The pages below are provided for a quick review of the topics. These summarize and briefly discuss key idea's and concepts for the topics. These should be used for review only, after you have learned the topics thoroughly.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction to Science

Observation and Inference

Density

II. Outer Space

The Universe

Evidence for Expanding

Stars

Polaris

Orbits

Time

Motions

Celestial Sphere

Seasons

Duration and Intensity of Solar Insolation

Moon, Lunar Month

III. Meteorology, Climate and Energy

Energy

Evaporation

Relative Humidity and Dew Point

Air Masses and Wind, Fronts

Climate vs. Weather

Water Cycle

Soil

Greenhouse Effect

IV. Geology

Rocks and Minerals, Moh's Hardness Scale

Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic Rocks

Weathering, Erosion and Deposition

Physical Weathering, Chemical

Geologic History, Radioactive Decay, Fossils and Evolution

Time Scale

Ordering Events

Earthquakes, Interior and Plate Tectonics

EQ Measuring, Location, Formation

Porosity and Permeability

Landscape Development

Coordinate System and Shape of the Earth

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