1. DO NOW
Turn in handout if you finished it and got it signed. Due by Thursday.
Turn in syllabus if you got it signed. Due by Friday.

2. What is Earth System?

3. Video link (6 minutes): Why Earth Science?
WHAT IS EARTH SCIENCE?
Video link (6 minutes): Why Earth Science?

4. GEOLOGY Geology: The study of Earth’s solid material and structures
The processes that create them
Topics include:
Rock & Mineral Formation
Plate tectonics
Weathering & Erosion
Landscapes evolution
Geologic History
Natural Resources

5. OCEANOGRAPHY Oceanography: The study of the ocean Changes over time
Topics include:
Chemical Composition
Currents & Heat Transport
Acidification
Geologic processes in ocean basins
Interaction with Atmosphere

6. METEOROLOGY Meteorology: The study of the atmosphere and weather
Topics Include:
Weather patterns
Clouds
Extreme Weather
Global Wind Belts
Fronts
Atmosphere circulation

7. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
The study of the effects people have on their environment
Topics include:
Interaction of Earth’s systems with Biosphere

8. CLIMATOLOGY Climatology:
The study of long term conditions of the weather at a place
Topics include:
How climates are created
How they shape the environment

9. ASTRONOMY Astronomy: The study of outer space, and everything in it.
Topics include:
Stars
Planets & worlds
Galaxies
Interstellar medium

10. EARTH’S SYSTEMS

11. GEOSPHERE Solid part of the planet:
Lithosphere - the rigid outer shell of the geosphere; includes the crust & upper mantle
Asthenosphere - partially molten, upper layer of the mantle – flowing, plastic-like material
Interior:
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core

12. HYDROSPHERE Consists of the water on the Earth: Ocean – 97%
Glaciers – 2%
Seas
Lakes
Rivers
Atmosphere

13. ATMOSPHERE Blanket of gases that surrounds our planet
Thermosphere – protects from ultraviolet (UV) & X-ray wavelengths Mesosphere
Stratosphere – protects from UV (ozone)
Troposphere – all weather occurs here

14. BIOSPHERE
All organisms on Earth and the environments in which they live.

15. ACTIVITY: CHOSE ONE
Use all 12 Earth Systems Science vocabulary words to create ONE of the following:
Make an illustrated word wall poster.
Design a poster on the major branches of Earth Science and the different interacting spheres. Include Illustrations.
Create a brochure on the branches of Earth Science.
Create an illustrated concept map.
Create an Earth Systems Science collage that includes images and vocabulary.
DUE MONDAY!
Words to know:
Geology
Meteorology
Oceanography
Climatology
Environmental Science
Astronomy
Geosphere
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Biosphere
You may use online resources, the textbook or this presentation on the class website