Please read carefully! The following Homework
Packets will be due on test days for completion credit. Tests may be given for chapters or
units, depending on the subject matter.
Specific due dates will be given throughout the school year and
assignments are subject to change.
These assignments are textbook based and include: bellwork (in
class), reading (R), reading strategies(RS), vocabulary
(V) and section review worksheets (wksht). State standards (ES 1.1 etc.) are included per
chapter. Students are
required to correct work in class during review. Vocabulary must be turned in as a foldable, a practice vocabulary quiz will usually be given
the day before the test.
Ch 1 Intro to Earth Science
ES 1.1, 1.4, 1.6, 1.10, 1.11 &
1.18
Sec 1.1 What is Earth Science (pg 2-6) R, V & wksht
Sec 1.2 A View of Earth (pg
7-10) R, V& wksht
Topographic Maps and
Advanced Technology R (pg 14 - 17)
Ch 2 Minerals ES 1.10, 1.11, 1.13, 1.22, 1.23 &
1.29
Sec 2.1 Matter (pg 34-43)
R, V, & wksht
Sec 2.2 Minerals (pg 44-49)
R, V, & wksht - 4
Sec 2.3 Properties of
Minerals (pg 50-57) R, V, & wksht A
#1-3
Ch 3 Rocks ES 1.10, 1.11, 1.22, 1.26, 1.27 &
1.29
Sec 3.1 The Rock Cycle (pg
66-69) R, V, RS, & wksht
Sec 3.2 Igneous Rocks (pg
70-74) R, V, & wksht
Sec 3.3 Sedimentary Rocks
(75-79) R, V, & wksht
Sec 3.4 Metamorphic Rocks
(81-84) R, V, & wksht
Ch 4 Earths Resources ES 1.10, 1.11, 1.18, 1.21, 1.22, 1.25, &
1.27
Sec. 4.1 Energy and Mineral
Resources (pg 94 101) R, V, & wksht
Sec. 4.2 Alternate Energy
Resources (pg 102 107) R, V, & wksht
Sec. 4.3 Water, Air and Land
Resources (pg 108 112) R, V, & wksht
Sec. 4.4 Protecting
Resources (pg 113 116) R, V, & wksht
Ch 5 Weathering, Soil &
Mass Movement - ES. 1.10, 1.18, 1.19,
1.22 & 1.26
Sec 5.1 Weathering (pg
158-163) R, V, & wksht
Sec 5.2 Soil (pg 133-142)
R, V, RS, & wksht
Ch 6 Running Water &
Groundwater
Tutorial ES 1.10, 1.18,
1.19, 1.22, 1.26 & 1.27
Ch 9 Plate Tectonics ES 1.17, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, 1.28 &
1.29
Sec 9.1 Continental Drift
(pg 248-253) R, V, RS, & wksht
Sec 9.2 Plate Tectonics (pg
254-255) R, V, RS, & wksht
Sec 9.3 Actions at Plate
Boundaries (258-264) R, V, & wksht
Sec 9.4 Testing Plate
Tectonics (pg 265-268) R, V, & wksht
Sec 9.5 Mechanisms of Plate
Motion (pg 269-270) R, V, & wksht
Ch 10 Volcanoes and Other
Igneous Activity ES 1.10, 1.11, 1.18,
1.22, 1.23 & 1.24
Sec 10.1 The Nature of
Volcanic Eruptions (pg 280-288) R, V, & wksht
Ch 11
Sec 11.1 Rock Deformation
(pg 308-313) R, V, & wksht
Sec 11.2 Types of Mountains
(pg 314 316) R, V, & wksht
Ch 8 Earthquakes and Earths
Interior ES 1.10, 1.22 &
1.23
Sec 8.1 What is an Earthquake (pg 218-221) R, V, & wksht
Sec 8.2 Measuring
Earthquakes (pg 222-228) R, V, & wksht
Sec 8.3 Destruction from
Earthquakes (pg 229-232) R, V, & wksht
Sec 8.4 Earths Layered
Structure (pg 233-237) R, V, & wksht
Ch 12 Geologic Time ES 1.10 & 1.28
Sec 12.1 Discovering Earths
History (pg 336-342) R, V, & wksht
Sec 12.2 Fossils: Evidence of Past Life (pg 343-346) R,
V, & wksht
Sec 12.3 Dating with
Radioactivity (pg 347-349)- R, V, & wksht
Sec 12.4 The Geologic Time
Scale (pg 352-355) R, V, & wksht
Ch 17 The Atmosphere:
Structure and Temperature ES
1.10, 1.11, 1.13 1.14, 1.18, 1.25 & 1.26
Sec 17.1 Atmosphere
Characteristics (pg 476-482) R, V, & wksht
Sec 17.2 Heating the
Atmosphere (pg 483-487) R, V, & wksht
Sec 17.3 Temperature
Controls (pg 488-493) R, V, & wksht
Ch 18 Moisture, Clouds and
Precipitation ES 1.10 &
1.11
Sec 18.1 Water in the
Atmosphere (pg 504-509) R, V, & wksht
Sec 18.3 Cloud Types and
Precipitation (pg 517-522) R, V, & wksht
Ch 19 Air Pressure and Wind
ES 1.10, 1.14,
1.15
Sec 19.1 Understanding Air
Pressure (pg 532-536) R, V, & wksht
Sec 19.2
Ch 20 Weather Patterns and
Severe Storms
ES 1.10, 1.15 &
1.16
Sec 20.1 Air Masses (pg
558-563) R, V, & wksht
Sec 20.2 Fronts (pg 564-570)
R, V, & wksht
Sec 20.3 Severe Storms (pg
571-577) R, V, & wksht
Ch 22 Origin of Modern
Astronomy - ES 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 &
1.22
Sec 22.1 Early Astronomy (pg
614-621) R, V, RS, & wksht
Sec 22.2 The Earth-Moon-Sun
System (pg 622-625) R, V, & wksht
Ch 23 Touring Our Solar
System ES 1.1, 1.6, 1.7 &
1.8
Sec 23.1 The Solar System
(pg 644-648) R, V, & wksht
Sec 23.4 Minor Members of
the Solar System (660 664) R, V, & wksht
Ch 24 Studying the Sun ES 1.2, 1.3, 1.7, 1.8 &
1.10
Sec 24.1 The Study of Light
(pg 674-677) R, V, & wksht
Sec 24.2 Tools for Studying
Space (678-683) R, V, & wksht
Ch 25 Beyond Our Solar
System ES 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8 &
1.9
Sec 25.1 Properties of Stars
(pg 700-706) R, V, & wksht
Sec 25.2 Stellar Evolution
(pg 707-714) R, V, & wksht
Sec 25.3 The Universe (pg
715-721) R, V, RS, & wksht