Chapter 12
Vocab:
water cycle
precipitation
groundwater
tributary
watershed
divide
habitat
reservoir
wetland
permeable
impermeable
saturated zone
water table
unsaturated zone
aquifer
artesian well
geyser
irrigation
conseration
water pollution
pollutant
point source
nonpoint source
Objectives:
After studying these sections, students should be able to:
12.1.1 Describe how Earth’s water is distributed.
12.1.2 Explain how Earth’s water moves through the water cycle.
12.2.1 Tell what a river system is.
12.2.2 Describe the characteristics of ponds and lakes
12.2.3 List three types of wetlands and explain why wetlands are important
12.3.1 Describe how water moves through underground layers of soil and rock.
12.3.2 Explain how people obtain water from an aquifer
12.4.1 Identify ways that people use water
12.4.2 Describe some ways to conserve available fresh water
12.4.3 Discuss how scientists classify sources of water pollution
Points and Grading
This project is worth 80 points.
50 points will be for content. You must explain each of your vocabulary words and each
of your objectives. There will be a test after your presentation.
The other 30 points will be for creativity – pictures, animations, websites, etc.
Before your presentation you must give me an electronic copy of your presentation, by
email to becker@west-bend.k12.ia.us or on my flash drive. You must also print me a
copy of your slides in handout format with 9 slides per page
Schedule
You will have 7 class periods to work on your presentations.
Chapter 13
Vocab:
wave
wavelength
frequency
wave height
tsunami
longshore drift
rip current
groin
tides
spring tide
neap tide
salinity
submersible
current
coriolis effect
climate
El Niño
upwelling
Objectives:
After studying these sections, students should be able to:
13.1.1 Explain how waves form and describe the characteristics of waves
13.1.2 Describe how waves change near the shore
13.1.3 Explain how waves affect shorelines and beaches
13.2.1 Explain what causes tides
13.2.2 Explain what affects the height of tides
13.3.1 Describe the salinity of ocean water
13.3.2 Explain how the temperature and gas content of ocean water varies
13.3.3 Describe how conditions in the ocean change with depth
13.4.1 Identify what causes surface currents and explain how surface currents affect
climate
13.4.2 Identify the causes of deep currents and describe the effects that the currents have
13.4.3 Describe how upwelling affects the distribution of nutrients in the ocean
Points and Grading
This project is worth 80 points.
50 points will be for content. You must explain each of your vocabulary words and each
of your objectives. There will be a test after your presentation.
The other 30 points will be for creativity – pictures, animations, websites, etc.
Before your presentation you must give me an electronic copy of your presentation, by
email to becker@west-bend.k12.ia.us or on my flash drive. You must also print me a
copy of your slides in handout format with 9 slides per page
Schedule
You will have 7 class periods to work on your presentations.
Chapter 14:
Vocab:
sonar
continental shelf
continental slope
abyssal plain
mid-ocean ridge
trench
intertidal zone
neritic zone
open-ocean zone
plankton
nekton
benthos
food web
estuary
atoll
bioluminescence
hydrothermal vent
aquaculture
nodule
Objectives:
After studying these sections, students should be able to:
14.1.1 Discuss the reasons that people have studied the ocean
14.1.2 Identify the features and main sections of the ocean floor
14.1.3 Identify the zones into which scientists divide the ocean
14.2.1 Describe how marine organisms are classified
14.2.2 Describe the conditions that organisms in the intertidal zone must tolerate
14.2.3 Describe the conditions in the neritic zone
14.2.4 Describe the conditions in the open ocean
14.3.1 Explain how people use living resources from the ocean
14.3.2 Identify some of the ocean’s nonliving resources
14.3.3 Identify sources of ocean pollution
Points and Grading
This project is worth 80 points.
50 points will be for content. You must explain each of your vocabulary words and each
of your objectives. There will be a test after your presentation.
The other 30 points will be for creativity – pictures, animations, websites, etc.
Before your presentation you must give me an electronic copy of your presentation, by
email to becker@west-bend.k12.ia.us or on my flash drive. You must also print me a
copy of your slides in handout format with 9 slides per page
Schedule
You will have 7 class periods to work on your presentations.