Earth Science Instructional Guide

Earth and Space Science

Module 12: Earth’s Oceans

Quarter 3

McGraw Hill Module 12

ocean water movement

● 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