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Objectives
Objectives
Identify the different Earth science spheres where matter and energy are interchanged.
Describe the major processes of weather and erosion that effect the surface of the Earth.
Identify and make 4 features of erosion and deposition in a stream table.
Describe how soil develops.
Describe how living things create and use soil.
Assignments Due
Assignments Due
DE U1L2 Weathering - 2/12
DE U1L3 Erosion pages 28 to 33 - 2/15 - Complete - 2/18
Observing Erosion and Deposition in a Model Stream - 2/17
DE U1L4 Erosion by Wind, Ice, and Gravity - 2/24
Glaciers Simulation - 2/24
DE U1L5 Soil Formation - 2/29
Soil Checklist - 2/26
Unit 1 Test Earth's Surface - 2/29
Quiz: Elements 11-20, Weathering and Erosion - 3/1
Keywords (* = KIM)
Keywords (* = KIM)
Earth System (DE pg.6-7)
*Energy Budget (DE pgs. 14-15)
*Elements (DE pg. 142)
*physical weathering (DE pgs. 20-23)
ice wedging
*abrasion
Composition (DE pg. 172)
*chemical weathering (DE pgs. 24-25)
*oxidation
Acid Precipitation v
*sand bar (DE pg. 38)
*Groundwater
sinkhole
*loess (DE pg. 47)
*glacial drift (DE pgs. 30-33; Old ES pgs. 273-279)
*parent Rock (DE pg. 58-61)
*humus
Organic Material
*soil profile (DE pgs 61-63)
soil horizon
*soil texture
Warm-up
Warm-up
2/8 In Unit 1 Lesson 1 of your new book Dynamic Earth, what are the five spheres. Give an example for each.
2/9 Where does almost all of the energy come from on Earth? Draw an energy budget like that on DE page 15 to show where it goes.
2/10 - 2/11 Elements symbols and spelling practice.
2/12 Look at the rocks from North Albany Road. What specific evidence is there of:
oxidation?
reaction with an acid?
water dissolving parts of the rock?
2/15 & 2/16 - Answer the questions below for each of these features: meander, oxbow lake, delta, alluvial fan. (DE pg. 33; Old ES 277-279)
1. In what conditions does this feature form?
2. Where is deposition or erosion taking place?
3. Why is deposition or erosion taking place?
2/17 - List 3 factors that would cause water to slow down? (DE pgs. 30-31)
2/18 - Make a Venn diagram comparing an avalanche to a glacier.
2/19 to 2/23- Use the links below to complete the Glacier Simulation worksheets:
2/24 - Make a list of different types and causes of floods from the video:
Floods 101 - nationalgeographic.com - Video 3 minutes.
Also: Element symbols and spelling practice 11-20.
2/25 - Element symbols and spelling practice 11-20.
2/26 - Element symbols and spelling practice 11-20.
2/29 Make a list of ways you tell the soil is good for growing plants.
Also: Element symbols and spelling practice 11-20.
Other Links
Other Links
Idaho History: Teton Dam - history.com - Biggest dam break in US history caused by poor engineering and chemical weathering.
Fluid Pressure and Flow - phet.colorado.edu
Oregon HazVu: Statewide Geohazards Viewer - oregongeology.org
Landslides 101 - nationalgeographic.com - Video 3 mins.
Statewide Landslide Information Database for Oregon (SLIDO) - oregongeology.org
Avalanches 101 - nationalgeographic.com - Video 3 minutes.
Floods 101 - nationalgeographic.com - Video 3 minutes.
Discover the Ice Age Floods - hugefloods.com -
Glacial Lake Missoula - youtube.com
Ice Age Floods: Oregon's best soils lifted from eastern Washington - oregongeology.org
Global Ice Viewer - climate.nasa.gov
Benton Soil & Water Conservation District - bentonswcd.org - Soil texture and other educational materials.
pH for the Garden - pss.uvm.edu - Soil pH and plants.
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