climate?
53. What six major factors affect the climate of a place?
54. What happens to temperature and precipitation near the center of continents?
55. What happens to temperature and precipitation near large bodies of water?
56. As Elevation increases, what happens to temperature?
57. How do mountain ranges affect precipitation?
58. What is the difference between windward and leeward?
59. How do ocean currents affect climate?
60. What is the root cause of weather?
61. What does the land look like in an area where floods could be a hazard?
62. What does the land look like in an area where volcanoes could be a hazard?
63. What does the land look like in an area where earthquakes could be a hazard?
64. What does the land look like in an area where tsunamis could be a hazard?
65. What does the land look like in an area where landslides could be a hazard?
66. What does the land look like in an area where coastal erosion could be a hazard?
67. What factors affect the direction of ocean currents?
68. Which direction do ocean currents go in the Northern hemisphere? Southern hemisphere?
69. What effect does the Gulf Stream current have on the climate of Europe?
70. What is upwelling? What type of water does upwelling bring to the surface?
71. What conditions are found at the surface of the ocean? At the bottom of the ocean?
72. What causes a temperature inversion? Why does it lead to smoggy air?
73. What is the largest water usage in California? Where do people live in CA? Where does water fall? How do we get that water from the rainy areas to the people?
74. What are 5 major environmental problems?
75. What is pollution usually measured in? How can you reduce your pollution?
76. What are the environmental problems of developing countries? Developed countries?
77. Where are most volcanoes located in California? Why?
78. Where are most faults located in California? Why?
79. Why does the central valley have lots of new sedimentary rock?
HOMEWORK FROM LAST YEAR - NOT CURRENT
Study Guide for Carbon Cycle Quiz
1. Draw the Carbon Cycle. Fill in all processes and steps.
2. What are the two types of carbon sinks.
3. What causes more CO2 to enter the atmosphere (list two things). What causes CO2 to leave the atmosphere.
4. If CO2 levels are steady in a closed system, is there more respiration, more photosynthesis, or equal amounts of both? Why?
5. How does Nitrogen get put back in the Nitrogen cycle by plants and animals?
Earth Science weekly HW – Energy – Jan 23-27
Due Tues – Read section 17.2. Take a page of Cornell notes as you read. Answer q. 1-4 and 6 on p. 487
Due Thurs - Read section 17.3. Take a page of Cornell notes as you read. Answer q. 1-3 on p. 493
Due Fri – Turn in your topic and cite 3 sources you’ll be using for your energy brochure.
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Energy and Radiant Heat Study Guide
1.What percent of the sun’s energy is reflected by clouds and atmosphere? Absorbed by clouds and atmosphere? Reaches the surface of the Earth? Is used by humans?
2.What factors affect how much energy is absorbed or reflected on the Earth’s surface? How does each factor work?
3.Explain the difference between the heating of land versus water on temperature and how this affects Sacramento and San Francisco.
4.What would happen to temperature patterns if water was removed from an area?
Earth Science Weekly HW Feb. 6-10: Weather
Due Tues: Read section 18.1. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Answer q.1-7 on p. 509 using full sentences.
Due Thurs: Read section 18.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 522 using full sentences
Weather Study Guide
1. Define Condensation, Evaporation, Absolute Humidity, Relative humidity, humidity, and Weather.
2. What 6 factors go into determining weather?
3. Explain in detail how evaporation occurs and why it cools the object it is evaporating from.
4. Explain why warm air holds more water vapor than cold air?
5. Be able to use a psychrometer to determine air temperature and relative humidity.
6. What three factors are needed to make a cloud? Explain what each factor does when making that cloud.
Unit 1 Study Guide
Topics -Biogeochemical Cycles
-Atmosphere
-Weather and clouds
1. Draw and label the carbon cycle. Fill in all processes and steps
2. What are the two types of carbon sinks. Give examples of each.
3. Explain how carbon dioxide levels fluctuate throughout the year. And explain the patterns of carbon dioxide levels in the past 100 years.
4. What causes more carbon dioxide to enter the atmosphere (List 3 examples). And what causes carbon dioxide to leave the atmosphere.
5. List the four major lavers of the earth's atmosphere, in order from the surface to space.
6. Which layer of the atmosphere do humans live in?
7. What is the function of the ozone layer and in which layer of the atmosphere is it located?
8. List the main gases found in the atmosphere and the percentages of each.
9. What keeps the earth's atmosphere from escaping into space?
10. List the total amount of energy from the sun that actually gets to the surface of the earth?_______________ Is reflected by the atmosphere and clouds?______________Is used by humans?______________________?
11. List and explain 3 factors that affect how much heat is absorbed or reflected on reflected from the earth.
12. Why does Sacramento have much hotter summers and colder winters than San Francisco does?
13. List the six main factors that influence weather.
14. When air warms up what happens to its volume and its ability to hold water vapor?
15. What are the 3 factors necessary to make a cloud?
Earth Science Weekly HW Feb. 27-Mar. 2: Wind
Due Tues: Read pages 532-535. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Answer q.1-4 on p. 536 using full sentences.
Due Thurs: Read section 19.2. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 542 using full sentences.
Weekly HW for March 5-9
Due Tues: Answer Study Guide questions for Quiz Tuesday
WIND QUIZ STUDY GUIDE
1. What causes wind? (reference hot and cold air and high and low pressure)
2. Draw all global surface wind patterns. Include latitudes.
3. At what latitudes are deserts found? At what latitudes are rainforests found? Why are they found there?
4. Describe life in a desert.
5. Describe the coriolis effect.
Due Wed: Read section 15.1, take a page of Cornell Notes as you read. Answer q. 1-6 on p. 427.
Due Thurs: Read section 15.2, take a page of Cornell Notes as you read. Answer q. 1-5 on p. 432.
Due Fri: Read section 15.3, take a page of Cornell Notes as your read. Answer q. 1-4 on p. 437.
Weekly HW for March 12-16 – Ocean Currents
Due Tuesday: Read Section 16.1. Take a page of Cornell notes as you read.
Due Wednesday: Answer q. 1-5 on p. 453 using complete sentences.
Due Thursday: Read Section 16.2. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Friday: Answer Ocean Quiz Study Guide questions (found on back side).
OCEAN QUIZ STUDY GUIDE
Weekly HW for March 19-23 – Climate Factors
Due Tuesday: Study for Ocean Quiz to be taken on Tuesday
Due Wednesday: Read section 13A.2 on p. CA12-CA19 (right after ch. 13). Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thursday: Read section 17.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Friday: Read section 21.1. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Weekly HW for March 26-30 – create a continent/climate
Due Wednesday: Finish Climate of A Continent Project
Due Thurs: Read Section 21.2. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-8 on p. 599 using complete sentences.
Climate Change Study Guide
1. Define Climate and Weather. What’s the difference between them?
2. What is the greenhouse effect? What are some greenhouse gases?
3. How has temperature changed in the past 400,000 years? Why?
4. What is the relationship between Carbon dioxide and temperature? Between temperature and ice volume? Between temperature and sea level?
5. What happened to the atmosphere after the industrial revolution?
6. Explain how the climate is changing on the Earth.
Weekly HW April 2-6 – Climate change
Due Tuesday: Prepare a one minute (one page written) speech about your feelings on climate change. Prepare this speech as if you’re giving it to Congress. You will be turning in the text of your speech and presenting it in class. In the speech address the following: Is climate changing? How? What do you think is causing this change? Can we do anything to alter this change? What can we do? What should we do?
Due Wed: Read the Rising Tides article. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thurs: Read section 21.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-7 on p. 603 using complete sentences.
Weekly HW April 16-20 – California Geology
NOTE: p. CA 1 – CA 33 can be found in Ch. 13A right after Ch. 13 on p. 391-392
Due Tuesday: Read p. CA 4 – CA 8 (Until CA Energy Resources). Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wednesday: Read p. CA 8- CA 11. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thursday: Read p. CA 20 – CA 23. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Friday: read p. CA 24 – CA 26. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Weekly HW April 23-27, Energy resources ch. 4
Due Tues: Read Section 4.1. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Answer q. 1-5 on p. 101.
Due Thurs: Read Section 4.2. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 107.
Weekly HW May 7-11, Land and Air resources ch. 4
Due Tues: Read Section 4.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 112.
Due Thurs: Read Section 4.4. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 116.
Weekly HW for May 14-18
Due Tues: Read p. 546-547 and 549 on El Nino and La Nina. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thurs: Read Section 16.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-9 on p. 467.
Weekly HW for May 21-25
Due Wed: Read section 8.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thurs: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 232.
Lab Skills Final Test Tuesday, June 5
Final Study Guide
q. 1-15 due Fri, June 1
16-30 due Tues, June 5
31-45 due Wed, June 6
46-60 due Thurs, June 7
60-79 due Fri, June 8
1.What percent of the sun’s energy is reflected by clouds and atmosphere? Absorbed by clouds and atmosphere? Reaches the surface of the Earth? Is used by humans?
2.What factors affect how much energy is absorbed or reflected on the Earth’s surface? How does each factor work?
3.Explain the difference between the heating of land versus water on temperature and how this affects Sacramento and San Francisco.
4.What would happen to temperature patterns if water was removed from an area?
Earth Science Weekly HW Feb. 6-10: Weather
Due Tues: Read section 18.1. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Answer q.1-7 on p. 509 using full sentences.
Due Thurs: Read section 18.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 522 using full sentences
Weather Study Guide
1. Define Condensation, Evaporation, Absolute Humidity, Relative humidity, humidity, and Weather.
2. What 6 factors go into determining weather?
3. Explain in detail how evaporation occurs and why it cools the object it is evaporating from.
4. Explain why warm air holds more water vapor than cold air?
5. Be able to use a psychrometer to determine air temperature and relative humidity.
6. What three factors are needed to make a cloud? Explain what each factor does when making that cloud.
Unit 1 Study Guide
Topics -Biogeochemical Cycles
-Atmosphere
-Weather and clouds
1. Draw and label the carbon cycle. Fill in all processes and steps
2. What are the two types of carbon sinks. Give examples of each.
3. Explain how carbon dioxide levels fluctuate throughout the year. And explain the patterns of carbon dioxide levels in the past 100 years.
4. What causes more carbon dioxide to enter the atmosphere (List 3 examples). And what causes carbon dioxide to leave the atmosphere.
5. List the four major lavers of the earth's atmosphere, in order from the surface to space.
6. Which layer of the atmosphere do humans live in?
7. What is the function of the ozone layer and in which layer of the atmosphere is it located?
8. List the main gases found in the atmosphere and the percentages of each.
9. What keeps the earth's atmosphere from escaping into space?
10. List the total amount of energy from the sun that actually gets to the surface of the earth?_______________ Is reflected by the atmosphere and clouds?______________Is used by humans?______________________?
11. List and explain 3 factors that affect how much heat is absorbed or reflected on reflected from the earth.
12. Why does Sacramento have much hotter summers and colder winters than San Francisco does?
13. List the six main factors that influence weather.
14. When air warms up what happens to its volume and its ability to hold water vapor?
15. What are the 3 factors necessary to make a cloud?
Earth Science Weekly HW Feb. 27-Mar. 2: Wind
Due Tues: Read pages 532-535. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Answer q.1-4 on p. 536 using full sentences.
Due Thurs: Read section 19.2. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 542 using full sentences.
Weekly HW for March 5-9
Due Tues: Answer Study Guide questions for Quiz Tuesday
WIND QUIZ STUDY GUIDE
1. What causes wind? (reference hot and cold air and high and low pressure)
2. Draw all global surface wind patterns. Include latitudes.
3. At what latitudes are deserts found? At what latitudes are rainforests found? Why are they found there?
4. Describe life in a desert.
5. Describe the coriolis effect.
Due Wed: Read section 15.1, take a page of Cornell Notes as you read. Answer q. 1-6 on p. 427.
Due Thurs: Read section 15.2, take a page of Cornell Notes as you read. Answer q. 1-5 on p. 432.
Due Fri: Read section 15.3, take a page of Cornell Notes as your read. Answer q. 1-4 on p. 437.
Weekly HW for March 12-16 – Ocean Currents
Due Tuesday: Read Section 16.1. Take a page of Cornell notes as you read.
Due Wednesday: Answer q. 1-5 on p. 453 using complete sentences.
Due Thursday: Read Section 16.2. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Friday: Answer Ocean Quiz Study Guide questions (found on back side).
OCEAN QUIZ STUDY GUIDE
- Is salt water or fresh water denser?
- Is hot water or cold water denser?
- What conditions are present at the surface of the ocean? Why are these conditions present here?
- What conditions are present at the bottom of the ocean? Why are these conditions present here?
- What factors affect how ocean currents flow?
- What direction do ocean currents go in the Northern hemisphere?
- What direction do ocean currents go in the Southern hemisphere?
- What is upwelling? How does it occur? Where in the world does it occur? Why is it important?
- Why is Northern Europe warmer than Canada? How does the Gulf Stream contribute to this?
- What is a temperature inversion? What conditions create a temperature inversion?
- Where does most fresh water fall in California? Where is it used? How do we get it there?
Weekly HW for March 19-23 – Climate Factors
Due Tuesday: Study for Ocean Quiz to be taken on Tuesday
Due Wednesday: Read section 13A.2 on p. CA12-CA19 (right after ch. 13). Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thursday: Read section 17.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Friday: Read section 21.1. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Weekly HW for March 26-30 – create a continent/climate
Due Wednesday: Finish Climate of A Continent Project
Due Thurs: Read Section 21.2. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-8 on p. 599 using complete sentences.
Climate Change Study Guide
1. Define Climate and Weather. What’s the difference between them?
2. What is the greenhouse effect? What are some greenhouse gases?
3. How has temperature changed in the past 400,000 years? Why?
4. What is the relationship between Carbon dioxide and temperature? Between temperature and ice volume? Between temperature and sea level?
5. What happened to the atmosphere after the industrial revolution?
6. Explain how the climate is changing on the Earth.
Weekly HW April 2-6 – Climate change
Due Tuesday: Prepare a one minute (one page written) speech about your feelings on climate change. Prepare this speech as if you’re giving it to Congress. You will be turning in the text of your speech and presenting it in class. In the speech address the following: Is climate changing? How? What do you think is causing this change? Can we do anything to alter this change? What can we do? What should we do?
Due Wed: Read the Rising Tides article. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thurs: Read section 21.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-7 on p. 603 using complete sentences.
Weekly HW April 16-20 – California Geology
NOTE: p. CA 1 – CA 33 can be found in Ch. 13A right after Ch. 13 on p. 391-392
Due Tuesday: Read p. CA 4 – CA 8 (Until CA Energy Resources). Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wednesday: Read p. CA 8- CA 11. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thursday: Read p. CA 20 – CA 23. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Friday: read p. CA 24 – CA 26. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Weekly HW April 23-27, Energy resources ch. 4
Due Tues: Read Section 4.1. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Answer q. 1-5 on p. 101.
Due Thurs: Read Section 4.2. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 107.
Weekly HW May 7-11, Land and Air resources ch. 4
Due Tues: Read Section 4.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Wed: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 112.
Due Thurs: Read Section 4.4. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 116.
Weekly HW for May 14-18
Due Tues: Read p. 546-547 and 549 on El Nino and La Nina. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thurs: Read Section 16.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Fri: Answer q. 1-9 on p. 467.
Weekly HW for May 21-25
Due Wed: Read section 8.3. Take a page of Cornell Notes as you read.
Due Thurs: Answer q. 1-6 on p. 232.
Lab Skills Final Test Tuesday, June 5
Final Study Guide
q. 1-15 due Fri, June 1
16-30 due Tues, June 5
31-45 due Wed, June 6
46-60 due Thurs, June 7
60-79 due Fri, June 8