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Course Syllabus 
Classroom Rules/Expectations
Earth/Environmental Science NC Standards
1. Introduction to Earth/Environmental Science
A - Branches of Earth/Environmental Science
Vocabulary 1 -* In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: geology, oceanography, meteorology, astronomy, environmental science, ecology, geochemistry
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 1-1 Branches of Earth Science 
Complete Ch 1-1 Reading Worksheet 
Branches of Science Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
B - Scientific Method
Vocabulary 2 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: Scientific method, observation, inference, hypothesis, independent (manipulated) variable, dependent (responding) variable, controlled experiment, quantitative data, qualitative data, constant, analyze, conclusion
The Scientific Process - Video 
The Scientific Process Video Worksheet
Google Slides Notes Presentation - Science and the Scientific Method 
Science and the Scientific Method Guided Notes Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 1-2 Scientific Methods in Earth Science
Complete Ch 1-2 Reading Worksheet
Scientific Method Worksheet 1 Scientific Method: Critical Thinking Worksheet
Scientific Method: Performing an Experiment Worksheet
Scientific Method Virtual Laboratory 
Scientific Method Laboratory Worksheet
Vocabulary 3 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: Scientific theory, scientific law, physical model, mathematical model, conceptual model
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 1-3 Scientific Models
Complete Ch 1-3 Reading Worksheet
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2. Earth's Role and Place in Space
North Carolina Standards:
EEn.1.1.1 Explain the Earth’s motion through space, including precession, nutation, the barycenter, and its path about the galaxy.
EEn.1.1.2 Explain how the Earth’s rotation and revolution about the Sun affect its shape and is related to seasons and tides.
EEn.1.1.3 Explain how the sun produces energy which is transferred to the Earth by radiation.
EEn.1.1.4 Explain how incoming solar energy makes life possible on Earth.
Objectives:
* Explain the origin of the Earth’s motion based on the origin of the galaxy and its solar system.
• Recall Earth’s role in the hierarchy of organization within the universe and in the developmental continuum. (Universe is made of galaxies which are made of many stars. Some stars have planetary systems similar to our solar system.
* Earth is a satellite planet of one particular star.
Vocabulary 4 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: Big bang theory, cosmology
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 19-4 Formation of the Universe
Chapter 19-4 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 5 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: nebula, solar nebula, nuclear fusion, sunspot
Google Slides Notes Presentation: A Solar System is Born
A Solar System is Born Notes Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 20-1 A Solar System is Born
Chapter 20-1 Reading Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 20-2 The Sun: Our Very Own Star
Chapter 20-2 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 6 - * In your vocabulary notebook, list and explain Kepler's 3 laws of planetary motion, precession, nutation, barycenter, revolution, rotation, perihelion, aphilion
Planetary Motion - Google Slides Presentation Planetary Motion Notes Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 20-4: Planetary Motion
Chapter 20-4 Reading Worksheet Bill Nye Explains Seasons - Video
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion - Video
Planetary Motion Worksheet (Quiz)
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3. Earth Takes Shape
EEn.2.1.1 Explain how the rock cycle, plate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes impact the lithosphere.
EEn.2.1.2 Predict the locations of volcanoes, earthquakes, and faults based on information contained in a variety of maps.
EEn.2.1.3 Explain how natural actions such as weathering, erosion (wind, water and gravity), and soil formation affect Earth’s surface.
EEn.2.1.4 Explain the probability of and preparation for geohazards such as landslides, avalanches, earthquakes and volcanoes in a particular area based on available data
Vocabulary 7 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: asthenosphere, core, crust, lithosphere, mantle, mesosphere, tectonic plates
The Earth Takes Shape - Google Slides Presentation
The Earth Takes Shape Notes Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 20-3 The Earth Takes Shape
Chapter 20-3 Reading Worksheet
Structure and Composition of Earth - Video
Structure and Composition of Earth - Video Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 7-1 Inside the Earth
Chapter 7-1 Reading Worksheet
Earth's Structure Worksheet
Annenberg Learner - Interactives: Dynamic Earth Virtual Laboratory
Dynamic Earth - Interactive Worksheet
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CONTINENTAL DRIFT
Vocabulary 8 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: seafloor spreading, continental drift
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 7-2 Restless Continents
Chapter 7-2 Reading Worksheet Continental Drift - Video
Continental Drift - Google Slides Presentation Continental Drift Notes Worksheet
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PLATE TECTONICS
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 7-3 Theory of Plate Tectonics
Chapter 7-3 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 9 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: convergent boundary, divergent boundary, transform boundary, rift valley, subduction zone.
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Virtual Laboratory 1
Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Laboratory 1 Worksheet
Plate Tectonics Phet Virtual Laboratory Phet Plate Tectonics Laboratory Worksheet
Annenberg Learner: Plate Boundaries Virtual Laboratory
Plate Tectonics - Boundaries Worksheet
Seafloor Spreading Worksheet
Vocabulary 10 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: Compression, fault, folding, subsidence, tension, uplift, mantle plume
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 7-4 Deforming The Earth's Crust
Chapter 7-4 Reading Worksheet
Deforming Earth's Crust - Google Slides presentation Deforming Earth's Crust Notes Worksheet
Plate Tectonics Review Worksheet
Tectonics Practice Test
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EARTHQUAKES
Vocabulary 11 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: deformation, elastic rebound, P wave, S wave, seismic wave, seismology
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 8-1 What are Earthquakes?
Chapter 8-1 Reading Worksheet
What are Earthquakes? - Google Slides presentation What are Earthquakes - Notes Worksheet
Vocabulary 12 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: epicenter, focus, seismogram, seismograph
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 8-2 Measuring Earthquakes
Chapter 8-2 Reading Worksheet
The World's Deadliest Earthquakes | Mega Disaster | Spark - Video
Vocabulary 13 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: gap hypothesis, seismic gap
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 8-3 Earthquakes and Society
Chapter 8-3 Reading Worksheet
Locating an Earthquake Virtual Laboratory Locating an Earthquake Lab Worksheet
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VOLCANOES
Vocabulary 14 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: magma chamber, vent, volcano, aa lava, pahoehoe lava, pillow lava, pyroclastic flows.
Volcanic Eruptions - Google Slides Presentation Volcanic Eruptions Guided Notes Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 9-1 Volcanic Eruptions
Volcano Project and Scoring Rubric
Vocabulary 15 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: caldera, crater, lava plateau, shield volcano, cinder cone volcano, composite volcano, hot spot
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 9-2 Effects of Volcanic Eruptions
Chapter 9-2 Reading Worksheet
Hot Spot Graphing Worksheet
Annenberg Learner Interactive - Volcanoes Virtual Laboratory
Virtual Volcano Laboratory Volcano Laboratory Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 9-3 Causes of Volcanic Eruptions
Chapter 9-3 Reading Worksheet
Hot Spot Graphing Worksheet
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ROCKS: MINERAL MIXTURES
Vocabulary 16 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: composition, deposition, erosion, rock, rock cycle, texture
Bill Nye Rock Cycle - Video
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 4-1 The Rock Cycle
Chapter 4-1 Reading Worksheet
Annenberg Learner Interactive Virtual Laboratory - The Rock Cycle
The Rock Cycle Interactive Worksheet
Classifying Rocks Google Slides Presentation Classifying Rocks Notes Worksheet
Classifying Rocks Questions Worksheet
Vocabulary 17 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: extrusive igneous rock, intrusive igneous rock
Igneous Rock - Video
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 4-2 Igneous Rock
Chapter 4-2 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 18 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: deposition, compaction, cementation, sedimentary rock, strata, stratification, weathering
Sedimentary Rock - Video
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 4-3 Sedimentary Rock
Chapter 4-3 Reading Worksheet
Virtual Rock Laboratory Virtual Rock Lab Report Worksheet
Vocabulary 19 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: contact metamorphism, regional metamorphism, foliated, nonfoliated
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 4-4 Metamorphic Rocks
Chapter 4-4 Reading Worksheet
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Weathering/Erosion/Soil Formation
Vocabulary 20 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: abrasion, acid precipitation, chemical weathering, mechanical weathering, weathering.
Read and answer check for understanding and worksheet questions Chapter 10-1 Weathering
Vocabulary 21 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: differential weathering, climate, elevation, slope, surface area.
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 10-2 Rates of Weathering
Chapter 10-2 Reading Worksheet
Virtual Weathering Laboratory Weathering Laboratory Worksheet
Vocabulary 22 - In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: bedrock, humus, leaching, parent rock, soil, soil structure, soil texture
Soil - Google Slides Presentation Soil Notes Worksheet
Soil Article Assignment and Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 10-3 From Bedrock to Soil
Chapter 10-3 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 23 - In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: erosion, soil conservation, habitat, contour plowing, terraces, no-till farming, cover crops, crop rotation
Rocks and Soil - Bill Nye Video
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 10-4 Soil Conservation
Chapter 10-4 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 23A - In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: Sand, Silt, Clay, Permeability, Porosity
Soil Type and Groundwater Virtual Laboratory Soil Type and Groundwater Lab Worksheet
Rocks and Soil Test Review Worksheet
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The Flow of Fresh Water
Vocabulary 24 - In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: Channel, divide, erosion, load, tributary, water cycle, watershed.
Vocabulary 25 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, percolation, surface runoff, infiltration, groundwater.
The Water Cycle Web Based Worksheet
The Water Cycle - Review Video
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 11-1 The Active River
Chapter 11-1 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 26 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: alluvial fan, delta, deposition, floodplain
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 11-2 Stream and River Deposits
Chapter 11-2 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 27 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: aquifer, artesian spring, permeability, porosity, recharge zone, water table
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 11-3 Water Underground
Chapter 11-3 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 28 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: nonpoint - source pollution, point - source pollution, septic tank, sewage treatment plant
Vocabulary 28a - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the term: Tragedy of the Commons, Drip irrigation
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 11-4 Using Water Wisely
Chapter 11-4 Reading Worksheet
Using Water Wisely - Google Slides Presentation Using Water Wisely Notes Worksheet
Using Water Wisely Review Worksheet
Human Impact on Freshwater Ecosystems - Web Article Human Impact Web Article Worksheet
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MIDTERM REVIEW
EEn.1.1.1 Explain the Earth’s motion through space, including precession, nutation, the barycenter, and its path about the galaxy.
Review Vocab 1 - Define the terms: Rotation, revolution, angle of insolation, summer solstice, vernal equinox, winter solstice, autumnal equinox, elipse
Review Vocab 2 - Define the terms: Precession, nutation, barycenter
Midterm Review Worksheet 1
Video Notes for Notes Box 1 from Midterm Review Worksheet 1 Midterm Review Worksheet 2
EEn.1.1.2 Explain how the Earth’s rotation and revolution about the Sun affect its shape and is related to seasons and tides.
EEn.1.1.3 Explain how the sun produces energy which is transferred to the Earth by radiation.
EEn.1.1.4 Explain how incoming solar energy makes life possible on Earth.
EEn.2.1.1 Explain how the rock cycle, plate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes impact the lithosphere.
Review Vocab 3 - Nuclear fusion, Nuclear fission, photosynthesis
Review Vocab 4 - Continental Drift, plate tectonics, earthquake, volcano, convergent boundary, divergent boundary, transform boundary
Midterm Review Worksheet 2/3
Virtual Rock Laboratory Virtual Rock Lab Report Worksheet
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AGENTS OF EROSION AND DEPOSITION
Shoreline Erosion & Deposition - Google Slides Presentation
Shoreline Erosion & Deposition Notes Worksheet
Vocabulary 29 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: beach, shoreline, longshore current, wave period, sea cliff, sea cave, sea arch, sea stack, headlands, wave-cut terraces, sandbar, barrier spit, barrier island.
Shoreline Erosion and Deposition (Coastal Battleground) Video
Shoreline Erosion & Deposition Video Worksheet
Where's The Beach - Erosion & Deposition Article Where's The Beach - Article Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 12-1 Shoreline Erosion and Deposition
Chapter 12-1 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 30 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: abrasion, deflation, dune, loess, saltation
Wind Erosion Video Wind Erosion Video Worksheet
The 'Sand Monster,' Europe's tallest dune, is migrating inland - Video
The 'Sand Monster' Video Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 12-2 Wind Erosion and Deposition
Chapter 12-2 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 31 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: glacial drift, glacier, stratified drift, till
Glaciers Video
What are Glaciers Video
Glaciers Video Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 12-3 Erosion and Deposition by Ice
Chapter 12-3 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 32 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms rock falls, rock slides, debris flow, earthflow, mudflow, creep
Gravity Erosion Video Gravity & Erosion Video Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 12-4 The Effect of Gravity on Erosion and Deposition
Chapter 12-4 Reading Worksheet
Agents of Erosion and Deposition Vocab Review Crossword Puzzle
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LANDSLIDES, AVALANCHES, TSUNAMIS
National Geographic Landslides - Video
Landslide Types and Processes - USGS Article 
Landslide Types and Processes - USGS Article Worksheet
Avalanche Facts - Video Avalanche Facts Video Worksheet
Vocabulary 33 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: avalanche, slab avalanche
Basicplanet.com Avalanche Article Avalanche Article Worksheet
National Geographic - Tsunamis 101 Video Tsunami Video Worksheet
Vocabulary 34 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: tsunami, tidal wave, bore, horizontal inundation distance, marigraph, tsunami period, runup,
Geohazards Tsunami Project Worksheet
Tsunami Assignment One Reading Article
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HUMAN IMPACTS ON THE BIOSPHERE AND LITHOSPHERE
North Carolina Standards:
EEn.2.2 Understand how human influences impact the lithosphere.
EEn.2.2.1 Explain the consequences of human activities on the lithosphere (such as mining, deforestation, agriculture, overgrazing, urbanization, and land use) past and present.
EEn.2.2.2 Compare the various methods humans use to acquire traditional energy sources (such as peat, coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear fission, and wood).
Vocabulary 35 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the following terms (This is part one of the project posted below.. follow project directions for submitting your vocab 33): Mining, deforestation, agriculture, overgrazing, urbanization, tragedy of the commons, extinction, climate change, acid rain, desertification, pollution, ecosystem, biodiversity, hectare, global warming, invasive species, overharvesting (This vocab is part of your Understanding Human Impact Project)
Understanding How Human Influences Impact the Lithosphere Project Worksheet
Understanding How Human Influences Impact the Lithosphere - Deforestation Worksheet
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INTRODUCING EARTH'S OCEANS
NC Standards:
EEn.2.3.1 Explain how water is an energy agent (currents and heat transfer).
EEn.2.4.2 Evaluate human influences on water quality in North Carolina’s river basins, wetlands and tidal environments.
EEn.2.6.4 Attribute changes to Earth’s systems to global climate change (temperature change, changes in pH of ocean, sea level changes, etc.).
Vocabulary 36 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: salinity, surface zone, thermocline, deep zone.
Introduction to Earth's Oceans Google Slide Notes Earth's Oceans Guided Notes Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 13-1 Earth's Oceans
Chapter 13-1 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 37 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: abyssal plain, continental rise, continental shelf, continental slope, mid ocean ridge, ocean trench, rift valley, seamount
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 13-2 The Ocean Floor
Chapter 13-2 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 38 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: Coriolis effect, deep current, ocean current, surface current, density driven current.
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 14-1 Currents
Chapter 14-1 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 39- *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: El Niño, La Niña, upwelling, climate, ocean gyre
Ocean Currents - Bill Nye Video
How Do Ocean Currents Work? Video
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 14-2 Currents and Climate
Chapter 14-2 Reading Worksheet Ocean Currents Worksheet
How Tides Work - Video
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 14-4 Tides
Chapter 14-4 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 40 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: desalination, nonpoint-source pollution, point-source pollution, raw sewage, sludge dumping
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 13-4 Resources from the Ocean
Chapter 13-4 Reading Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 13-5 Ocean Pollution
Chapter 13-5 Reading Worksheet
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EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE -
North Carolina Standards
EEn.2.5.1 Summarize the structure and composition of our atmosphere.
EEn.2.5.2 Explain the formation of typical air masses and the weather systems that result from air mass interactions.
EEn.2.5.3 Explain how cyclonic storms form based on the interaction of air masses.
EEn.2.5.4 Predict the weather using available weather maps and data (including surface, upper atmospheric winds, and satellite imagery).
EEn.2.5.5 Explain how human activities affect air quality.
Vocabulary 41 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: air pressure, atmosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, troposphere, ozone layer.
Characteristics of Earth's Atmosphere Video Earth's Atmosphere Video Worksheet
Earth's Atmosphere Reference Page
Characteristics of Earth's Atmosphere Google Slides Notes
Characteristics of Earth's Atmosphere Notes Worksheet
Characteristics of Earth's Atmosphere Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 15-1 Characteristics of Our Atmosphere
Chapter 15-1 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 42 - * In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: convection, global warming, greenhouse effect, radiation, thermal conduction.
Read and answer check for understanding questions Chapter 15-2 Atmospheric Heating
Chapter 15-2 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 43 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: Coriolis effect, jet stream, polar easterlies, trade winds, westerlies, wind, acid precipitation, air pollution.
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 15-3 Global Winds and Local Winds
Chapter 15-3 Reading Worksheet Global and Local Winds Review Video
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 15-4 Air Pollution
Chapter 15-4 Reading Worksheet
What Causes Air Pollution Worksheet
What are the Health Impacts of Air Pollution Reading Article and Worksheet
Acid Rain Video
What is Acid Rain Reading Article and Worksheet
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UNDERSTANDING WEATHER
Vocabulary 44 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: cloud, condensation, humidity, precipitation, relative humidity, weather, climate.
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 16-1 Water in the Air
Chapter 16-1 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 45 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: air mass, anticyclone, cyclone, front
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 16-2 Air Masses and Fronts
Chapter 16-2 Reading Worksheet Air Masses and Fronts -Review Video
Air Masses and Fronts Article and Worksheet
Vocabulary 46- *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: hurricane, lightning, thunder, thunderstorm, tornado.
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 16-3 Severe Weather
Chapter 16-3 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 47 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: anemometer, barometer, thermometer
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 16-4 Forecasting Weather
Chapter 16-4 Reading Worksheet
Predicting the Weather Virtual Laboratory Predicting Weather Laboratory Worksheet
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CLIMATE
North Carolina Standards:
EEn.2.6.1 Differentiate between weather and climate.
EEn.2.6.2 Explain changes in global climate due to natural processes.
EEn.2.6.3 Analyze the impacts that human activities have on global climate change (such as burning hydrocarbons, greenhouse effect, and deforestation).
EEn.2.6.4 Attribute changes to Earth’s systems to global climate change (temperature change, changes in pH of ocean, sea level changes, etc.).
Vocabulary 48 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: biome, climate, elevation, latitude, prevailing winds, surface current, weather.
What is Climate? - Video
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 17-1 What is Climate?
Chapter 17-1 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 49 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: tropic zone, microclimate, polar zone, temperate zone
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 17-2 The Tropics
Chapter 17-2 Reading Worksheet
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 17-3 Temperate and Polar Zones
Chapter 17-3 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 50 -*In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: global warming, greenhouse effect, ice age.
Read and answer check for understanding questions Ch 17-4 Changes in Climate
Chapter 17-4 Reading Worksheet
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ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
North Carolina Standards:
EEn.2.7.1 Explain how abiotic and biotic factors interact to create the various biomes in North Carolina.
EEn.2.7.2 Explain why biodiversity is important to the biosphere.
EEn.2.7.3 Explain how human activities impact the biosphere.
EEn.2.8.1 Evaluate alternative energy technologies for use in North Carolina.
EEn.2.8.2 Critique conventional and sustainable agriculture and aquaculture practices in terms of their environmental impacts.
EEn.2.8.3 Explain the effects of uncontrolled population growth on the Earth’s resources.
EEn.2.8.4 Evaluate the concept of “reduce, reuse, recycle” in terms of impact on natural resources.
Vocabulary 51 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: abiotic factor, biotic factor, habitat, niche (neesh), organism, species, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere, biodiversity, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism.
Read and answer check for understanding questions Bio Ch 2-1 Organisms and Their Environment
Bio Chapter 2-1 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 52 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: autotrophs, biomass, decomposers, food chain, food web, heterotroph, trophic level.
Read and answer check for understanding questions Bio Ch 2-2 Nutrition and Energy Flow
Chapter 2-2 Reading Worksheet
Vocabulary 53 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: climax community, limiting factor, primary succession, secondary succession.
Ecological Succession Video -
Read and answer check for understanding and worksheet questions Bio Ch 3-1 Communities
Vocabulary 54 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: biome, desert, estuary, grassland, intertidal zone, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, tundra.
Read and answer check for understanding and worksheet questions Bio Ch 3-2 Biomes
Vocabulary 55 - *In your vocabulary notebook, list and describe the major features of the three biomes of North Carolina - Coastal, Piedmont, Appalachian Mountains.
Major Biomes of the World and North Carolina - Article and Worksheet
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POPULATION DYNAMICS
Vocabulary 56 - *In your vocabulary notebook, define the terms: carrying capacity, density dependent factors, density independent factors, exponential growth, life history pattern.
Read and answer check for understanding and worksheet questions Bio -ES Ch 4.1 Population Dynamics