Unit 2: Earth processes – energy transfers and transformations Earth and Environmental Science
Earth system processes require energy. In this unit, students explore how the transfer and transformation of energy from the sun and Earth’s interior enable and control processes within and between the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. …
Unit 2 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims Earth and Environmental Science
Rationale Earth and Environmental Science is a multifaceted field of inquiry that focuses on interactions between the solid Earth, its water, its air and its living organisms, and on dynamic, interdependent relationships that have developed between these …
Rationale/Aims | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES045
Processes within and between Earth systems require energy that originates either from the sun or the interior of Earth
ACSES045 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSES047
Transfers and transformations of heat and gravitational energy in Earth's interior drives the movement of tectonic plates through processes including mantle convection, plume formation and slab sinking
ACSES047 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH021
Isotopes are atoms of an element with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons; different isotopes of elements are represented using atomic symbols (for example, \({}_6^{12}C\), \({}_6^{13}C\)
ACSCH021 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH130
Data from analytical techniques, including mass spectrometry, x-ray crystallography and infrared spectroscopy, can be used to determine the structure of organic molecules, often using evidence from more than one technique
ACSCH130 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum