Introduction to Earth Science and Astronomy

Box / Date / Readings and Questions to answer / Glossary terms
1 / Read pages 3-8
Answer questions page 8 / Roots handout (general introduction) fact, inference, observation, qualitative, quantitative, data, conclusion
2 / Read pages 9-13
Answer questions page 13 / analysis, conclusion, experimentation, hypothesis, inference, observation, problem, scientific method
3 / Read pages 615-620
Answer questions 1, 4 page 620
Read pages 621 – 625
Answer questions page 625
Read pages 636-629 and answer questions 1-2 page 629 / crescent, first quarter, full moon, gibbous, last quarter, lunar eclipse, new moon, penumbra, solar eclipse, umbra, waning, waxing
4 / Read pages 14-17
Answer questions page 17 / Big Bang theory, Doppler effect, red shift, scientific law, spectrum, theory
5 / Read pages 547-555
Answer questions page 554
Read pages 555-560
Answer questions page 560 / absolute magnitude, apparent magnitude, black hole, circumpolar, dwarf star, giant star, light years, main-sequence stars, nebula, neutron star, nova, parallax, rotation, spectrometer, spectrum, star, super-giant star, supernova
6 / Read pages 561-565
Answer questions page 565
Answer Chapter Review questions, Critical Thinking 1-6 and Application 1-3 page 566-567 / binary star, constellation, elliptical galaxy, galaxy, globular cluster, irregular galaxy, local group, quasar
spiral galaxy, star cluster
7 / Read pages 571-575
Answer questions 1-5 page 575
Read pages 576-579
Answer questions 1-5 page 579 / auroras, chromosphere, convective zone, core, corona, nuclear fusion, photosphere, radiative zone, solar flare, solar prominence, sunspots,
8 / Read pages 580-585
Answer questions 1-5 page 585
Answer Chapter Review questions, Critical Thinking 1-5, and Applications 1 pages 586-587 / moons, nebular theory, planetesimals,
protoplanet,
9 / Read pages 591-593
Answer questions page 593
Read pages 594-597
Answer questions 3-4 page 597
Read pages 598-605
Answer questions2-4 page 605 / apogee, astronomical unit, Brahe, Copernicus, ellipse, focus, Galileo, geocentric, heliocentric, Kepler, Newton, orbital period, perigee,
10 / Read pages 606-609
Answer questions 1-4 page 609
Answer Chapter Review questions, Critical Thinking 1-3 pages 610-611 / asteroid, comet, meteor, meteorite, meteoroid, solar wind
11 / Read pages 630-633
Answer Chapter Review questions, Critical Thinking 1-5, Application 1 pages 634-635
Read pages 23-37 answer questions pg 34 and 37 / aphelion, asthenosphere, atmosphere, axis, core, equinox, hydrosphere, gravity, magnetosphere, mantle, Moho, perihelion, precession, revolution, rotation, seismic wave, solstice
12 / Read pg. 43-45 answer questions page 45
Read pg. 46-49 answer questions page 49 / conic projection, geomagnetic pole, gnomonic projection, latitude, longitude, magnetic declination, Mercator projection, meridian, true north
13 / Read pg. 50-55 answer questions page 55 / contour interval, contour line
Unit Test

Graphic Journal

Chapter 1 / Doppler effect
Chapter 27 / types of galaxies (elliptical, spiral, irregular), parallax, HR diagram,
Chapter 28 / layers of the Sun (core, radiative zone, convective zone, photosphere, chromosphere, corona), sunspots, solar prominence, solar flare, nuclear fusion
Chapter 29 / models of the solar system (geo and heliocentric), perigee, apogee, law of equal areas, solar wind and comet’s tail,
Chapter 30 / phases of the Moon, umbra, penumbra, lunar eclipse, solar eclipse
Chapter 2 / layers of the Earth (atmosphere and interior), perihelion, aphelion,
Chapter 3 / latitude, longitude, contour (topographical) map