GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCE SYLLABUS
Textbook: Shipman, et al, An Introduction to Physical Science, 12th edition, 2009.
Unit
Unit 1
Subject
Math Review, units and measurement
significant figures, metric system
Reading
1.4-7
App.I-VII
Unit 2
Motion
2-3 (all)
Unit 3
Work and Energy
4 (all)
Unit 4
Waves & electron behavior
6-7 (all), 9.2-4
Unit 5
The Universe
18 (all)
Unit 6
Solar System
16, 15.5-6
,
Unit 7
The Atom
9.1, 9.7,10 (all)
,
Unit 8
Thermodynamics
5 (all)
Unit 9
Properties of matter,
lab skills & apparatus
11.1-3, 12.3
Unit 10
Periodic table
11.4-6
Unit 11
Bonding & Chemical Reactions,
12.4-5, 13.1, 13.3
Unit 12
Moles
Unit 13
Spheres and cycles
20.4
Unit 14
22 (all ex. 22.4)
Unit 15
Rock cycle
,
Plate tectonics
Unit 16
Geologic History
24 (all)
Unit 17
Hydrosphere
23 (all)
Unit 18
Weather, Climate and the Atmosphere
19 (all), 20.5
,
12.1-2, 13.5
,
21 (all), 22.4