Ms. J.

Perez
7th Grade Science

Odyssey Charter School

Topic Guide for Midterm
Semester of August- December 2015

I- Theme: What is Science?

Essential Question: How do scientists investigate the natural word?
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Mathematics in Science
Significant Decimals
Predicting from a graph
Scientific Inquiry
The Scientific Method
Control of Variables
The International System of Units
CGS Units
MKS Units

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II-Theme: Earth structure and materials

Essential Questions: What is the structure of earth?
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Earths Interior
Layers of the earth
Density and composition of each layer
Convection and the mantle
Heat transferring
Convection currents
Classifying rocks
Types of Rock an examples of each type of rock
Rocks that compose the crust
Texture of each type of rock
Mother rocks transforming into metamorphic rocks ( examples)
The rock cycle
Surface and subsurface events as patterns in the rock cycle
III-Theme: Earths History
Essential Question: How do Scientist study Earths past?
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Fossils

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Types of fossils
Fossil Index
Relative and Absolute age of Rocks
Unconformity and folding
Radioactive Decay
Geologic Time Scale
Principle of Uniformitarianism

IV-Theme: Plate Tectonics

Essential Question: How do moving plates change Earths crust?
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Drifting Continents
Wagners Hypothesis
Sea-floor spreading
Mid-ocean ridges
Deep-Ocean trenches
Process of Subduction
The theory of plate tectonics
Boundaries
V-Theme: Volcanoes
Essential Question: How does a volcano erupt?
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Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics

The Ring of Fire
Hot Spot
Volcanic ( Island) Arch
Volcanic Eruptions
Parts of a volcano
Characteristics of lava
Difference between lava and magma
Volcano landforms
Four types of lava landforms
Types of magma landforms
VI- Theme: Earthquakes
Essential Question: Why do earthquakes occur more often in some places than others?
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Forces in Earths Crust

Types of Stress and what causes them
Types of Faults and how do they form
Anticlines and Synclines
Stretching and uplifting of earths crust
Types of Seismic Waves
Types of Systems used to measure earthquakes and their differences
VII-Theme: Land, air, and water resources
Essential Question: How do people use Earths resources?
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Conserving land and soil

Structure of fertile soil
Soil use problems
Effects of deforestation and urbanization

Air Pollution and Solutions

Causes and effect
Source of Ozone and the Ozone Hole
Controlling Air pollution
Surface Water and Groundwater
River system
Movement of underground water
Water Pollution and Solution
Major sources of water pollution
Wetland environments
Importance
Human impact
Heat flow inside Earth
Convection Currents