Download Task: To create a vocabulary review book that defines and illustrates

Task: To create a vocabulary review book that defines and illustrates earth science terms. Your book will count as a test
score.
Directions:
Create a title page with your name, Earth Science ________(period), and date on it.
Create a page for each letter below. A full page or more may be used for each letter. No letter should be less than a
page. Each page should contain the following:
a) Each vocabulary term and its scientific definition. This must be handwritten. Research shows writing in longhand
helps long-term memory.
b) Illustrate/create visuals for each word. You may draw them, cut out pictures from magazines, or use computer
images.
c) Create a multiple choice question with 4 answer choices for each page. The question should be based on
vocabulary on that page. Your question should use proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.
(Suggestion: Type it and spell check it for these issues before writing it into your booklet.) Please write the
correct answer to your question below the question. You can do this is a flip-up style if you wish. If you need to
borrow a glue stick, let Ms. Leggett know.
d) Each page should be colorful and neat.
e) Up to 5 points awarded for an extraordinary, super alphabet book.
A:
 Abiotic factor
 aphelion
 Aquifer
B:




Barycenter
Biome
Biodiversity
Biotic factor
C:
 Cold front
 Climate
 Chemical weathering
C:
 Convergent boundary
 Carbon dioxide
 cyclone
D:
 Divergent boundary
 Deforestation
 Drainage basin
E:
 Earthquake
 Elastic rebound theory
 Epicenter
E:
 Ecological footprint
 Electromagnetic spectrum
 El Nino
F:




Focus
fault
fossil fuel
front
G:
 Geothermal
 Global warming
 Greenhouse gases*
H:
 Hydrological cycle
 Heat island
 Hot spot
H:
 Humidity
 Hubble’s law
 Hydroelectric*
I:
 Igneous rocks
 Invasive species
 Infiltration
K:
 Kepler’s First Law of Motion
 Kepler’s Second Law of Motion
 Kepler’s Third Law of Motion
 Koppen Classification System*
******************CHECKPOINT, Tuesday, May2: This will count as a quiz grade. Up to this letter must be
completed.*****************
L
 La Nina
 Lithosphere
 Lava
M:
 Magma
 Mechanical weathering
 Metamorphic rocks
 Milky Way Galaxy
N:
 Neap Tide
 Nonpoint source pollution
 Nonrenewable resource
 Nutation
N:
 Nuclear fission
 Nuclear fusion
 Nebular hypothesis
O:
 Occluded front
 Overgrazing
 ozone
P:
 Precession
 Photosynthesis
 perihelion
 P Waves
P:
 Point Source Pollution
 Potable Water
 Prevailing wind
R:
 Recycle
 Reuse
 Reduce
R:
 Relative Humidity
 Rotation
 Revolution
R:




Renewable resource
Rock cycle
River basin
Rift valley
S:
 Sedimentation
 Sedimentary rocks
 Spring Tide
S:
 Stationary Front
 Surface Waves
 Subduction zone
T:
 Tsunami
 Transform fault boundaries
 Trench
T:
 Thunderstorm*
 Tide
 Tropical zone
U:
 Universe
 upwelling
 Urbanization
V:
 Viscosity
 Volcanic island arc
 volcano
W:
 Warm front
 Water shed
 Weather
W:
 Wind energy
 Water vapor
 Water table
W:
 Weathering
 Water cycle
 Winter solstice
3 points
Up to 3 points will be
given for the book
having a title page and
being securely bound.
3 points per page
Each word has a complete
handwritten definition
with a visual.
The page is neat and
appropriately colored.
Good spelling is used.
No penalty for no visuals for
words with an *!
2 points per page
Page is missing one
complete word and visual
set or missing pictures
for 1 or more words.
Or lacks in neatness and
color.
1 point per page
All words are
defined but do
not include
visuals. All words
have visuals but
no definitions.
Or missing more
than one
vocabulary word
and visual for the
word set.
0 pages per page
Words are not
defined and do
not have visuals.