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Earth Science Coverage

The document outlines the curriculum for Earth Science, covering various modules on topics such as weathering of rocks, Earth's internal heat, magmatism, metamorphism, deformation, continental drift, plate tectonics, stratification of rocks, dating methods, and geological time scales. Each module includes specific content areas, types of exams, and matching tasks to assess understanding. Additionally, it provides details on radioactive dating and half-life calculations for isotopes like Carbon-14 and Potassium-40.

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Earth Science Coverage

The document outlines the curriculum for Earth Science, covering various modules on topics such as weathering of rocks, Earth's internal heat, magmatism, metamorphism, deformation, continental drift, plate tectonics, stratification of rocks, dating methods, and geological time scales. Each module includes specific content areas, types of exams, and matching tasks to assess understanding. Additionally, it provides details on radioactive dating and half-life calculations for isotopes like Carbon-14 and Potassium-40.

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Earth Science Coverage

o Module 1: Weathering of Rocks


-Types, Mass Wasting
-Read all problems, matching type test in module 1-2

o Module 2: Earth’s internal Heat, Magmatism, Metamorphism


-Earth’s Internal Heat (History and Sources of Internal Heat
-how Magma Formed (Flux melting, Decompression, Factors affecting
Magma flow, viscosity, Bowen’s Reaction Series (table)
- Metamorphism (Metamorphic grade, types, and matching types
exams)

o Module 3-4: Deformation, Seafloor Spreading, Continental Drift


Theory, Plate Tectonics
- Deformation (type of stress, type of differential stress, strain, stages
of deformation, Classification of Rocks According to Behavior Under
stress (*brittle and ductile material and how temperature and
pressure affects strain), fault, folds,
- Continental Drift hypothesis and evidences and what will be formed
like trenches, mountain and etc.,
- Seafloor Spreading and evidences,
- Ocean floor and features, Plate tectonics,
- Type of Plate boundaries,
- *WILSON CYCLE plus Illustration,
- Matching types examination of the tasks

o Module 5-6: Stratification of Rocks, Relative and Absolute


Dating, Index Fossils
- Stratification of Rocks (types), Tasks/matching types exam under
stratification of rocks
- Relative and absolute dating: types, half -life and how to compute,
task/matching types exam/problem solving under half-life,
illustration under relative and absolute dating
- Index Fossils: Geological time Scales
- Matching type exams of the modules
Radioactive Dating
Half-Life

Parent Daughter Half Life


C-14 C-14 N-14 5700 billion
years
P-40 K-40 Ar-40 1.26 billion years
Ca-40

Death 1st Half -Life 2nd Half- Life 3rd Half Life
Parent 100 % 50 % 25 % 12.5 %
Daughter 0% 50 % 75 % 87.5 %

TOTAL 100% 100 % 100 % 100%

Example: Carbon-14 (C-14) are found among Plants.

Death 1st Half - 2nd Half- 3rd Half Life


Life Life
Carbon 14 5700 billion 11400 billion 17100 billion
years yeas years
100 % 50 % 25 % 12.5 %
Potassium 40 1.26 billion ? ?
years

o Module 7-8: Geological Time Scale


- Geological time Scales and organisms live from bacteria down to
present organisms, Orders of geological time scales.
Matching type exams of the modules

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