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Can be completed on printer paper, cardstock, construction paper, or on a manila folder. All parts of the quick-study card must be handwritten and hand-drawn. Attach this rubric to your study card. Due Test Day.

Unit 1 Quick Study Card: Earth’s Systems
Chapters 4 + 8 / Total Points / Self-Grade / Teacher Grade
  1. Make a diagram to illustrate the layers of the atmosphere. Include at least 2 characteristics for each layer.
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  1. Make a diagram to illustrate the Coriolis Effect. Which way does air move in the northern hemisphere? The southern?
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  1. Diagram the three major air convection cells: Hadley, polar and ferrel. What causes the movement of air in a convection cell?
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  1. Draw and illustrate the rain shadow effect. What type of land form is formed by the effect? What type of landform is usually needed for it?
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  1. Make a table to show the effect of latitude and altitude for temperature and precipitation.
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  1. Draw climatographs and list 2-3 examples of human impact for each of the following biomes: tundra, taiga, rainforest, chaparral, savanna, desert, and deciduous (temperate seasonal) forest
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  1. Make a chart to illustrate and label the three major types of plate boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform fault.
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  1. Make a table and label geologic formations that form from convergent plate boundaries for the following type of subduction zones: oceanic crust- oceanic crust; oceanic crust – continental crust; and continental crust – continental crust. Give at least 1 specific land form that has arisen from each.
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  1. Make an illustration of a geologic hot spot. Give 2 examples of geologic formations that have resulted from geologic hot spots.
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  1. Include a world map. Label examples of hotspots, volcanic arcs, divergent plate boundaries, the Himalayan Mountains.
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  1. What are tsunamis? Where and how do they form?
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  1. Draw a diagram that illustrates the formation of an earthquake. Include the epicenter and the focus.
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  1. Draw the rock cycle and include the three main types of rocks.
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  1. Create a table summarizing the main types of mining: Strip mining, Open-pit mining, Mountain top removal, placer mining, subsurface mining. In your table, include a description of the type of mining, environmental impacts, social impacts, and economic costs associated with each type.
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Accuracy, Neatness and Appropriate use of Color. Color needs to be embedded and used appropriately. (Please do not color large sections different colors – that doesn’t count!) / 2
TOTAL SCORE – 50 points / 50