Topics / Essential Questions Week 13 | NC Standards and objectives | Reading Assignment/ powerpoints | Homework / Labs and Activities | Some Key Terms |
What is the chemical makeup of ocean water? How causes differences of density in ocean water and how does this affect ocean currents? | 4.02 Analyze mechanisms for generating ocean currents and upwelling: temperature, coriolis effect, climatic influence | Chap. 15-16 | % of salt in seawater lab Density of seawater lab | |
What are the mechanisms that shape our shoreline? How do human activities change shoreline erosion? What are the solutions for preventing shoreline erosion? | 4.03 Analyze the mechanisms that produce the various types of shorelines and their resultant landforms: nature of underlying geology, long and short term sea-level history, formation and breaking of waves on adjacent topography, human impact | |||
4.04 Evaluate water resources-ecological services provided by the ocean, environmental impacts of a growing human population, causes of natural and manmade contamination | Water Use – Drop by Drop | |||
4.05 Investigate and analyze environmental issues and solutions for NC’s river basins, wetlands, and tidal environments: water quality, shoreline changes, habitat preservation | NC River’s Project Wetlands Activity Flood Activity |
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