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Chemistry In The Earth System

Agenda

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  • Lab: The Rise and Fall of Pangaea; due Thursday; this will be a group submission document (1 per group)
  • Plate Tectonics quiz tomorrow; know: about the formation of Pangaea, what happens at plate boundaries, theories of continental drift, sea floor spreading and plate tectonics and the evidence for each, age of the rock at the mid-ocean ridge, and what happens when two plates subduct

Agenda

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  • Discuss Plastic Deformation
  • Discuss SEP (7) page 72
  • Correct SEP (9) page 74 and CCC (12) page 77
  • Discuss SEP (8) page 73, CCC (10) page 75, SEP (11) page 76
  • Notes: Sea Floor spreading
  • Do SEP (14) page 79; due tomorrow
  • Read pages 80-87
  • Plate Tectonics quiz on Wednesday (Feb 18); know: about the formation of Pangaea, what happens at plate boundaries, theories of continental drift, sea floor spreading and plate tectonics and the evidence for each, age of the rock at the mid-ocean ridge, and what happens when two plates subduct

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  • Notes: Calorimetry
  • Do SEP (18) page 54
  • Read about Investigative Phenomenon: Why are there so many volcanoes in California?
  • Begin CER; write question, make a claim, cite evidence to support claim (if possible)
  • Do CCC (1) and SEP (2) page 65; due today
  • Read pages 66-72 in textbook
  • Do SEP (3) page 67, CCC (4) page 69, SEP (5) page 70, and SEP (6) page 71; due tomorrow

Daily Objectives

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  • Given the concept of energy transformations, you will be able to describe how energy changes from one form to another and prove by answering guided questions correctly.
  • Given the concept of thermal inversions, you will be able to describe how temperature changes when mixed with cool air from the sea and prove by answering a modeling prompt 70% correctly.

Agenda

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  • Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer lab questions? Due tomorrow
  • Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer lab; lab due Friday; lab quiz Friday; know: safety hazard described in the manual, how to define calorimeter, formula used in the assessment section, lab outcome
  • Notes: Calorimetry
  • Do SEP (18) page 54
  • Correct SEP (22) page 61, SEP (23) page 62, SEP (24) and “revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon” page 63

Agenda

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  • Energy quiz tomorrow; know:
    • Kinetic molecular theory
    • How molecules move in a solid, liquid, and gas
    • Know how energy flows through a system
    • Compare and contrast convection, conduction, and radiation
    • Why thermal equilibrium is hard to maintain
  • Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer lab quiz
  • Discuss Investigative phenomenon
  • Correct CCC (13) page 48, CCC (15) page 50, and SEP (17) page 53
  • Do SEP (22) page 61, SEP (23) page 62, SEP (24) and “revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon page 63; due tomorrow
  • Do SEP (18) page 54
  • Read pages 55-62