BHS Earth Science Guide

Module 12: Earth’s Oceans

Earth Science

Quarter 3

McGraw Hill Module 12

● Climate basics ● Difference between weather and climate ● Infuence of ocean on weather and climate (Ex. Coastal weather vs inland weather at same latitude)

VOCABULARY

● Side-scan sonar ● Sea level ● Salinity ● Estuary ● Temperature profle ● Thermocline

● Tide ● Spring Tide ● NeepTide ● Surface current ● Upwelling ● Density current ● Beach ● Wave refraction ● Longshore bar ● Barrier island

● Continental margin ● Continental shelf ● Continental slope ● Turbidity current ● Continental rise ● Abyssal plain ● Deep-sea trench ● Mid-ocean ridge ● Seamount ● Guyot

● Wave ● Crest ● Trough ● Breaker

K-12 LEARNING PROGRESSIONS (via USBE Core Guides)

Standard 3.2

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE SUPPORTS

Standard 3.2 Articulating the explanation of phenomena Students construct an explanation that includes: ● the components of the model relevant for their mechanistic descriptions ● at least one factor that affects the input of energy, ● at least one factor that affects the output of energy, and ● at least one factor that affects the storage and redistribution of energy in Earth’s hydrosphere. ● Factors are derived from the following list: ○ Changes in Earth’s orbit and the orientation of its axis; ○ Changes in the sun’s energy output; ○ Confguration of continents resulting from tectonic activity; ○ Ocean circulation; ○ Glaciation; ○ Human activities ● From the given model, students identify the relevant different time scales on which the factors operate Evidence Students identify and describe the evidence to construct the explanation, including evidence for several of the following factors::