ESS
Phenomena
Stars 101
Big Bang
Elements
100

ESS stands for...

Earth System Science

100

Something that occurs or exists

A phenomenon

100

a cloud of gas and dust with great volume

What is a nebula?

100

The early universe was mainly made of these two elements.

Hydrogen and Helium.

100

# of naturally occurring elements.

92

200

Four main systems of Earth....

Hydro, Bio, Litho (Geo), Atmosphere

200

___________ phenomena are those observable, real-life contexts that form the basis of a question or a problem to be solved.

Anchor

200

What is a black hole? What does it result from?

Remnant of an exploding star. 

200

Infinitely small, dense, hot early universe is called a ______________. 

Singularity. 

200

The early universe is often compared to a hot ______ of particles.

Soup

300

Earth is a(n) open/closed/isolated system.

Open, almost closed

300

_________________ phenomena are what students observe as a result of testing answers to questions about the anchor phenomena.

Investigative

300

____ are the largest and brightest stars.

What are supergiants?

300

How long ago was the Big Bang? (maybe)

14.7 BYA

300

The most abundant element in the universe.

Hydrogen

400

Two things exchanged between systems

Matter and Energy

400

Goal of phenomenon learning?

Solve a problem. Figure stuff out. 

400

Smaller stars, like our sun, are _____.

What are dwarf stars?

400

what is the first stage of the stars life cycle

Nebula

400

As the universe cooled, matter started to _________.

Condense, congeal, come together to form simple atoms.

500

This image is what eventually led to ESS. 

500

An example of an unexplained phenomenon?

UFO, Bigfoot, Gravity, Ghosts

500

This planet, in our solar system, should be a star, but its not big enough. 

What is Jupiter?

500

This reaction powers the stars. 

Fusion.

500

Other elements are fused inside _________.

Stars