Earth System
Earth Systems Outline
Driving Question: How do human activities change the planet?
Resources: Sources, activities and Notebook pages
Claim: Short answer to the question
Evidence: 4-5 facts, describe activities, summarize resources, give examples
Vocabulary: 3+ key vocab words
Connections: to personal experiences, your solution etc
How do some changes create feedback that affect other Earth systems?
Success Criteria
Explain how Earth’s 4 spheres interact.
Create examples of positive and negative feedback
Claim
Evidence
Rainfall helps to shape the land and affects the types of living things found in a region. ... Earth's major systems are the geosphere (solid and molten rock, soil, and ... that cycles produce chemical and physical changes in Earth's materials and ... Earth's systems, being dynamic and interacting, cause feedback effects that can
Vocabulary- Geosphere
How did life and Earth systems coevolve?
Success Criteria
Describe ingredients and goldilocks conditions.
Use feedback to help explain the relationship between life and iand.
Claim
Evidence
Construct an argument based on evidence about the simultaneous coevolution of Earth's systems and life on Earth. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the ...
Vocabulary- Coevolution
How does water affect Earth’s surface processes?
Success Criteria
Diagram and explain the water cycle.
Explain the movement of material by water.
Argue how important soil is to our environment.
Claim
Evidence
Water moving across the earth in streams and rivers pushes along soil and breaks down pieces of rock in a process called erosion. The moving water carries away rock and soil from some areas and deposits them in other areas, creating new landforms or changing the course of a stream or river.
Vocabulary- Erosion
Why is carbon important?
Success Criteria
Describe carbon sources and sinks.
Explain using evidence the impact CO2 has on our environment.
Claim
Evidence
Carbon is an important constituent of living beings. Along with Nitrogen and oxygen, carbon is one of the essential building blocks of organic life. Carbon Forms about 18% of the human body. ... Carbon is integral because of its unique ability to form four different bonds with other elements.
Vocabulary- Carbon
What is the impact of developing and using energy resources on Earth’s living and non-living systems?
Success Criteria
Reason the pros and cons of different kinds of mining with evidence.
Compare and contrast renewable and nonrenewable resources.
Discuss how human activity is impacting the environment.
Claim
Evidence
Both living and non- living processes have contributed to this change. ... These ideas have considerable crossover with the Climate Literacy Principles 1 and 2. ... Sun as the primary source of energy for Earth's climate system, while Climate Literacy .... This moderating effect allows aquatic environments to stay at a relatively ...
Vocabulary-Climate literacy
Connections- https://cleanet.org/clean/literacy/energy2.html
What issues does waste from humans cause?
Success Criteria
Comprehend how much waste humans produce.
Suggest different ways to use waste materials.
Claim
Evidence
Disposing of waste has huge environmental impacts and can cause serious problems. In the UK much is buried in landfill sites – holes in the ground, sometimes old quarries, sometimes specially dug. ... Leachate produced as waste decomposes may cause pollution. Badly-managed landfill sites may attract vermin or cause litter.