Mr. Ryan PioneerValleyHigh School Earth Science
Name: ______Period: ______
Unit 5: Cycles in the Earths System
Day / HW Assignments / Reading / In Class / HomeworkPage #’s / Activity / 10 / 5 / 0 / Absent
1
Tue
10-20 / Do key vocabulary 1:
Components interact system matter energy complex interrelated interaction, closed system open system / 688-690 / SQ3R “Earth as a System”, RQ: 1-2, SQ3R “Earths 4-Spheres” RQ: 3-5
2
Wed
10-21 / Do key vocabulary 2:
Exchange surroundings produce organic matter limited water molecules heat
sphere atmosphere storehouse / Earth as a system “notes”, SQ3R Cycles in Earths System , The Nitrogen Cycle “notes”
3
Thu
10-22 / Do key vocabulary 3:
Hydrosphere geosphere, biosphere composed, decomposed chemical reactions altered
nitrogen cycle nitrogen fixing / The Carbon Cycle “notes”, The Phosphorus Cycle “notes”, Draw & Label the carbon Cycle
4
Fri
10-23 / NA / The Oxygen Cycle “notes”
5
Mon
10-26 / Do key vocabulary 4: nitrogen fixing bacteria decay excretion carbon cycle carbonate carbohydrates phosphorus decompose / Aquatic-Terrestrial Ecosystem project
6
Tue
10-27
7
Wed
10-28
12
Wed
11-4
Key Terms:
DifferentiationRadioactive DecayOutgassing MassWeightUniversal Gravitation Axis Rotation Revolution Ellipse Solstice Equinox Mantle Core Crust Lithosphere Asthenosphere Oblate Spheroid Magnetosphere System Open System
Closed SystemAtmosphereHydrosphereGeosphere Biosphere1st Law of Thermodynamics
2nd Law of ThermodynamicsCarbon CycleNitrogen CyclePhosphorous Cycle Water CycleLatitude Longitude Energy Radiation Short-Wave Radiation Long-Wave Radiation Budget
CaliforniaState Content Standards:
Earth's Place in the Universe
1.e) Students know the Sun is a typical star and is powered by nuclear reactions, primarily the fusion of hydrogen to form helium.
1.f Students know the evidence for the dramatic effects that asteroid impacts have had in shaping the surface of planets and their moons and in mass extinctions of life on Earth.
Energy in the Earth System
4.a) Students know the relative amount of incoming solar energy compared with Earth's internal energy and the energy used by society.
5.a) Students know how differential heating of Earth results in circulation patterns in the atmosphere and oceans that globally distribute the heat.
Biogeochemical Cycles
7.c) Students know the movement of matter among reservoirs is driven by Earth's internal and external sources of energy.
Structure and Composition of the Atmosphere
8.b) Students know how the composition of Earth's atmosphere has evolved over geologic time and know the effect of outgassing, the variations of carbon dioxide concentration, and the origin of atmospheric oxygen.
California Geology
9.c) Students know the importance of water to society, the origins of California 's fresh water, and the relationship between supply and need.