SERC Vocabularies
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SERC Subject Vocabulary
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- Biosphere 8:2 end
- Ecology 8:2 8:68 end
- Principles 8:2 8:68 8:80 end
- Food Webs 8:2 8:68 8:81 end
- Microbial Food Webs 8:2 8:68 8:81 8:134 end
- Symbiotic Relations 8:2 8:68 8:82 end
- Mutualism 8:2 8:68 8:82 8:83 end
- Parasitism 8:2 8:68 8:82 8:84 end
- Commensalism 8:2 8:68 8:82 8:85 end
- Abiotic Relations 8:2 8:68 8:86 end
- Metabolism 8:2 8:68 8:87 end
- Habitats 8:2 8:68 8:88 end
- Terrestrial 8:2 8:68 8:88 8:89 end
- Freshwater 8:2 8:68 8:88 8:90 end
- Marine 8:2 8:68 8:88 8:91 end
- Benthic 8:2 8:68 8:88 8:135 end
- Water Column 8:2 8:68 8:88 8:136 end
- Within Rock 8:2 8:68 8:88 8:142 end
- Biofilms 8:2 8:68 8:92 end
- Evolution 8:2 8:69 end
- Principles 8:2 8:69 8:76 end
- Patterns 8:2 8:69 8:77 end
- Processes 8:2 8:69 8:78 end
- Bioinformatics 8:2 8:69 8:79 end
- Diversity 8:2 8:70 end
- Censuses 8:2 8:70 8:75 end
- Biogeochemistry 8:2 8:71 end
- Molecular Biology 8:2 8:72 end
- Astrobiology 8:2 8:73 end
- Microbiology 8:2 8:93 end
- Microbiology and Health 8:2 8:137 end
- Methods of Microbiology 8:2 8:74 end
- Field Methods 8:2 8:74 8:94 end
- Molecular Methods 8:2 8:74 8:138 end
- Culturing Methods 8:2 8:74 8:139 end
- Microscopy 8:2 8:74 8:140 end
- Flow cytometry 8:2 8:74 8:141 end
- Earth surface 8:4 end
- Sedimentary Geology 8:4 8:117 end
- Sedimentary Textures 8:4 8:117 8:156 end
- Sedimentary Structures 8:4 8:117 8:157 end
- Sediment Transport and Deposition 8:4 8:117 8:158 end
- Stratigraphy 8:4 8:117 8:159 end
- Lithostratigraphy 8:4 8:117 8:159 8:160 end
- Biostratigraphy 8:4 8:117 8:159 8:161 end
- Sequence Stratigraphy 8:4 8:117 8:159 8:162 end
- Seismic Stratigraphy 8:4 8:117 8:159 8:163 end
- Depositional environments 8:4 8:117 8:164 end
- Continental 8:4 8:117 8:164 8:165 end
- Marginal-Marine 8:4 8:117 8:164 8:166 end
- Shelf-slope Environment 8:4 8:117 8:164 8:167 end
- Deep Marine Environment 8:4 8:117 8:164 8:168 end
- Diagenesis 8:4 8:117 8:169 end
- Weathering 8:4 8:117 8:170 end
- Facies and Facies Models 8:4 8:117 8:171 end
- Provenance 8:4 8:117 8:172 end
- Techniques of Sedimentary Geology 8:4 8:117 8:173 end
- Petroleum/Coal Geology 8:4 8:117 8:175 end
- Energy/Material cycles 8:5 end
- Human Dimensions/Resources 8:6 end
- Hydrosphere/Cryosphere 8:7 end
- Groundwater 8:7 8:96 end
- Geology of groundwater occurrence 8:7 8:96 8:97 end
- Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface 8:7 8:96 8:98 end
- Unsaturated zone/recharge 8:7 8:96 8:102 end
- Aquifer properties 8:7 8:96 8:99 end
- Groundwater flow 8:7 8:96 8:103 end
- Water supply/water resource evaluation 8:7 8:96 8:100 end
- Well hydraulics 8:7 8:96 8:101 end
- Water quality/chemistry 8:7 8:96 8:105 end
- Contaminant hydrology 8:7 8:96 8:104 end
- Groundwater modeling 8:7 8:96 8:106 end
- Field methods in hydrogeology 8:7 8:96 8:108 end
- Water and society, policy, and management 8:7 8:96 8:107 end
- Surface Water 8:7 8:119 end
- Water Quality/Chemistry 8:7 8:119 8:120 end
- Water Management and Policy 8:7 8:119 8:121 end
- Snow and Ice 8:7 8:118 end
- Ocean 8:8 end
- Physical Oceanography 8:8 8:113 end
- Chemical Oceanography 8:8 8:114 end
- Biological Oceanography 8:8 8:115 end
- Marine Geology and Geophysics 8:8 8:116 end
- Solar system 8:9 end
- Mars 8:9 8:143 end
- Water/Ice 8:9 8:143 8:144 end
- Atmosphere/Climate 8:9 8:143 8:145 end
- Structure/Tectonics 8:9 8:143 8:146 end
- Geophysics 8:9 8:143 8:147 end
- Volcanology/Petrology 8:9 8:143 8:148 end
- Sedimentary Processes 8:9 8:143 8:149 end
- Impact Cratering 8:9 8:143 8:150 end
- Geologic History 8:9 8:143 8:151 end
- Life on Mars 8:9 8:143 8:152 end
- Missions/Data Acquisition 8:9 8:143 8:153 end
- Images/Maps/Visualizations 8:9 8:143 8:154 end
- Martian Meteorites 8:9 8:143 8:155 end
- Solid Earth 8:10 end
- Structural Geology 8:10 8:12 end
- Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones 8:10 8:12 8:13 end
- Joints/Fractures 8:10 8:12 8:14 end
- Microstructures, Deformation Mechanisms, Fabrics 8:10 8:12 8:15 end
- Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis 8:10 8:12 8:16 end
- Rheology/Behavior of Materials 8:10 8:12 8:17 end
- Modeling Structural Processes 8:10 8:12 8:18 end
- Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity 8:10 8:12 8:19 end
- Geophysics and Structural Geology/Earthquakes/Seismic Reflection Profiling 8:10 8:12 8:20 end
- Applications of Structural Geology to Other Disciplines 8:10 8:12 8:21 end
- Structural Visualizations (Maps/Air Photos/Images/Cross Sections/Projections) 8:10 8:12 8:22 end
- Petrology 8:10 8:24 end
- Volcanology 8:10 8:24 8:25 end
- Geochemistry 8:10 8:24 8:26 end
- Igneous Processes 8:10 8:24 8:27 end
- Igneous Associations and Tectonic Settings 8:10 8:24 8:28 end
- Metamorphic Processes 8:10 8:24 8:29 end
- Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria 8:10 8:24 8:30 end
- PTt Relationships 8:10 8:24 8:31 end
- Metamorphic Rock Suites and Facies 8:10 8:24 8:32 end
- Igneous Rocks 8:10 8:24 8:66 end
- Metamorphic Rocks 8:10 8:24 8:67 end
- Mineralogy 8:10 8:33 end
- Crystallography Crystal morphology, symmetry elements, point groups, space groups, crystal classes, lattices, unit cells, crystal defects, twins. 8:10 8:33 8:34 end
- Crystal Chemistry Chemical bonds, structure types, compositional variation in minerals, site occupancy. 8:10 8:33 8:35 end
- Mineral Analysis Structural or compositional; e.g. microprobe, spectroscopies, etc. 8:10 8:33 8:36 end
- X-ray Techniques Powder diffraction and single crystal methods; Bragg's Law. 8:10 8:33 8:37 end
- Optical Mineralogy Nature of light in crystals, index of refraction, isotopic, uniaxial, biaxial properties, interference figures, pleochroism, birefringence, etc. 8:10 8:33 8:38 end
- Physical Properties Habit, cleavage, hardiness, density, color, etc. 8:10 8:33 8:40 end
- Phase Equilibria/Thermodynamics Gibb's Phase Rule, Stability diagrams (1,2,3, + components; P-T, eH-pH, activity diagrams), Mineral reactions. 8:10 8:33 8:39 end
- Environmental Mineralogy Covering aspects of mineralogy that impact environmental quality and health issues. 8:10 8:33 8:41 end
- Biomineralogy Covering relationships between mineralogy and biota. 8:10 8:33 8:42 end
- Systematic Mineralogy 8:10 8:33 8:43 end
- Island Silicates 8:10 8:33 8:43 8:44 end
- Disilicates 8:10 8:33 8:43 8:45 end
- Ring Silicates 8:10 8:33 8:43 8:46 end
- Chain Silicates 8:10 8:33 8:43 8:47 end
- Sheet Silicates 8:10 8:33 8:43 8:48 end
- Framework Silicates 8:10 8:33 8:43 8:49 end
- Carbonates 8:10 8:33 8:43 8:50 end
- Sulfates 8:10 8:33 8:43 8:51 end
- Oxides and Hydroxides 8:10 8:33 8:43 8:52 end
- Native Elements 8:10 8:33 8:43 8:53 end
- Geochemistry 8:10 8:54 end
- Elements Major and trace element geochemistry; distribution coefficients. 8:10 8:54 8:55 end
- Phase Equilibria/Thermodynamics Gibb's Phase Rule, Stability diagrams (1,2,3, + components; P-T, eH-pH, activity diagrams) definition used to define mineralogy phase eq./thermodynamics; the study of those geochemical phases, which, under specified conditions (temperature, pressure), may exist in equilibrium
8:10 8:54 8:56 end
- Radioisotopes Geochronology and isotopic tracers. 8:10 8:54 8:57 end
- Stable Isotopes H,C,O,S; Applications of geothermometry to global change. 8:10 8:54 8:58 end
- Aqueous Solutions Solubility properties. 8:10 8:54 8:59 end
- Acid/Base Reactions Including processes involving acid/base reactions. 8:10 8:54 8:60 end
- Oxidation/Reduction Reactions Including processes involving oxidation/reduction reactions. 8:10 8:54 8:61 end
- Organic and Biochemistry Geochemistry of carbon, organic compounds, biochemicals, e.g. proteins, polysaccharides, amino acids; racemization, etc. 8:10 8:54 8:62 end
- Surface Chemistry Sorption, catalysis, colloids. 8:10 8:54 8:63 end
- Reaction Kinetics/Rates rates at which chemical reactions proceed; theories of reaction rates 8:10 8:54 8:64 end
- Geochemical Analysis methods used to study the distribution and amounts of elements in minerals, ores, rocks, soil, water and atmosphere 8:10 8:54 8:65 end
- Geophysics 8:10 8:111 end
- Tectonics 8:10 8:112 end
- Time/Earth History 8:11 end
- Chemistry/Physics/Mathematics 8:23 end
- Education Materials about topics in learning, teaching and education. Not necessarily materials to be used in education (unless one is teaching ABOUT education) 8:109 end
- Assessment Materials that address the subject of learner assessment. May or may not include actual assessment instruments. 8:109 8:110 end
- Concept Map 8:109 8:110 8:122 end
- Concept Test 8:109 8:110 8:123 end
- Exam 8:109 8:110 8:124 end
- Knowledge Survey 8:109 8:110 8:133 end
- Peer Assessment 8:109 8:110 8:126 end
- Portfolio 8:109 8:110 8:127 end
- Oral Presentation 8:109 8:110 8:125 end
- On Line 8:109 8:110 8:132 end
- Rubric 8:109 8:110 8:128 end
- Written Report 8:109 8:110 8:129 end
- Other Assessment Type concept sketches, case studies, seminar, mathamatical thinking, perfomance assessment 8:109 8:110 8:130 end
- Faculty Development 8:109 8:176 end