Study Guide for Content Mastery SE

Study Guide

for Content Mastery

Student Edition

Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe

Laboratory Manual, SE and TE

Lesson Plans

GeoLab and MiniLab Worksheets

Block Scheduling Lesson Plans

Exploring Environmental Problems, SE and TE

Section Focus Transparencies and Masters

Study Guide for Content Mastery, SE and TE

Teaching Transparencies and Masters

Chapter Assessment

MindJogger Videoquizzes, VHS/DVD

Performance Assessment in Earth Science

Puzzlemaker Software, Windows/Macintosh

ExamView? Pro CD-ROM Windows/Macintosh

Guided Reading Audio Program

Cooperative Learning in the Science Classroom

Interactive Teacher Edition CD-ROM

Performance Assessment in Earth Science

Interactive Lesson Planner CD-ROM

Alternate Assessment in the Science Classroom

Using the Internet in the Science Classroom

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Contents

To the Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

GeoDigest 4 The Atmosphere

and the Oceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

1 The Nature of Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

17 Plate Tectonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

2 Mapping Our World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

18 Volcanic Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

GeoDigest 1 Earth Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

19 Earthquakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

3 Matter and Atomic Structure . . . . . . . . . . 15

20 Mountain Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

4 Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

GeoDigest 5 The Dynamic Earth . . . . . . . . 129

5 Igneous Rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

21 Fossils and the Rock Record . . . . . . . . . . 131

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6 Sedimentary and

Metamorphic Rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

22 The Precambrian Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

GeoDigest 2 Composition of Earth . . . . . . . . 39

23 The Paleozoic Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

7 Weathering, Erosion, and Soil . . . . . . . . . 41

24 The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras . . . . . 149

8 Mass Movements, Wind, and Glaciers . . . 47

GeoDigest 6 Geologic Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

9 Surface Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

25 Earth Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

10 Groundwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

26 Energy Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

GeoDigest 3 Surface Processes

27 Human Impact on Earth Resources . . . . 169

on Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

GeoDigest 7 Resources and

11 Atmosphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

12 Meteorology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

28 The Sun-Earth-Moon System . . . . . . . . 177

13 The Nature of Storms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

29 Our Solar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

14 Climate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

30 Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

15 Physical Oceanography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

31 Galaxies and the Universe . . . . . . . . . . . 195

16 The Marine Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

GeoDigest 8 Beyond Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

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To the Student

This Study Guide for Content Mastery for Earth Science: Geology, the

Environment, and the Universe will help you learn more easily from your

textbook. Each textbook chapter has six study guide pages of questions and

activities for you to complete as you read the text. These activities will help

you understand the ¡°big picture¡± of the chapter. The study guide pages are

divided into sections that match those in your text. These pages will help you

learn the vocabulary and main ideas of the sections. Each GeoDigest in your

textbook has two study guide pages to complete.

You will find that the directions in the Study Guide for Content Mastery

are simply stated and easy to follow. Sometimes you will be asked to answer

questions. Other times, you will be asked to label a diagram or complete a

table. By completing the study guide, you will gain a better understanding of

the concepts presented in the text. These sheets also will prove helpful when

studying for a test.

Before you begin your work, read the Study Skills section at the front

of this booklet. The Study Skills section will help you

? improve your reading skills.

? improve your vocabulary skills.

? learn from visuals.

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? make and understand idea maps.

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Study Skills

A. Improve Your Reading Skills

Active readers are good readers.

Active readers

? get ready before they read.

? use skills that help them when they read.

? review to remember after they read.

Here¡¯s what you can do to become an active reader!

Before You Read

Get Ready to Read

? Find a quiet time and place to read¡ªlibrary, study hall, home.

? Don¡¯t read when you¡¯re tired.

? Don¡¯t read when you¡¯re hungry.

? Wait until you have finished a section before you take a break.

Scan

? Quickly scan the material so you will know what it is about.

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? Look at pictures and read the captions, titles, headings, and words in

bold print.

Write

? Write notes about what you see when you scan.

? Write questions about what you see.

? Write topics you want to find out about when you read.

? Write a preview outline from the section topics.

As You Read

? Find the main idea of each section or paragraph¡ªthis is usually in the

first sentence.

? Study the pictures, maps, graphs, and tables, and think about the

information in them.

? Write down the main ideas and other notes about what you read.

? After you read the whole section, reread the parts you didn¡¯t understand.

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