March 10th 2010
Science: today in class we went over chapter 6 section 2 workbook pages and students finished up their posters. Tomorrow the students will have a test over chapter 6.
Physical Science: Today we reviewed for the exam tomorrow. The exam is over chapter 23, 2, 3, and 4.
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Chapter 6 Study Guide-Regular Science
- What is pollution?
- What examples of pollution?
- What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resource?
- List examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources.
- What is an exotic species? Give an example.
- What effect does human population growth have on pollution?
- What is biodiversity?
- How are forest habitats destroyed?
- How are marine habitats destroyed?
- What is the difference between a point-source and a nonpoint-source pollution?
- What effect does pollution have on humans?
- Define conservation.
- How can you reduce waste and pollution?
- How can you reduce the use of nonrenewable resources?
- How can people reuse products and water?
- What is the importance of recycling trash and resources?
- Define biodiversity.
- Why is it necessary to maintain biodiversity?
- What is the Environmental Protection Act and what does it do?
- How do we protect species and habitats?
- List some environmental strategies to help protect the earth.
- What does the EPA do to help curb pollution?
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March 9th 2010
Science: Today we went over chapter 6 section 1 workbook pages and started on a poster over environmental problems/solutions. Homework is to finish chapter 6 section 2 workbook pages for tomorrow. Chapter 6 test Thursday.
Physical Science: today took a test over chapter 4. 3rd Qtr exam is Thursday.
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March 8th 2010
Science: Today students took a test over chapter 5. Homework was chapter 6 vocab and chapter 6 workbook pages. Section 1 is due tomorrow. Chapter 6 test is Thursday.
Physical Science: Today students finished up a discussion of chapter 4. They also completed a worksheet in class. Students that didn’t finish must finish it tonight for homework and then turn it in before the test. Test is tomorrow. 3rd quarter exam is Thursday.
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Physical Science: Chapter 4 Study Guide
- What is energy?
- Why does change require energy?
- What are the different forms of energy?
- What is kinetic energy?
- How do you calculate KE?
- What is potential energy?
- How do you calculate PE?
- What are the differences between chemical, elastic and gravitational potential energy?
- What is the unit for energy? What units are involved to make the energy unit?
- How is energy transformed?
- How do you transform chemical energy to mechanical energy?
- What is mechanical energy?
- How does energy transform during projectile motion?
- How does energy transform in a swing?
- What is the law of conservation of energy?
- How is energy conserved (transformed) in a hair dryer?
- What effect does friction play on energy conservation?
- How is mass converted into energy?
- What is the difference between fission and fusion?
- How do you get energy? How is it transformed?
- Be able to work problems 38-50 on page 835.
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March 5th 2010
Science: Today in class we took a quiz over section 2 & 3 of chapter 5. Students got back their quizzes and are encouraged to use them to study for the test on Monday. We also went to the health seminar.
Physical Science: We went to the health seminar. No homework.
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March 4th 2010
Science: Today in class we reviewed the chapter 5 workbook and took a quiz over chapter 5 section 1. Chapter 5 section 1 & 2 quiz will be tomorrow.
Physical Science: Today in class we finished up a lab over energy transformation. No homework.
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Chapter 5 Study Guide-Regular Science
This is a study guide for chapter 5 The Fossil Record.
- What is uniformitarianism?
- Who came up with uniformitarianism?
- What is catastrophism?
- Who came up with catastrophism?
- Which theory is used today?
- What is relative dating?
- How do you use relative dating with fossils in a rock layer (strata)?
- What is absolute dating?
- What is a half life?
- What are the half lives of Uranium 238 and Carbon 14?
- How much carbon 14 is left from a 500 gram sample after 3 half lives?
- What is paleontology?
- How do organisms get preserved (turned into fossils)?
- What is amber?
- What is petrification?
- What is permineralization?
- What is replacement?
- What are trace fossils?
- Give three examples of trace fossils.
- What is the difference between a mold and a cast?
- How does the fossil record help interpret the past?
- What are index fossils?
- What are two examples of index fossils?
- What is the geologic time scale?
- How do rocks and fossils relate to geologic time?
- What is an eon?
- Name the 4 eons and their date range.
- What is an era?
- Name the 3 eras and their date range.
- What is a period?
- Name the periods and their date range
- What is an epoch?
- Which epoch do we live in?
- What is extinction?
- What the ‘common names’ of the three eras?
- What ended the different eras(be specific)?
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March 3rd 2010
Science: Today we finished our discussion of chapter 5. We will go over workbook pages tomorrow in class. Quiz over chapter 5 is Friday. Test is Monday.
Physical Science: Today we worked on a lab over transformation of energy. Students will finish up the lab tomorrow and then we will discuss chapter 4 section 2. Test is Tuesday.
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March 2nd 2010
Science: Today in class we discussed chapter 5 section 1. We are discussing chapter 5 section 2 & 3 tomorrow. Test is Friday. Test is Friday March
Physical Science: Today in class we discussed chapter 4 section 1. No homework. Test is Tuesday March 9th.
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