Chapter 3: Read pages 43-73!!! Answer the following
questions:
1. What are the four conditions for life?
The Early Earth and Plate Tectonics - YouTube
Earth the Biography: Oceans - YouTube
2. Explain earth’s temperature range and how the Greenhouse
Effect works to ensure that it stays this way.
http://www.universetoday.com/35664/temperature-of-theplanets/
The Greenhouse Effect - YouTube
The greenhouse effect - YouTube
Doomsday Pending? James Lovelock on The Hour - YouTube
3. What would cause “Global Cooling?”
4. Give two reasons why plants are so important for temperature
stability on Earth.
5. What is albedo? The Effects of Albedo on Snow/Ice Melting
- YouTube
Arctic Changes: The Big Picture - YouTube
Mirrors in Space - YouTube
5 Ways To Save The World (VARIOUS SEGMENTS) Part 1 YouTube
Recycled Plastics for Fuel : DigInfo - YouTube
6. Make a list of how water helps the Earth’s systems.
7. What are the gases of our atmosphere (by %). Is it felt it was
always like this, if not what happened to change this?
8. What would happen if the amount of oxygen in the
atmosphere increased by only 4% to become 25%? What if it
decreased a little bit? How is this delicate balanced
maintained?
9. a. Draw a diagram of the levels of the atmosphere from the
Earth’s surface.
Mr. Lee - Layers of the Atmosphere rap - YouTube
NASA SDO - Aurora; What Causes Them? - YouTube
Aurora Borealis / Educational Video - YouTube
Aurora Borealis - YouTube
Aurora Australis - YouTube
Live Felix Baumgartner Stratosphere Jump Review 2012 [HD] YouTube
b.Where does weather occur? troposhere
c.Where is the ozone? stratosphere
d. What is ozone and what does it do? O3 BLOCKS OUT
UV RAYS
NASA | Exploring Ozone - YouTube
10.
Define: lithosphere
Biosphere (flora/fauna), hydrosphere, atmosphere, ecosystems, the
nutrient cycle
11.
Explain some of the key processes of the Carbon Cycle.
12.
Explain the processes of the Nitrogen Cycle. What are
amino acids and denitrification?
Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles - YouTube
13.
Explain the Oxygen cycle. Give two reasons why
deforestation has not totally ruined the oxygen cycle.
Oxygen Cycle - YouTube
14.
Draw a basic sketch of figure 3.10 on page 52.
15.
Sum up what Bioshere II is. On the internet look it up
and note what controversy occurred regarding its oxygen
levels in the early 1990s and what caused this. Also, find the
web site with the interactive virtual tour and note some of the
things you see.
B2 Where Science Lives - YouTube
Bio-Dome Trailer - YouTube
16.
Contrast Catastrophism with
Uniformitarianism/uniformity theory.
Uniformitarianism & catastrophism in the Grand Canyon YouTube
17.
How old is the Earth? 4.6 billion
18.
Copy a basic version of figure 3.13 on p57.
Igneous Rocks
19.
Examine figure 3.12 and list three interesting things to
discuss with our class.
20.
Sum up key points of plate tectonics (Pangaea,
continental drift, sea-floor spreading, trenches, subduction
zones, mid-ocean ridges, etc.)
The Early Earth and Plate Tectonics - YouTube
plate techtonics - YouTube
21.
As a class, we’ll read the section on atmospheric
systems. We’ll note major points
How Does The Jet Stream Work? - YouTube
Weather - YouTube
weather fronts1 - YouTube
Cloud Types - YouTube
Weather Forecast: Halifax, Nova Scotia - The Weather Network
Halifax, Nova Scotia - 7 Day Forecast - Environment Canada
What is the Coriolis Effect?
coriolis effect (2-11) - YouTube
Hurricane Spin - YouTube
Weather Barometers : How Does a Barometer Work? YouTube
22.
Explain the causes and effects of the Indian Monsoon
season. Read p63-64 as a class.
India monsoon_0001.wmv - YouTube
Monsoon Weather System - YouTube
Will Climate Change Make El Niño More Severe? (Climate
Tipping Points) - YouTube
The Climatedogs - El Nino explained - YouTube
23.
On a world map provided by the teacher use figure 3.16
to draw and label the major plates. Draw arrows to show
plate movements. Answer the questions next to the diagram
in the book.
24.
How do salt content and wind patterns affect ocean
currents?
NASA | Aquarius Ocean Circulation - YouTube
The Secrets Of The Dead Sea - YouTube
Ben Franklin and The Gulf Stream. - YouTube
25.
Explain which ocean currents impact where we live,
plus Bermuda, Iceland/Ireland/England. Use the figure 3.2.1
to explain how this really impacts these areas in Winter.
26.
Draw a few diagrams to show how the moon controls
the tides.
NASA | Tidal Forces on Earth - YouTube
Explain-it: How do the tides work? - YouTube
27.
What are Spring Tides? Neap tides?
28.
Is Earth an open or closed system?
29.
Sum up the key points of the Gaia Hypothesis in bullet
form.
H:\GAIA HYPOTHESIS PP.ppt
30.
What is an ecosystem?
31.
Is it possible for an ecosystem to be destroyed? Provide
evidence.
32.
List 7 types of ecosystems.
How Ecosystems Work | Biology | Ecology - YouTube
Natural Ecosystem Of The World - YouTube
WHEN THESE SYSTEMS HAVE EXTREME CONDITIONS
YOU GET NATURAL DISASTERS AND HAZARDS
Classifying Natural Disasters.ppt
The Ultimate Guide Extreme Weather - YouTube