HSC Earth and Environmental Science Year 12 Notes

These are the 20 revision notes inside the HSC Earth and Environmental Science Mastery Pack. Open any note to see what it covers before you buy.

1. Origin of organic molecules: Urey–Miller, black smokers and meteorites/panspermiaModule 5 · Module 5: Earth’s Processes

   Development of the Biosphere

2. Cyanobacteria, stromatolites, oxygenation and banded iron formations across Earth’s spheresModule 5 · Module 5: Earth’s Processes

   Development of the Biosphere; Changes in the Geosphere, Atmosphere and Hydrosphere

3. Multicellular life: Ediacaran and Cambrian fauna and the conquest of landModule 5 · Module 5: Earth’s Processes

   Development of the Biosphere

4. The plate tectonic supercycle: modelling it and its effects on climate and evolutionModule 5 · Module 5: Earth’s Processes

   Plate Tectonic Supercycle

5. Fossil formation, index fossils, relative and absolute dating and mass extinctionsModule 5 · Module 5: Earth’s Processes

   Fossil Formation and Stratigraphy

6. Plate boundaries, earthquake and volcano zones and the changing depth of earthquake fociModule 6 · Module 6: Hazards

   Geological Natural Disasters

7. Earthquake hazards: ground motion, liquefaction and tsunamis; when a hazard becomes a disasterModule 6 · Module 6: Hazards

   Geological Natural Disasters

8. Magma types, explosivity and volcanic hazards: ash, lava, lahars and gases; effusive versus explosive eruptionsModule 6 · Module 6: Hazards

   Geological Natural Disasters; Impact of Natural Disasters on the Biosphere

9. Mount Pinatubo and climatic phenomena: hailstorms, east coast lows, droughts, floods, bushfires and human contributionsModule 6 · Module 6: Hazards

   Impact of Natural Disasters on the Biosphere

10. Predicting and minimising disasters: monitoring technologies, building codes, warnings, education and meteorologyModule 6 · Module 6: Hazards

    Prediction and Prevention of Natural Disasters

11. The natural greenhouse effect and natural causes of climate variation on different timescalesModule 7 · Module 7: Climate Science

    Natural Processes of Variations in Climate

12. Ancient climate evidence: pollen, rock types, fossils and microfossils, isotope ratios in rocks and sedimentsModule 7 · Module 7: Climate Science

    Evidence for Climate Variation

13. Recent climate evidence: ice cores, dendrochronology, Aboriginal art sites, instrumental records, speleothems and coralsModule 7 · Module 7: Climate Science

    Evidence for Climate Variation

14. The anthropogenic greenhouse effect, ocean acidification and flow-on effects of climate changeModule 7 · Module 7: Climate Science

    Influence of Human Activities on Changes to Climate

15. Mitigation and adaptation: individual actions, urban design, geo-engineering, alternative energy and agricultural practicesModule 7 · Module 7: Climate Science

    Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies

16. Australia’s resources, mining methods, environmental impacts and reclamation of mine sitesModule 8 · Module 8: Resource Management

    Using Australia’s Natural Resources

17. Traditional owners in mining, and building a resource case studyModule 8 · Module 8: Resource Management

    Using Australia’s Natural Resources

18. Waste: investigating composition, solid waste management options and evaluating sustainabilityModule 8 · Module 8: Resource Management

    Waste Management

19. Sustainability definitions, threatening activities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resource managementModule 8 · Module 8: Resource Management

    Sustainability

20. Working scientifically in the HSC exam: methods, variables, data processing, the Geological Time Scale and 7–9 mark responsesSkills · Working Scientifically skills and depth studies

    Working Scientifically