Earth Science

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Dear Parents and Students,

Our science class will soon begin exploring Earth Science

Florida Sunshine State Standards
The following standards are addressed in this chapter:

D.1.3.2    knows that over the whole Earth, organisms are growing, dying, and decaying as new organisms are produced by the old ones.

D.1.3.4 AA    knows the ways in which plants and animals reshape the landscape (e.g., bacteria, fungi, worms, rodents, and other organisms add organic matter to the soil, increasing the soil fertility, encouraging plant growth, and strengthening resistance to erosion).

G.2.3.2 CS    knows that all biotic and abiotic factors are interrelated and that if one factor is changed or removed, it impacts the availability of other resources within the system.

G.2.3.3 CS    knows that a brief change in the limited resources of an ecosystem may alter the size of a population or the average size of individual organisms and that long-term change may result in the elimination of animal and plant populations inhabiting the Earth.

D.2.3.2    knows the positive and negative consequences of human action on the Earth’s systems.

G.1.3.5    knows that life is maintained by a continuous input of energy from the sun and by the recycling of the atoms that make up the molecules of living things.

G.2.3.4 AA    understands that humans are a part of an ecosystem and their activities may deliberately or inadvertently alter the equilibrium in ecosystems.

D.1.3.1 CS    knows that mechanical and chemical activities shape and reshape the Earth’s land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas, sometimes in seasonal layers.

D.1.3.5 CS    understands concepts of time and size relating to the interaction of Earth’s processes.

G.2.3.2 CS    knows that all biotic and abiotic factors are interrelated and that if one factor is changed or removed, it impacts the availability of other resources within the system.

G.2.3.3 CS    knows that a brief change in the limited resources of an ecosystem may alter the size of a population or the average size of an organism and that long-term change may result in the elimination of animal and plant populations inhabiting the Earth.

G.2.3.4 AA    understands that humans are a part of an ecosystem and their activities may deliberately or inadvertently alter the equilibrium in ecosystems.

B.1.3.6 AA    knows the properties of waves (e.g., frequency, wavelength, and amplitude); that each wave consists of a number of crests and troughs; and the effects of different media on waves.

D.1.3.1 CS    knows that mechanical and chemical activities shape and reshape the Earth’s land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas, sometimes in seasonal layers.

D.1.3.5 CS    understands concepts of time and size relating to the interaction of Earth’s processes.

G.1.3.4 AA    knows that the interactions of organisms with each other and with the nonliving parts of their environments result in the flow of energy and the cycling of matter throughout the system.

Ch 14 Study Guide (doc file)

2.1 Reading Guide (pdf file)

2.2 Reading Guide (pdf file)

2.3 Reading Guide (pdf file)

4.3 Reading Guide (pdf file)

5.1 Reading Guide (pdf file)

5.2 Reading Guide (pdf file)

5.3 Reading Guide (pdf file)

6.1 Reading Guide (pdf file)

7.1 Reading Guide (pdf file)

7.2 Reading Guide (pdf file)

7.3 Reading Guide (pdf file)

8.1 Reading Guide (pdf file)

9.1 Reading Guide (pdf file)

9.2 Reading Guide (pdf file)

9.3 Reading Guide (pdf file)

14.1 Reading Guide (pdf file)

14.2 Reading Guide (pdf file)

14.3 Reading Guide (pdf file)

Chapter 14 Study Guide (doc file)
Topic: Fossils and history of life on Earth

File Ocean Env Notes08:09.doc (doc file)
Ocean Environments Printout Notes

Directions for Earth's Water Brochure (doc file)

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