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Diff Geoscience 4th Quarter Openers

DIFFGeoscience Openers 4th quarter

May 12

No opener computer

May 13

  1. What is the Big Bang Theory?
  2. What are pieces of evidence for the Big Bang Theory?

 

Big Bang Theory song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0p04CLd0gk

Big Bang Theory song with lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g15bcUXWXuk

May 14

  1. Compare and contrast apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude.
  2. How can you tell the temperature of a star?
  3. How can you tell how far a star is away from Earth?

 

 

May 15

1.  Place the stages of the life cycle of a star in order.
black dwarf, main sequence, nebula planetary, nebula, protostar,  white dwarf
2.  When does a protostar “officially” become a star?
3.  At what temperature does nuclear fusion occur?

Examine the HR diagram.

  • HR diagram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  Where would you find….

  • small hot stars?
  • large cool stars?
  • our sun?
  • red dwarfs?

5.  Where are the oldest stars found?  the youngest?

 

May 16

Quiz

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May 5

No opener- computer lab

May 6

1.  What is the electromagnetic spectrum?

2.  What are the wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum in order?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjOGNVH3D4Y&feature=related

 

3.  What is the Doppler Effect?

Fun Science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIvVzJ6KZpk

Big Bang Theory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn35SB1_NYI&feature=related

4.  What direction is the object traveling?  Left to right or right to left

doppler

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  In what direction is an object traveling if it is Doppler “red” shifted?

 

May 7

What is a chromatic aberration?

 

What are 3 properties of optical telescopes?

 

Compare and contrast the different types of telescopes.

Screen Shot 2014-05-07 at 10.01.51 AM

 

 

 

 

May 8

May 9

Quiz Ch 23.1, 24.1, 24.2

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April 28

No opener computer lab

April 29

No opener- class activity

April 30

1.  List the four layers of the atmosphere from closest to Earth to furthest from Earth.

mesosphere       stratosphere       thermosphere       troposphere

 

2.  What heat the troposphere?

3.  What heats the stratosphere?

 

Be able to explain…

  1. What causes seasons?
  2. Why are the seasons in the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere opposite?
  3. What is an equinox?
  4. What is a solstice?

 

seasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MITK12 Earth’s Tilt:  The reason for the season  5:38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgq0LThW7QA

Seasons:  What causes seasons?  10:48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcquRMaVSKU

Harvard students explain the causes of the seasons:  1:49

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wk4qG2mIg

Private Universe 8:58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrXaQu_qGeo

 

May 1

  1. What is the difference between heat and temperature?
  2. Describe the three methods of heat transfer.
  3. What are 3 things that can happen when solar radiation strikes Earth?
  4. Examine the figure.  What total percent of the Sun’s energy is reflected from Earth?

 

Eureka!  Heat vs Temperature 4:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxBTEMnrZZk

Eureka!  Conduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpkyuqial8o

Eureka!  Convection 4:51

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuxMRpWvsdw

Eureka!  Radiation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JZciWtK6vc

 

 

April 22 Wed

  1. What is a spring tide?
  2. What is a neap tide?
  3. How often does the cycle repeat?

Learn about tides (0:51)

http://on.aol.com/video/learn-about-the-tides-117573620

Learn about tides (0:55)

http://on.aol.com/video/learn-about-the-tides-117573620

Bay of Fundy -Tidal Bore  (3:31)

http://vimeo.com/4833270

What causes tides? This is NOT a one word answer

  1. How many high tides occur each day?
  2. Why does high tide occur approximately 1 hour later each day?
  3. Which type of tide, spring or neap would be occurring in the sketch?

Screen Shot 2014-04-24 at 7.44.16 AM

 

 

5.  Examine the tide data

  • Draw a full moon at its corresponding position on the graph
  • Draw a quarter moon at its corresponding position on the graph

 

Screen Shot 2014-04-24 at 7.45.52 AM

 

6. Complete the chart

Spring and neap High and low
Caused by the moon’s revolution around the Earth
Caused by the Earth’s rotation
Cycles every 24 hours
Cycles 28 days
Influences by the sun and moon

 

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  1. Salinity of sea water is increased by ______________ the amount of fresh water.
  2. Salinity of sea water is decreased by ______________ the amount of fresh water.
  3. List 3 processes that decrease salinity
  4. List 2 process that increase salinity

 

1.  Rank the types of water from LEAST dense (on top) to MOST dense on the bottom

  • _________  Least dense
  • _________
  • _________
  • _________ Most dense

2.  What two factors affect sea water density?

3.  What is a density current?

4.  What is upwelling?

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Identify each graph where the Y-axis represent depth and the x-axis increases from left to right

temp vs depth at high latitude             density vs depth at high latitude

temp vs depth at low latitude               density vs depth at low latitude

Screen Shot 2014-04-10 at 7.34.52 AM

 

 

 

Geoscience Openers 4th quarter

May 12

No opener computer

May 13

  1. What is the Big Bang Theory?
  2. What are pieces of evidence for the Big Bang Theory?

 

Big Bang Theory song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0p04CLd0gk

Big Bang Theory song with lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g15bcUXWXuk

May 14

  1. Compare and contrast apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude.
  2. How can you tell the temperature of a star?
  3. How can you tell how far a star is away from Earth?

 

 

May 15

1.  Place the stages of the life cycle of a star in order.
black dwarf, main sequence, nebula planetary, nebula, protostar,  white dwarf
2.  When does a protostar “officially” become a star?
3.  At what temperature does nuclear fusion occur?

Examine the HR diagram.

  • HR diagram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  Where would you find….

  • small hot stars?
  • large cool stars?
  • our sun?
  • red dwarfs?

5.  Where are the oldest stars found?  the youngest?

 

May 16

Quiz

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May 5

No opener- computer lab

May 6

1.  What is the electromagnetic spectrum?

2.  What are the wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum in order?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjOGNVH3D4Y&feature=related

 

3.  What is the Doppler Effect?

Fun Science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIvVzJ6KZpk

Big Bang Theory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn35SB1_NYI&feature=related

4.  What direction is the object traveling?  Left to right or right to left

doppler

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  In what direction is an object traveling if it is Doppler “red” shifted?

 

May 7

What is a chromatic aberration?

 

What are 3 properties of optical telescopes?

 

Compare and contrast the different types of telescopes.

Screen Shot 2014-05-07 at 10.01.51 AM

 

 

 

 

May 8

May 9

Quiz Ch 23.1, 24.1, 24.2

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April 28

No opener computer lab

April 29

No opener- class activity

April 30

1.  List the four layers of the atmosphere from closest to Earth to furthest from Earth.

mesosphere       stratosphere       thermosphere       troposphere

 

2.  What heat the troposphere?

3.  What heats the stratosphere?

 

Be able to explain…

  1. What causes seasons?
  2. Why are the seasons in the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere opposite?
  3. What is an equinox?
  4. What is a solstice?

 

seasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MITK12 Earth’s Tilt:  The reason for the season  5:38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgq0LThW7QA

Seasons:  What causes seasons?  10:48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcquRMaVSKU

Harvard students explain the causes of the seasons:  1:49

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wk4qG2mIg

Private Universe 8:58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrXaQu_qGeo

 

May 1

  1. What is the difference between heat and temperature?
  2. Describe the three methods of heat transfer.
  3. What are 3 things that can happen when solar radiation strikes Earth?
  4. Examine the figure.  What total percent of the Sun’s energy is reflected from Earth?

 

Eureka!  Heat vs Temperature 4:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxBTEMnrZZk

Eureka!  Conduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpkyuqial8o

Eureka!  Convection 4:51

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuxMRpWvsdw

Eureka!  Radiation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JZciWtK6vc

 

 

May 2

Quiz Ch 17

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April 21

No opener- Lab

April 22

What is a spring tide?

What is a neap tide?

How often does the cycle repeat?

Learn about tides (0:51)

http://on.aol.com/video/learn-about-the-tides-117573620

Learn about tides (0:55)

http://on.aol.com/video/learn-about-the-tides-117573620

 

Bay of Fundy -Tidal Bore  (3:31)

http://vimeo.com/4833270

April 23

No opener- ACT day

April 24

  1. What causes tides? This is NOT a one word answer
  2. How many high tides occur each day?
  3. Why does high tide occur approximately 1 hour later each day?
  4. Which type of tide, spring or neap would be occurring in the sketch?

Screen Shot 2014-04-24 at 7.44.16 AM

 

 

5.  Examine the tide data

  • Draw a full moon at its corresponding position on the graph
  • Draw a quarter moon at its corresponding position on the graph

 

Screen Shot 2014-04-24 at 7.45.52 AM

 

 

6. Complete the chart

 

Spring and neap High and low
Caused by the moon’s revolution around the Earth
Caused by the Earth’s rotation
Cycles every 24 hours
Cycles 28 days
Influences by the sun and moon

April 25

 

1.  Label the wave.

Screwave

2.  What 3 factors affect wave characteristics (wave length, wave height, and period )?

 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageseas/multimedia/wavemachine.html

3.  Use the diagram to explain what causes breaking waves (surf).

 

surf

If a wavelength is 20 meters, at what depth will the wave characteristic change?

 

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April 16

What is a gyre?

What is the Coriolis Effect?  Watch video

Coriolis Effect 0:21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_36MiCUS1ro

Coriolis free throw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TjOy56-x8Q

 

Ocean Heroes:  What is a gyre?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6i16CrI8ss

Ocean Heroes:  The Plastic Problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BL5o7nRKtE

 

Why was Antarctica’s average temperature 74 degrees ?

Why has it slowly cooled?

Screen Shot 2014-04-17 at 8.01.14 AM

 

NASA Sci Files  Surface currents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCorkyBe66o

 

 

Tide Openers

  1. What causes tides? This is NOT a one word answer
  2. How many high tides occur each day?
  3. Why does high tide occur approximately 1 hour later each day?
  4. Which type of tide, spring or neap would be occurring in the sketch?

Screen Shot 2014-04-24 at 7.44.16 AM

 

 

5.  Examine the tide data

  • Draw a full moon at its corresponding position on the graph
  • Draw a quarter moon at its corresponding position on the graph

 

Screen Shot 2014-04-24 at 7.45.52 AM

 

 

6. Complete the chart

 

Spring and neap High and low
Caused by the moon’s revolution around the Earth
Caused by the Earth’s rotation
Cycles every 24 hours
Cycles 28 days
Influences by the sun and moon

Wave Openers

1.  Label the wave.

Screwave

 

Geoscience Openers 4th quarter

May 12

No opener computer

May 13

  1. What is the Big Bang Theory?
  2. What are pieces of evidence for the Big Bang Theory?

 

Big Bang Theory song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0p04CLd0gk

Big Bang Theory song with lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g15bcUXWXuk

May 14

  1. Compare and contrast apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude.
  2. How can you tell the temperature of a star?
  3. How can you tell how far a star is away from Earth?

 

 

May 15

1.  Place the stages of the life cycle of a star in order.
black dwarf, main sequence, nebula planetary, nebula, protostar,  white dwarf
2.  When does a protostar “officially” become a star?
3.  At what temperature does nuclear fusion occur?

Examine the HR diagram.

  • HR diagram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  Where would you find….

  • small hot stars?
  • large cool stars?
  • our sun?
  • red dwarfs?

5.  Where are the oldest stars found?  the youngest?

 

May 16

Quiz

———————————————————————————————

May 5

No opener- computer lab

May 6

1.  What is the electromagnetic spectrum?

2.  What are the wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum in order?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjOGNVH3D4Y&feature=related

 

3.  What is the Doppler Effect?

Fun Science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIvVzJ6KZpk

Big Bang Theory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn35SB1_NYI&feature=related

4.  What direction is the object traveling?  Left to right or right to left

doppler

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  In what direction is an object traveling if it is Doppler “red” shifted?

 

May 7

What is a chromatic aberration?

 

What are 3 properties of optical telescopes?

 

Compare and contrast the different types of telescopes.

Screen Shot 2014-05-07 at 10.01.51 AM

 

 

 

 

May 8

May 9

Quiz Ch 23.1, 24.1, 24.2

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April 28

No opener computer lab

April 29

No opener- class activity

April 30

1.  List the four layers of the atmosphere from closest to Earth to furthest from Earth.

mesosphere       stratosphere       thermosphere       troposphere

 

2.  What heat the troposphere?

3.  What heats the stratosphere?

 

Be able to explain…

  1. What causes seasons?
  2. Why are the seasons in the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere opposite?
  3. What is an equinox?
  4. What is a solstice?

 

seasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MITK12 Earth’s Tilt:  The reason for the season  5:38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgq0LThW7QA

Seasons:  What causes seasons?  10:48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcquRMaVSKU

Harvard students explain the causes of the seasons:  1:49

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wk4qG2mIg

Private Universe 8:58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrXaQu_qGeo

 

May 1

  1. What is the difference between heat and temperature?
  2. Describe the three methods of heat transfer.
  3. What are 3 things that can happen when solar radiation strikes Earth?
  4. Examine the figure.  What total percent of the Sun’s energy is reflected from Earth?

 

Eureka!  Heat vs Temperature 4:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxBTEMnrZZk

Eureka!  Conduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpkyuqial8o

Eureka!  Convection 4:51

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuxMRpWvsdw

Eureka!  Radiation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JZciWtK6vc

 

 

May 2

Quiz Ch 17

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April 21

No opener- Lab

April 22

What is a spring tide?

What is a neap tide?

How often does the cycle repeat?

Learn about tides (0:51)

http://on.aol.com/video/learn-about-the-tides-117573620

Learn about tides (0:55)

http://on.aol.com/video/learn-about-the-tides-117573620

 

Bay of Fundy -Tidal Bore  (3:31)

http://vimeo.com/4833270

April 23

No opener- ACT day

April 24

  1. What causes tides? This is NOT a one word answer
  2. How many high tides occur each day?
  3. Why does high tide occur approximately 1 hour later each day?
  4. Which type of tide, spring or neap would be occurring in the sketch?

Screen Shot 2014-04-24 at 7.44.16 AM

 

 

5.  Examine the tide data

  • Draw a full moon at its corresponding position on the graph
  • Draw a quarter moon at its corresponding position on the graph

 

Screen Shot 2014-04-24 at 7.45.52 AM

 

 

6. Complete the chart

 

Spring and neap High and low
Caused by the moon’s revolution around the Earth
Caused by the Earth’s rotation
Cycles every 24 hours
Cycles 28 days
Influences by the sun and moon

April 25

 

1.  Label the wave.

Screwave

2.  What 3 factors affect wave characteristics (wave length, wave height, and period )?

 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageseas/multimedia/wavemachine.html

3.  Use the diagram to explain what causes breaking waves (surf).

 

surf

If a wavelength is 20 meters, at what depth will the wave characteristic change?

 

——————————————————————————–

April 14

  • No opener- computer lab

April 15

What is a gyre?

What is the Coriolis Effect?  Watch video

Coriolis Effect 0:21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_36MiCUS1ro

Coriolis free throw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TjOy56-x8Q

 

April 16

Ocean Heroes:  What is a gyre?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6i16CrI8ss

Ocean Heroes:  The Plastic Problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BL5o7nRKtE

April 17

Why was Antarctica’s average temperature 74 degrees ?

Why has it slowly cooled?

Screen Shot 2014-04-17 at 8.01.14 AM

 

NASA Sci Files  Surface currents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCorkyBe66o

April 18

 

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April 7 Mon

  • No opener- computer lab

April 8 Tues

  1. What type of salt is found in sea water?
  2. What are two main sources of salt in the sea?
  3. What is average salinity of sea water?

April 9 Wed

  1. Salinity of sea water is increased by ______________ the amount of fresh water.
  2. Salinity of sea water is decreased by ______________ the amount of fresh water.
  3. List 4 processes that decrease salinity
  4. List 2 process that increase salinity

April 10 Thurs

NASA Sci Files Density currents (2:39)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVZujRMGZzs

1.  Rank the types of water from LEAST dense (on top) to MOST dense on the bottom

  • _________  Least dense
  • _________
  • _________
  • _________ Most dense

2.  What two factors affect sea water density?

3.  What is a density current?

4.  What is upwelling?

5.  Identify each graph where the Y-axis represent depth and the x-axis increases from left to right

temp vs depth at high latitude             density vs depth at high latitude

temp vs depth at low latitude               density vs depth at low latitude

Screen Shot 2014-04-10 at 7.34.52 AM

 

 

 

April 11 Fri

No opener- quiz ch 15.1 and 16.1

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March 31 Mon

  • No opener go over quizzes + begin Ch 21.1 notes

April 1 Tues

  • List 5 factors that effect climate
  • Label the sketch of a rain shadow using the terms:

warm dry air, cool wet air, windward side, leeward side

rain shadowM

 

April 2 Wed

What heats more quickly?  Land or Water

What cools more quickly?  Land or Water

What is phenology?  Phenology is the study of periodic plant and animal life cycle events and how these are influenced by seasonal and interannual variations in climate, as well as habitat factors (such as elevation).

What determines when to plant seeds?

What might factors might influence when a bird or butterfly migrate?

Bud Burst Project 6:33

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpp9NE1i2zM

Ted Talk video 3:41

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNs3XpRmRfI

 

April 3 Thurs

April 4 Friday

  • No opener Quiz

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pollen counts

trees today

 

 

 

  1. What 2 major changes occurred 14, 000 years ago?
  2. What trees were present 14, 000 to 10, 000 years ago?
  3. What major changes occurred in tress between 10, 000 to 7, 000 years ago?
  4.  Compare Earth’s temperature  from 14, 000 to 10, 000 years ago to Earth’s temperature from 10, 000 to 7, 000 years ago.   How has it changed?  What evidence do you have?

 

What is the relationship between sunspots and Earth’s temperature?  Explain with data.

solar insolation

March 25 Wed.

1.  List  5 ways the Earth’s climate has changed naturally.  Next, state if the change is short term, intermediate term, or long term climate change.

2.  Watch video and complete the chart.

orbital motion

 

 

 

 

 

link:  Nat Geo:  Ice Age Cycles  4 :39

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/ice-age-cycles/

Describe:

  • Eccentricity

http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter16/mil_cycles.html

  • Precession

http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter16/precession.html

  • Tilt (obliquity)

http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter16/tilt.html