Castle Learning Online

Earth Science

Castle Learning Online's Earth Science contains hundreds of multiple choice questions in physical geology, meteorology, astronomy, oceanography, and earth history. Questions are linked to detailed hints, reasons, and vocabulary definitions. Features extensive use of graphs, tables, charts, laboratory apparatus, and other forms of data. Reference tables included.

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Observation and Measurement
Sections:
1. Percent Error
2. Experimental Control
3. Density
4. Classification
5. Observation and Inverence
The Changing Environment
Sections:
1. Water Pollution
2. Environmental Change
3. Cyclic Patterns
Measuring the Earth
Sections:
1. Spheres of the Earth
2. Size and Shape of the Earth
3. Locating Positions on the Earth
4. Fields
5. Topographic Maps
The Earth in Space
Sections:
1. Terrestrial Motions
2. The Apparent Path of the Sun
3. Orbital Motions
4. The Moon
5. Apparent Motions of Celestial Objects
6. Time and Earth Motions
7. The Planets
8. Beyond the Solar System
9. Formation, Evolution, and Measurement of Stars
Energy in Earth Processes
Sections:
1. Electromagnetic Energy and Energy Absorption
2. Heat Transfer
3. Specific Heat
4. Phase Change
Insolation and Earth Energy
Sections:
1. Land and Water Temperatures
2. Earth's Energy Budget
3. Insolation
Meteorology
Sections:
1. Adiabatic Changes and Cloud Formation
2. Air Masses and Fronts
3. Atmospheric Variables
4. Weather Maps
5. Station Models
Moisture, Energy, and Climate
Sections:
1. Climates
2. The Water Cycle and Soil Water Movement
3. Local Water Budgets
Weathering and Erosion
Sections:
1. Weathering
2. Rock Abrasion
3. Soil Formation
Erosional-Depositional Systems
Sections:
1. Deposition of Sediments
2. Running Water
3. Wind
4. Glaciers
5. Waves and Shorelines
6. Gravity and Mass Wasting
Rocks and Minerals
Sections:
1. Metamorphic Rocks
2. Mineral Properties and Identification
3. Igneous Rocks
4. Sedimentary Rocks
5. The Rock Cycle
The Dynamic Earth
Sections:
1. Structure of the Earth
2. Crustal Change
3. Earthquakes
4. Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift
The History of the Earth
Sections:
1. The Rock Record
2. Absolute Dating
3. Evolution of Life
4. Relative Dating and Structure Diagrams
5. Fossil Correlation
6. Fossils
Landscape Development
Sections:
1. Landscape Characteristics
2. Landscape Regions
3. River Drainage Patterns
4. Climatic Effects
5. Bedrock and Soil
Advanced Topics
Sections:
1. Measuring the Earth
2. The Earth in Space
3. Energy in Earth Processes
4. Meteorology
5. Moisture, Energy, and Climate

Themes:

Models
Measurements and Calculations
Motions
Energy and Temperature
Change
Relationships
Observations and Inferences
Stewardship
Reading Graphs and Diagrams

Attributes:

Graph
Table
Chart
Diagram
Map
Calculation
Apparatus