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GETTING TO KNOW THE EARTH SCIENCE REFERENCE

TABLES—EARTH’S STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION
A. DO NOW: Get a copy of the Earth Science Reference Tables (ESRT) from
up front! Flip through your ESRT until you find the following tables, and write
down what page you found them on!

REFERENCE TABLE WHAT PAGE TO FIND IT

ON!
“Inferred Properties of Earth’s Interior”
“Average Chemical Composition of Earth’s Crust,
Hydrosphere, and Troposphere”
“Selected Properties of Earth’s Atmosphere”

B. WHAT ARE THESE TABLES TRYING TO TELL US?—Working with others

in your group, try to write down three facts you can get from each of these
reference tables! Record your information in the spaces provided below!

I. “Inferred Properties of Earth’s Interior”

Fact 1:

Fact 2:

Fact 3:

II. “Average Chemical Composition of Earth’s Crust, Hydrosphere,

and Troposphere”

Fact 1:

Fact 2:

Fact 3:

III. “Selected Properties of Earth’s Atmosphere”

Fact 1:

Fact 2:

Fact 3:

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If during the share-out, other groups present interesting facts that
your group didn’t come up with, you can write some of these down
in the space below! :

C. REGENTS PRACTICE—Below are 8 Regents questions. ANSWER EACH

QUESTION, and in the BLANK SPACE TO THE RIGHT, write down which
Earth Science Reference table you used and how it helped you answer
the question.

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