Year 11 Earth and Environmental Studies
The Local Environment
Study Resources
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Video Links
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• How Abiotic and Biotic Factors Make an Ecosystem
• Why is Biodiversity So Important?
• Climate
• Environmental Impact Statement
• Humus: The Essential Ingredient
• The Importance of Humus in the Soil
• Metamorphic Rocks: An Introduction
• Metamorphic Rocks (and Toast)
• Geology Kitchen 4: Metamorphism
• Physical Properties of Minerals: Streak
• Using a Streak Plate to Identify Minerals
• What is Sustainable Development?
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The Planet Earth and Its Environment
Study Resources
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Part 1
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Part 2
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Video Links
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• Emission and Absorption Spectra
• Stephen Hawking: The Big Bang
• Climate
• Emission: What is Electromagnetic Spectrum?
• Fermentation of Yeast and Sugar
• Geocentric and Heliocentric Models
• How We Figured Out the Earth Goes Around the Sun
• Geological Time Scale: A Quick Overview
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• The Mysterious and Powerful Force of Gravity
• How Do Greenhouse Gases Work?
• What is the Greenhouse Effect?
• Red Shift and the Doppler Effect
• Spectroscopy - Splitting the Starlight
• Where Can I See a Supernova?
• Supernova Through the Hubble Telescope
• Fact, Theory, Hypothesis and Law: Explained
• Why Science is Not Just a Theory
• James Hutton, Uniformitarianism and Deep Time
• Geology and Uniformitarianism
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Water Issues
Dynamic Earth
Video Links
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• Gondwana
• Laurasia
• Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships 1
• Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships 2
• Neutrons
• Pangaea
• Protons
• Quarks
• Laws of Relative Rock Dating
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