Earth Science 110
LECTURE NOTES
DISCUSSION PAGE
Introduction to Earth Science (Chapter 1) 3
I. Minerals (Chapter 2) 6
II. Rocks (Chapter 3) 12
III. Weathering, Soil, and Mass Wasting (Chapter 4) 16
IV. Running Water and Groundwater (Chapter 5) 18
V. Glaciers (Chapter 6) 22
VI. Deserts and Wind (Chapter 6) 25
VII. Plate Tectonics (Chapter 7) 26
VIII. Mountain Building and Earthquakes (Chapters 10 and 8) 32
IX. Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity (Chapter 9) 38
X. Geologic Time (Chapter 11) 41
XI. Earth’s History (Chapter 12) 44
XII. The Ocean Floor (Chapter 13) 48
XIII. Ocean Water and Ocean Life (Chapter 14) 50
XIV. The Dynamic Ocean (Chapter 15) 52
XV. The Atmosphere (Chapter 16) 57
XVI. Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation (Chapter 17) 63
XVII. Air Pressure and Wind (Chapter 18) 65
XVIII. Weather Patterns and Severe Storms (Chapter 19) 68
XIX. Climate (Chapter 20) 73
Introduction
A. READING ASSIGNMENT
1. Chapter 1 (pages 9-20)
2. Course Syllabus handouts
B. Earth science
1. Geology
a. Study of the earth’s surface and interior
b. Plate tectonics
1) Movement of continents
2) Rock formation
3) Earthquakes
4) Volcanoes
5) Continents vs. ocean floor
c. Earth’s past
1) Mass extinctions
a) Dinosaurs
b) Ice Age fossils
2) Supercontinents
d. Minerals and gemstones
2. Oceanography
a. Study of the ocean(s)
b. Water
1) Water cycle
2) Seawater
3) Ocean behavior...