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I. ASTRONOMY
A. Stars and Galaxies
1. Telescopes/Early astronomy
2. Formation of Universe
3. Star groups
4. Star properties
5. Life cycle of a Star
B. Solar System
1. Formation
2. Sun
3. Planet motion
4. Planet features
5. Minor members of the Solar System
C. Earth and Moon
1. Seasons
2. Earth’s motion
3. Moon’s motion
4. Moon-Earth-Sun System
5. Space program
II. METEOROLOGY
A. Atmosphere And Temperature
1. Atmospheric structure
2. Drawing isotherms
B. Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation
1. Humidity
2. Cloud formation and types
3. Precipitation
C. Air Pressure and Wind
1. Pressure centers/locating pressure
centers
2. Drawing isobars
3. Local and global winds
D. Weather
1. Air masses/identifying air masses
2. Fronts/finding fronts
3. Storms
4. Forecasts
III. PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
A. Minerals
1. Properties
2. Identification
B. Rocks
1. Rock cycle
2. Types
3. Identification
IV. GEOMORPHOLOGY
A. Topographic Maps
1. Reading topographic maps
B. Weathering, Soil, and Erosion
1. Weathering
2. Soil
3. Mass movements
C. Hydrology
1. Karst topography (groundwater)
2. Fluvial (running water) landforms
D. Glaciers
1. Valley/Alpine glacier landforms
2. Continental glacier landforms
E. Wind, Deserts, Waves, and Currents
1. Wind and desert landforms
2. Shoreline landforms
V. DIASTROPHISM
A. Plate Tectonics
1. Continental drift/Sea-floor spreading
2. Plate boundaries
B. Volcanoes
1. Types of volcanoes/eruptions
C. Earthquakes
1. Locating epicentersp
2. Magnitude
3. Earthquake risk
4. Seismic waves
5. Tsunami
D. Mountain Building
1. Faults
2. Folds
3. Fault block mountains
4. Dome mountains
VI. HISTORICAL GEOLOGY
A. Geologic Time
1. Relative time
2. Absolute time
3. Half life
4. Rock correlation
5. Fossils
B. Earth’s History
1. Geologic time scale
VII. OCEANOGRAPHY
A. The Ocean Floor
1. Ocean floor features/landforms
B. Ocean Water and Ocean Life
1. Composition of seawater
C. The Dynamic Ocean
1. Ocean circulation