SCIENCEPOWER 10
Student Resources
INTERNETCONNECT

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Unit 1: Sustainability of Ecosystems

Chapter 1: Connecting Links
1.1 Capturing Energy from the sun
1.2 Feeding Levels
1.3 Populations
1.4 Feeding People

Chapter 2: Cycles of Life
2.1 A Matter of Life and Death
2.2 The Carbon Cycle
2.3 The Nitrogen Cycle
2.4 Closing the Loop

Chapter 3: Change and Sustainability
3.1 The Importance of Soil
3.2 Change and Succession
3.3 Understanding Land Use

Chapter 4: Planet Home
4.1 Managing Resources
4.2 Ecological Footprints
4.3 Sustainable Future

Unit 2: Chemistry in Action

Chapter 5: Patterns and Compounds
5.1 Looking for Patterns in Chemical Reactivity
5.2 Forming Compounds
5.3 Chremical Names and Formulas
5.4 Chemical Equations and Chemical Reactions

Chapter 6: Investigating Chemical Reactions
6.1 Energy Changes and Chemical Reactions
6.2 Synthesis and Decomposition Reactions
6.3 Single Displacement and Double Displacement Reactions
6.4 Reactions Involving Carbon Compounds

Chapter 7: Acids and Bases
7.1 Common Acids and Bases
7.2 pH: A Powerful Scale
7.3 The Properties of Acids and Bases
7.4 Neutralization Reactions

Chapter 8: Chemical Reactions and the Environment
8.1 Factors That Affect Chemical Reactions
8.2 Chemical for Consumers
8.3 Chemical and Our Environment

Unit 3: The Physics of Motion

Chapter 9: What Is Motion?
9.1 Getting into Motion
9.2 The Language of Motion
9.3 Measuring Motion

Chapter 10: Uniform Motion
10.1 Position, Time, and Velocity
10.2 Getting Around
10.3 Velocity-Time Graphs

Chapter 11: Accelerated Motion
11.1 Describing and Measuring Acceleration
11.2 Using and Picturing Acceleration
11.3 Infering Acceleration

Chapter 12: Life in Motion
12.1 The Drop Zone
12.2 The Mathematics of Acceleration
12.3 Tracking Technologies

Unit 4: Weather Dynamics

Chapter 13: Solar Energy and Weather
13.1 Earth's Energy Budget
13.2 Energy and Water
13.3 Interactions of Solar Energy with Land and Air

Chapter 14: Air, Water, and Solar Energy
14.1 Solar Energy and a Spherical Earth
14.2 Worldwide Wind Currents
14.3 Rivers in the Sea
14.4 Over Land and Sea

Chapter 15: Local Weather Systems
15.1 Rain or shine ?
15.2 Highs, Lows, and Fronts
15.3 Severe Weather

Chapter 16: Humans and Weather
16.1 Collecting Weather Data
16.2 Weather Maps and Forecasting
16.3 Past, Present, and Future

Appendices
Appendix A Classifying Living Things
Appendix B Using Resources and the Internet Effectively
Appendix C Periodic Table of the Elements
Appendix D Periodic Table of the Elements
Appendix E Periodic Table of the Elements

Science and Technology Skills Guide
SkillPOWER 1 Using Your Textbook as a Study Tool
SkillPOWER 2 How to Use a Science Log
SkillPOWER 3 Working in Groups
SkillPOWER 4 Units of Measurement and Scientific Notation
SkillPOWER 5 Estimating and Measuring
SkillPOWER 6 Organizing and Communicating Scientific Results
SkillPOWER 7 Safety Symbols
SkillPOWER 8 Using Models in Science
SkillPOWER 9 Scientific and Technological Drawing
SkillPOWER 10 Using Resources and the Internet Effectively