Course Outline - Earth Science 11 - Spring 2013
Unit 1: Introduction: The Significance of Earth and Space Science
Unit 2: Methods Used to Study the Universe
Unit 3: Origins of the Universe and Astronomical Entities
Unit 4: The Origin and Components of the Solar System
Unit 5: The Relationship Between The Sun, the Earth and its Moon
Unit 6: Space Technologies and their Applications
Unit 7: Rocks and Minerals
Unit 8: The Use and Extraction of Geological Resources
Unit 9: Age Dating, The Fossil Record, and The Geological Time Scale
Unit 10: Seismology
Unit 11: Extrusive and Intrusive Volcanic Features and Action
Unit 12: The Development of Plate Tectonic Theory
Unit 13: The Characteristics and Significance of the Atmosphere
Unit 14: The Function of the Hydrologic Cycle
Unit 15: Weathering, Erosion and the resulting features
Unit 16: Features and Processes associated with Physical Oceanography