This is a potpourri unit with bits of many chapters so follow along closely.
Ch 15.1 The Composition of Sea Water
Week 1
April 18-21
Objectives:
1. What units are used to express the salinity of sea water?
What elements are solutes in sea water?
2. What are two sources of salt in sea water?
3.
- Class Notes ch 15.1
- pages 158-159 The Water Cycle (should be a review)
- Lab Modeling Water Masses
- Lab/Demonstration “Floating Cubes”
- Conclude labs + complete class notes
- Homework
- Read pp.422-427 Do page 427 (1-8)
- Quiz ch 15.1 Thurs
Week 2
April 25-29
Ch 16.1
Objectives:
1. Ocean currents
- how do they develop?
- how do they affect climate?
2. Horizontal currents
- surface currents
- gyres
3. Vertical currents
- Upwelling and why it is important
- Density currents and how they form
ch 16.2 Waves and Tides
Waves
- What 3 factors affect the characteristics of a wave?
- How does energy more through a wave?
- Describe how breaking waves form.
Tides
- Explain what causes high tides and low tides
- Distinguish between Spring tides and neap tides
- What moon is associated with each tide?
Ch 16.1 and 16.2 448-460
Gyres lab
Observation of Tides Lab
Ch 17.1 and 17.2 476-487
Objectives:
- 1. Distinguish between weather and climate
- 2. Explain what causes seasons
- 3. Describe the composition of the atmosphere
Class notes ch 17. 1
Objectives:
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17.3 Temperature Controls
Objectives:
1. What is a temperature control?
2. How do heating land and water differ?
3. Why do some clouds reflect a portion of sunlight back to space?
On line quizzes. Remember- we have not covered everything in every chapter so the quizzes will have questions that we have not covered.