CHAPTER 2 Planet Earth Section 1 The Sun

CHAPTER 2 Planet Earth Section 1: The Sun, Earth, and Moon Section 2: Water on Earth Section 3: The Land

SECTION 1 The Sun, Earth, and Moon Question: What are the four parts of the Earth system?

SECTION 1 The Sun, Earth, and Moon biosphere hydrosphere Earth system atmosphere lithosphere

SECTION 2 Water on Earth Question: What water issues affect people’s lives?

SECTION 2 Water on Earth WATER ISSUES floods flood control/dams availability of clean water availability of adequate water supply

SECTION 3 The Land Question: What are the differences between primary landforms and secondary landforms?

SECTION 3 The Land Primary Landforms Secondary Landforms created by tectonic process landforms that result when primary landforms break down masses of rock raised by volcanic eruptions and deep ocean trenches caused by weathering and erosion include mountain ranges and mid-ocean ranges include floodplains and deltas

CHAPTER 2 Chapter Wrap-Up 1. In what ways do Earth’s rotation, revolution, and tilt help determine how much of the Sun’s energy reaches Earth? 2. Explain how the Sun’s energy drives the water cycle. Be sure to include a discussion of the three elements of the cycle. 3. How does plate tectonics relate to the continents and their landforms? 4. Describe how subduction zones are created. 5. Describe the different ways secondary landforms are created.