EARTH SCIENCE

BACKGROUND: 01. Measurement 02. Significant figures 03. Percent Error 04. Units and Unit conversions 05. Graphing basics 06. Independent and dependent variables 07. Direct and inverse relationships 08. Density 09. Rates of change 10. Equilibrium 11. Waves and Electromagnetic radiation 12. Energy: conservation and transformation 13. Doppler effect 14. Temperature and heat 15. Changes of state 16. Basic Chemistry ASTRONOMY and MAPS: 21. Universe and Big Bang 22. Nebular theory; Galaxies, Solar System, and planets 23. The Sun and Stars 24. Earth, Sun, seasons and Planets 25. Moon and tides 26. Kepler's laws 27. Measuring Earth 28. Latitude and longitude 29. Maps and map projections 30. Contour mapping PHYSICAL GEOLOGY: 41. Minerals 42. Rocks 43. Rock cycle 44. Lithosphere, etc. 45. Earth's interior structure 46. Magnetism 47. Folds and Faults 48. Earthquakes 49. Volcanoes 50. Plate tectonics; Gondwanaland 51. Earth's energy budget (glaciers, albedo, etc.) 52. Geochemical cycles 53. Nitrogen cycle 54. Carbon and oxygen cycles

HYDROSPHERE and ATMOSPHERE: 61. Hydrosphere and water cycle 62. Atmosphere: structure 63. Upper atmosphere variations 64. Winds 65. Weather 66. Atmospheric moisture and Storms 67. Climate 68. Groundwater 69. Weathering 70. Erosion and soil 71. Deposition and sediments REGIONAL GEOLOGY and PHYSIOGRAPHY: 75. Physiography and Landscape Regions 76. Regional Geology 77. Orogeny HISTORICAL GEOLOGY: 81. Stratigraphy 82. Relative dating and superposition 83. Fossils and correlation 84. Geological time scale 85. Radioactivity and absolute dating 86. History of life on Earth CLIMATE AND RESOURCE USE: 91. Climates of the past 92. Pollution 93. CO2 and climate change 94. Renewable resources 95. Limited resources 96. Managing limited resources 97. Biosphere and biodiversity 98. Managing biodiversity         Click for ESRT reference charts