BHS Earth Science Guide

Earth’s Resources

Earth Science

Quarter 2

McGraw Hill Module 19

CONCEPTS (Nouns)

SKILLS (Verbs)

● Availability of natural resources ○ Fresh water ○ Clean air ○ Regions of fertile soil ○ Mineral resources ○ Fossil Fuels ○ Renewable resources

● Construct an explanation

○ Lumber ○ Fisheries ● Properties of Water - polarity, adhesion, cohesion, solvent, dissolved oxygen, pH ● Changes in climate ● Factors that affect human activity ○ Humans moving farther from the coast ○ Humans build railroads

VOCABULARY

● Natural resource ● Renewable resource ● Nonrenewable resource ● Sustainable yield ● Desertifcation ● Aggregate ● Bedrock

● Pollutant ● Hydrogen Bond ● Desalination ● Fuel ● Biomass Fuel ● Hydrocarbon

● Fossil Fuel ● Photovoltaic Cell ● Hydroelectric power ● Nuclear Fission ● Geothermal Energy

K-12 LEARNING PROGRESSIONS (via USBE Core Guides)

Standard 3.1 Standard 4.1

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE SUPPORTS

Standard 3.1 Identifying the Phenomenon Under Investigation

Students describe the phenomenon under investigation, which includes the following idea: ● a connection between the properties of water and its effects on Earth materials and surface processes. Identifying the Evidence to Answer This Question Students develop an investigation to plan and describe the data that will be collected and the evidence to be derived from the data, including: ● Properties of water, including: ○ The heat capacity of water; ○ The density of water in its solid and liquid states; and