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Unit 16 Completion Dates: Monday April 25 - Sunday May 1

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Unit 16 Completion Dates: Monday April 25 - Sunday May 1

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Monday April 25
*16.0 Introduction to Unit 16
*16.1 Unit 16 Flashcards

Tuesday April 26
*16.2 Energy Resources
*16.3 Non-Renewable Energy Resources
*16.4 Renewable Energy Resources

Wednesday April 27
*16.5 Use and Conservation of Resources
*16.6 Energy Conservation

Thursday April 28
*16.7 Responsible Management Essay

Friday April 29
*16.7 Responsible Management Essay

NOTE: All of Unit 16 is DUE on Sunday, May 1

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Unit 15 Completion Dates: Monday April 18 - Sunday April 24

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Unit 15 Completion Dates: Monday April 18 - Sunday April 24

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Monday April 18
*15.0 Introduction to Unit 15
*15.1 Unit 15 Flashcards

Tuesday April 19
*15.2 Human Populations
*15.3 Water Pollution

Wednesday April 20
*15.4 What is a Watershed?

Thursday April 21
*15.5 Water Quality
*15.6 How Safe is My Drinking Water?
*15.7 Water Quality in Your Local Community

Friday April 22
*15.8 Water Pollution Lab

NOTE: All of Unit 15 is DUE on Sunday, April 24

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Unit 13 and Unit 14 Completion Dates: Monday April 11 - Sunday April 17

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Unit 13 and Unit 14 Completion Dates: Monday April 11 - Sunday April 17

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Monday April 11
*13.0 Introduction to Unit 13
*13.1 Unit 13 Flashcards
*13.2 Freshwater vs. Saltwater
*13.3 Learning About Groundwater

Tuesday April 12
*13.4 Karst Topography
*13.5 Karts Topography Lab

Wednesday April 13
*13.6 Conducting a Controlled Experiment Using a Stream Table
*13.7 River Succession Quiz
NOTE: All of Unit 13 is DUE on Wednesday, April 13

Thursday April 14
*14.0 Introduction to Unit 14
*14.1 Unit 14 Flashcards
*14.2 Wave Erosion and Deposition
*14.3 Coastal Features

Friday April 15
*14.4 Structures Preventing Coastal Erosion
*14.5 How to Protect the Shore
*14.6 Ocean Currents

NOTE: All of Unit 14 is DUE on Sunday, April 17

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Unit 12 Completion Dates: Monday April 4 - Sunday April 10

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Unit 12 Completion Dates: Monday April 4 - Sunday April 10

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Monday April 4
*12.0 Introduction to Unit 12
*12.1 Unit 12 Flashcards

Tuesday April 5
*12.2 Climate Change
*12.3 Greenhouse Effect Gizmo
*12.4 Global Warming Discussion

Wednesday April 6
*12.5 Ice Core Drilling and Climate Change

Thursday April 7
*12.6 The Carbon Cycle Gizmo

Friday April 8
*12.7 Meteorology Topic Test

NOTE: All of Unit 12 is DUE on Sunday, April 10

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12.3 Greenhouse Effect Gizmo

Question 5 - The correct answers:  use of electricity, from farm animals, industry, residential communities, and the use of hair spray.

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13.2 Freshwater vs Saltwater

Question 5 - The correct answer is Atlantic Ocean

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11.4 Local Wind Patterns

Question 4 - Land and sea breezes are both types of local winds.  However, land and sea breezes also occur because of differences in specific heat and may occur daily and seasonally. The correct answer is all of these.

Question 7 - The correct answer is all of these.

11.9 Severe Storms

Question 5 - Tropical cyclones may also be called hurricanes or typhoons.  Typhoons is the correct answer.

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Unit 11 Completion Dates: Monday March 28 - Sunday April 3

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Unit 11 Completion Dates: Monday March 28 - Sunday April 3

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Monday March 28
*11.0 Introduction to Unit 11
*11.1 Unit 11 Flashcards
*11.2 Air Pressure and Winds
*11.3 The Jet Streams and Fronts
*11.4 Local Wind Patterns

Tuesday March 29
*11.5 What Effect Do Hurricanes Have on Us? Discussion Forum

Wednesday March 30
*11.6 Coastal Winds Gizmo

Thursday March 31
*11.7 Coriolis Effect Tutorial
*11.8 Weather Maps Gizmo

Friday April 1
*11.9 Severe Storms

NOTE: All of Unit 8 is DUE on Sunday, April 3

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16.2 Energy Resources

Question 1 - The correct answer is chemical energy.

16.3 Non-Renewable Energy Resources

Question 1 - The correct answer is “more than 100 million years.”

Question 2 - The correct answer is “oil and natural gas.”

Question 3 - The correct answer is “coal.”

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15.2 Human Populations

Question 2 - The correct answer is “more than doubled.”

Question 4 - The correct answer is “10,000 years ago.”

15.4 What is a Watershed?

Question 2 - The correct answer is 40%.

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10.5 Layers of the Atmosphere

Question 8 - The correct answer is True. The Force of the atmosphere pushing down on earth is called atmospheric pressure.

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Message me in your dashboard, email jthorne@ed.sc.gov or 803-310-3298

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9.4 Water Erosion

Question 5 - The correct answer is "all of these"

9.5 Wind Erosion
Question 3 - What is needed for a sand dune to form? Answer: Plenty of Sand

9.11 Design It Discussion

Describe a specific hazard and a design solution to reduce its impact on human activities. Be sure to respond to 2 classmates with thoughtful complete sentences.

9.14 Geology Topic Test
Questions 22-25 - Type an answer into the text box using one of the following terms: crystals, sedimentary rock, igneous rock, extrusive igneous rock, metamorphic rock, magma, sediment

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UNIT 7 & 8 CLARIFICATION (Hints/Answers)

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UNIT 7 & 8 CLARIFICATION (Hints/Answers)

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7.5 Virtual Earthquakes:

Question 1- Earthquakes create three types of seismic waves: (Primary (P), Secondary (S), and Surface). Seismic waves cause earthquakes.

Question 3- The most intense earthquakes happen at subduction zones.

Question 5 - Earthquake waves are detected and recorded with a seismometer.  The intensity of an earthquake is measured on the Moment Magnitude Scale, also known as the Richter Scale.

7.6 Natural Hazards:
Part 1: Read the information about Natural Disasters and any other research you can find on this topic to explain how natural hazards and other geologic events have shaped the course of human history.  14 points

Part 2: Follow up your original post by responding to two student posts anywhere in any thread. (3 points per thoughtful response).

8.2 Intro to Rocks and Minerals:

Question 3: In the video it says "Most of Earth is made of igneous rock." At 0:40 seconds it also says "Over 75% of Earth’s land is covered by sedimentary rocks." The correct answer is sedimentary rocks.

8.3 Rocks:
Question 3: Discuss the damage to the White House and what was done to fix it to earn full points.

Question 4:

1. What is lithification? Explain how this process takes place. (1 point)

2. Why do the rock layers differ in color? (1 point)

3. If you see a sedimentary outcrop and red layers of sand are at the top of pale layers of rock, what does this tell you about the ages of the rock layers? (1 point)

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Assignment 6.2 Introduction of Radioactive Dating

Question 7 How to work this problem:

t= [ln (25/100) / (-0.693)] x 5,000,000

t=  [ln 0.25 / -0.693] x 5,000,000

t= [-1.4 / -0.693] x 5,000,000

t= 2.02 x 5,000,000

t= 10,100,000 years

Question 8 How to work this problem:
t= [ln (40/100) / (-0.693)] x 5,730

t=  [ln 0.4 / -0.693] x 5,730

t= [-0.9 / -0.693] x 5,730

t= 1.3 x 5,730

t= 7,449 years

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Assignment 5.2 All About Planet Earth

Question 4 - The moon and the earth are very similar in composition–this means the makeup of the two are similar; however, the moon and earth are NOT similar in regard to atmosphere. The moon is 4.5 billion years old, was formed around the same time as the earth and is about the size of mercury.

Assignment 5.3 Earth’s Structure
Question 5 - Read the linked article to find out the author's prediction about the future of Earth's mantle. Write your answer in complete sentences with detail including whether or not you support this prediction.

Assignment 5.4 Geologic Time Scale
Question 1 - Use the information below the question in the next to last paragraph.

Questions 10, 11, and 12 - Use the information from the video.

More about Question 10 - Pause the video at time 1:23 to find the answer to this question. The Geologic Time Scale is also linked on this post for easier viewing.

Question 13 - Read the content ABOVE the video.

Questions 14-19 – Use the information in the video.

Assignment 5.6 Stories from the Fossil Record

Question 4 - The correct answer is False.  When viewing rock layers, the youngest fossils are on top.

Question 5 - The correct answer is False.  Fossils can and do tell us about past environmental conditions.  Using fossils, we can see how organisms have changed over time to allow them to better adapt to their environment.

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4.2 Introduction to the Solar System: Important Scientists (Question 4)
Galileo = the scientist who provided evidence for the heliocentric model of the solar system

Kepler = the scientist who discovered that the orbits of planets are elliptical rather than circular

Ptolemy = the scientist who revised the geocentric model of the solar system to account for retrograde motions of some planets

Copernican Revolution = geocentric model, shift from an Earth-centered to a sun-centered model of the solar system

4.9 Our Solar System Topic Test
Kepler's Laws
QUESTION 14:  The cube of the orbital radius is proportional to the square of the period for any orbiting body.
ANSWER: Kepler's 3rd Law

QUESTION 15: A planet speeds up as it gets closer to the Sun, and slows down as it moves farther away.

ANSWER: Kepler's 2nd Law

QUESTION 16: An orbit is in the shape of a slightly flattened circle or ellipse.

ANSWER: Kepler's 1st Law

QUESTION 17: For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force.

ANSWER: None of Kepler's Laws.

(This is actually Newton's 3rd Law of Motion)