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Humans Effect, Fossils & Dating, Earth Systems and Heat Transfer
FCAT Review
Fossils Fossils have been
supporting various theories to support Plate Tectonics
There have been matching fossils founded in various countries
Radio Carbon Dating is used to determine how old fossils are
Radio Carbon Dating Uses the decay of a C
isotope to estimate the age of organic materials, such as wood and leather, up to about 58,000 to 62,000 years Before Present (BP, present defined as CE 1950
Layers of the Earth There are 3 main parts:
Core Mantle Crust
Types of Heat Transfer Radiation
Conduction
Convection
Volcanoes BrainPop
Earth’s Systems Biosphere: all living
things
Geosphere: all rock
Hydrosphere: all water
Cryosphere: all ice
Atmosphere: all air
Human Impact on all of This…
Deforestation
Urbanization
Desertification
Erosion ( the bad kind)
Air and Water Quality
Flow of the Water
Atmosphere Weather vs Climate
Earth’s systems interacts with each other to keep it in equilibrium
Cycling of water influences local weather patterns! The Water Cycle!
Layers of the Atmosphere