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2/6/2012 Day 4
D.N. Answer: 40,000 mi.=3.14 x d
• Do Now: The Earth’s circumference is
40,000 mi./3.14
=d
40,000 miles, determine
the diameter
of
the Earth.
C=3.14d
12,739
mi. = d
• Vocab.: Continental Crust - thicker, less
dense crust made of granite
• Summary: Continental plates sit higher in
Summary Answer: Continental plates sit
the
asthenosphere
because...
higher in the asthenosphere because they are
less dense.
2/7/2012 Day 5
• Do Now: What do you think is meant by
D.N.
Answer:
the
edge
of
the term “plate boundary”?
the lithospheric plates
• Vocab.: Subduction Zone – area where
oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean
Summary
oldest rocks
trench
into theAnswer:
mantle atThe
a convergent
in the Atlantic Ocean are found near
boundary
the edge The
of the
continents.
• Summary:
oldest
rocks in the Atlantic
Ocean are found...
2/8/2012 Day 6
• Do Now: If magma created by an oceanic
D.N.
Answer:
*C =5/9(1200-32)
subduction is heated to 1,200 Degrees F,
=5/9(1168)
how many degrees Celsius
would this be?
*C = 5/9(*F-32)
=649 *C
• Vocab.: Divergent Boundary – a plate
boundary
two plates
move away
Summarywhere
Answer:
The Mariana Trench
from
each other
was created
by a convergent subduction zone.
• Summary: The Mariana Trench was
created by...
2/9/2012 Day 1
• Do Now: The Outer Core is about 1400 miles
km = 1400would
x 1.62this be?
thick, D.N.
about Answer:
how many Kilometers
Km = Miles X 1.62
=2268 km
• Vocab.: Convergent Boundary – a plate
boundary where two plates move toward each
other
Summary Answer:
The mountains
Himalayan were
• Summary:
The Himalayan
mountains
were created by a continentalcreated
by ...
continental convergent collision.
2/10/2012 Day 2
D.N. IfAnswer:
=2248 8km/8
km/s
• Do Now:
a p-wave travels
km/s,
how many
minutes and seconds would
it take
=281 s/60
s to travel
through the Outer Core to the Inner Core?
=4.68333 minutes
• Vocab.: Transform Boundary – a plate
=4 mins.
(.6875
x 60)
boundary where two plates
move
past each
other in opposite directions
=4 mins. 40 s
Summary Answer:
A chain ofcommonly
volcanoes
• Summary:
A chain of volcanoes
commonly
forms
whenforms
a ... when a plate subducts and
melts underneath another plate.
2/13/2012 Day 3
Answer:
=5000
m/satx5000
.001 m/s
km/m
• DoD.N.
Now:
If a p-wave
travels
through granite, what=5iskm/s
its speed
in mi/hr?
x 60 s/min
• Vocab.: Longitudinal=300
– same direction as
km/min x 60 min/hr
direction of travel
=18000 km/hr x .61 mi/km
• Summary: Earthquake activity, volcanic
= 10,980 miles/hr
activity and high heat flow are characteristics
Summary
Answer:
Earthquake
activity,
of...
volcanic activity and high heat flow are
characteristics of a plate boundary.
2/14/2012 Day 4
D.N. Answer:
P stands
primary.
• Do Now:
What do you
thinkforthe
P and S
S stands for secondary.
in P-waves
and S-waves mean?
• Vocab.: P-wave – compressional waves
generated by an earthquake that are
longitudinal in nature
Summary Answer:
and
• Summary:
CollisionCollision
and subduction
subduction boundaries
are examples
of
boundaries
are examples
of...
convergent boundaries.
2/15/2012 Day 5
D.N. Answer:
1200 km/
(3 km/s)
• Do Now:
If a s-wave =
travels
3 km/s,
how many
=400 s/60
s/min
minutes and seconds would
it take
to travel 1200
km?
=6.67 minutes
• Vocab.: Transverse –=6
consists of undulations
mins. (.67 x 60s)
(repeated ups and downs) perpendicular to the
=6 mins. 40 s
direction of travel
Summary Answer:
Whenconverge,
two platesthe
• Summary:
When two plates
converge,
the one is...
that subducts is the denser
one
that subducts
one.
2/16/2012 Day 6
D.N. Answer:
10,000
(2 and
km/s)
• Do Now:
If a p wave =
travels
at 5km/
km/s
an
s-wave travels at 3 km/s
what is km/
the (5
time
interval
=10,000
km/s)
in minutes at 10,000 km?
=5000 s – 2000 s
• Vocab.: S waves - shear waves generated by
s / (60
an earthquake that are=3000
transverse
ins/min)
nature
• Summary: If two plates
= 50with
min.continental crust
Summary
Answer:
If
two
plates
with
converge, they will likely...
continental crust converge, they will likely weld
together.
2/21/2012 Day 1
D.N. Answer:
= 12393
km/4131
• Do Now:
If an s wave
travels
12393skm in
4131 seconds, what is
rate of travel?
= 3its
km/s
• Vocab.: S-P Interval – the time interval
between the first arrivals of transverse (S) and
longitudinal (P) waves
• Summary:
A divergentAboundary
Summary Answer:
divergenthas
boundary
_(newer/older)__
rocks
and _________
has newer rocks and
higher
elevation relative
elevation
relative
to the
to the rocks
around
it. rocks around it.
2/22/2012 Day 2
D.N. Answer:
3 km/s
min.is 3
• Do Now:
If the rate of=travel
of anx S6wave
km/s, at 6 minutes how far will the wave have
= 3 km/s x 360 s
travelled?
• Vocab.: Normal Fault –= a1080
type ofkm
fault where
the hanging wall slides downward; caused by
tension in the crust
Summary Answer:
A subduction
• Summary:
A subduction
boundary has
boundary has olderrocks
rocksand
and_____
lower elevation
elevation
__(newer/older)__
relative to
to the
the rocks
rocks around
around it.
it.
relative
2/23/2012 Day 3
D.N. Answer:
5196 km/(3
km/s)
• Do Now:
If a p wave =travels
at 3 km/s
and
goes a distance of 5196= km,
the time it
1732what
s/ 60was
s/min
took to get there?
= 28.86667 min.
• Vocab.: Reverse fault – a type of fault where
28 min caused
52 s by
the hanging wall slides =upward;
compression in the crust
Summary Answer:
Earthquakes
are
• Summary:
Earthquakes
are related to...
related to seismic waves, faults and tsunamis.
2/24/2012 Day 4
D.N. Answer:
• Do Now:
If a p wave travels at 5 km/s and an
s-wave
travels
at33km/s
km/s-what
is the5 time
= 5000
km/
5000km/
km/sinterval
in minutes at 5,000 km?
=1667 s - 1000 s
• Vocab.: Strike-slip fault – a type of fault where
rocks on either side move
past
other40 s
= 667
s each
= 10 min.
sideways with little up or down motion
Summary Answer:
types
of faults
• Summary:
Three typesThree
of faults
are...
are normal, reverse and strike-slip.
2/27/2012 Day 5
D.N. Answer:
• Do Now:
What is a hanging wall?
A hanging
is a block
rockof
that
• Vocab.:
Fault –wall
a break
in theofcrust
thelies
earth
linepast each other
whereabove
rocksthe
canfault
move
• Summary: Three types of stress are...
Summary Answer:
Three types of stress
are tension, compression, and shearing.
2/28/2012 Day 6
• DoD.N.
Now:
If a reverse fault moves 5 cm, what
Answer: 5 cm = .05 m,
is that in meters and in what direction?
hanging wall up
• Vocab.: Hanging wall – block of rock that lies
above the fault line
• Summary: To measure an earthquake you
use a(n)...
Summary Answer: To measure an
earthquake you use a seismometer.
2/29/2012 Day 1
D.N. Answer:
= 200
mm,
• Do Now:
If a normal 20
faultcm
moves
20 cm,
what
is thatthe
in millimeters
what direction?
hanging and
wallin moves
down
• Vocab.: Foot wall – block of rock that lies below
the fault line
• Summary: The order that earthquake waves
would arrive would be...
Summary Answer: The order that
earthquake waves arrive would be
primary, secondary and lastly
surface waves.
3/1/2012 Day 2
D.N. Answer:
6.0 – 4.0=magnitude
2.0
• Do Now:
If an earthquake’s
increases from a 4.02.0
to ax 6.0
how
many
31 = 61
times more energy is released?
times the energy
• Vocab.: Stress – force that acts on a rock
to change its shape or volume
Summary Answer:
The Richter
scale
• Summary:
The Richter
scale measures
measures
the of
intensity
of an earthquake
from
the
intensity
an earthquake
from the...
the S wave amplitude of a seismograph.
3/2/2012 Day 3
D.N. Answer:
8.5-1.0=7.5
• Do Now:
If an earthquake’s
magnitude
increases from a 1.07.5
to ax 8.5
how
many
31 = 232.5
times more energy is released?
times the energy
• Vocab.: Tension – pulls the crust,
stretching the rock making it thinner in the
middle
Summary Answer: The Mercalli scale
measures the amount
of damage
during an
• Summary:
The Mercalli
scale
earthquake.
measures...
3/5/2012 Day 4
D.N. Answer:
strike-slip
• Do Now:
Which type
of faultfault
would
you expect to find at a transform plate
boundary?
• Vocab.: Amplitude – the size of the
wiggles on an earthquake recording
Summary Answer: The point where fault
• Summary:
The ispoint
fault
movement occurred
calledwhere
the focus.
movement occurred is...
3/6/2012 Day 5
D.N. Answer:
• Do Now:
How manythree
seismograph
stations are needed to locate the epicenter
of an earthquake?
• Vocab.: Magnitude – the measurement of
an earthquake’s strength based on
seismic
waves
and movement
along faults
Summary
Answer:
Particles from
• Summary:
Particles
Rayleigh
waves
Rayleigh waves
move infrom
a circular
motion.
move in...
3/7/2012 Day 6
D.N. Answer:
up andmove
down
• Do Now:
How do particles
as an Swave passes?
• Vocab.: Mercalli Scale – a scale that rates
earthquakes according to their intensity
and how much damage they cause at a
particular point
Summary Answer:
As the distance
• Summary:
As the distance
from thefrom
the epicenter
earthquake gets
gets bigger,
epicenter
of of
ananearthquake
bigger,
the S-P
gets larger.
the
S-Pinterval
interval...
3/8/2012 Day 1
D.N. Answer:
Surfacewaves
Waves
• Do Now:
Which earthquake
cause
the most destruction?
• Vocab.: Richter Scale – a scale that rates
an earthquake’s magnitude based on the
size of its seismic waves
• Summary:
The threeThe
types
of types
stresses
Summary Answer:
three
of
are…
stresses are tension, compression, and
shearing.
3/9/2012 Day 2
D.N. How
Answer:
compressed
• Do Now:
do particles
move asand
a Pwavestretched
passes??
• Vocab.: Aftershock – an earthquake that
occurs after a larger earthquake in the
same area
• Summary:
three The
types
of faults
are…
Summary The
Answer:
three
types of
faults are normal, reverse and strike-slip.
3/12/2012 Day 3
D.N. Answer: along boundaries
• Do Now:
Where
are volcanoes found?
of earth’s
plates
• Vocab.: Pyroclastic flow – an explosive
eruption hurling out a mixture of hot gases,
ash, cinders, and bombs
• Summary: I am not sure about...
Summary Answer: I am not sure
about...(answer with something related to the
class).
D.N. Answer:
F = 9/5(750)
3/13/2012
Day 4+32
=1350+32
• Do Now: Magma is at least 750 degrees
=1382 F
C, what is that in Fahrenheit?
• Vocab.: viscosity - the resistance of a
liquid to flowing
• Summary: I might have learned more if...
Summary Answer: I might have learned
more if...(answer with something related to the
class).
3/14/2012 Day 5
D.N. Answer:
it decreases
• Do Now:
What happens
to magma’s
viscosity as it gets hotter?
• Vocab.: Hot spot – an area where material
from deep within the mantle rises and then
melts, forming magma
• Summary:
I want to find
out
Summary Answer:
I want
to more
find outabout...
more
about...(answer with something related to the
class).
3/15/2012 Day 6
D.N. Answer: 510 minutes
• Do Now: Mt. St. Helens erupted at 8:30
a.m., how many minutes after midnight
until it erupted?
• Vocab.: Ring of Fire – volcanic belt that
rims the Pacific Ocean
• Summary:
One thingOne
I learned
is…
Summary Answer:
thing I learned
is…...(answer with something related to the
class).
3/16/2012 Day 1
D.N. Answer: 21
• Do Now: Mt. St. Helens erupted on May
18, 1980, how many years and days since
the eruption?
• Vocab.: Volcano – a weak spot in the
crust where molten material, or magma,
comes
to the
surface Three things I learned
Summary
Answer:
• Summary:
Three
things
this week are…
(answer
withI learned
somethingthis
relatedare…
to the class).
week
3/19/2012 Day 2
D.N. Answer:
700 km/h x .61 = 427 mph
• Do Now: If a pyroclastic flow moves at up
to 700 km/hr, what is that in mph?
• Vocab.: dormant – a volcano that is not
currently active, but that may become
active in the future
• Summary:
types
of volcanoes
are
Summary Three
Answer:
Three
types of
...
volcanoes are shield, strato- and cinder cone.
3/20/2012 Day 3
D.N. Answer: 500 above water
• Do Now: How many active volcanoes are
there on Earth?
• Vocab.: extinct – a volcano that is no
longer active and is unlikely to erupt again
• Summary: A shield volcano is ...
Summary Answer: A shield volcano
is a rounded volcano with gentle
lava flows.
3/21/2012 Day 4
D.N. Answer: Info or
• Do Now: Word Generation
entertainment
• Vocab.: shield volcano – wide and gently
sloping volcano with quiet eruptions and
thin lava flows
• Summary: One thing that helps buildings
withstand
is... your own
Summaryearthquakes
Answer: Find
answer.
3/22/2012 Day 5
D.N. Answer: Smoking
• Do Now: Word Generation
• Vocab.: cinder cone volcano – steep and
cone shaped volcano producing high
viscosity lava, ash, cinders and bombs
• Summary: The chemical formula for water
is...
Summary Answer: The chemical formula
for water is H20.
3/23/2012 Day 6
D.N. Answer: vent, crater,
• Do Now: Name 5 parts of a volcano.
magma chamber, ash cloud,
• Vocab.:
stratovolcano
–
tall,
cone
shaped
secondary cone, pyroclastic
volcanoes from alternating lava flows and
cloud, lava flow
explosive eruptions
• Summary: A cinder cone volcano is...
Summary Answer: A cinder cone
volcano is a steep and cone shaped
volcano producing high viscosity lava,
ash, cinders and bombs.
3/26/2012 Day 1
D.N. Answer: because it has
• Do Now: Why is water a polar molecule?
oppositely charged ends.
• Vocab.: cohesion - the molecular force
between particles within a body or
substance that acts to unite them.
Summary: The difference between
cohesion
and
adhesion
is...difference
Summary
Answer:
The
between cohesion and adhesion is
the attraction within a substance
and attraction between different
3/27/2012 Day 2
D.N. Answer: salt water.
• Do Now: Which is more dense, salt water
or fresh water?
• Vocab.: adhesion - the tendency of
different particles and/or surfaces to cling
to one another
Summary:
means...
Summary Hydrophobic
Answer: Hydrophobic
means that something is not
attracted to water.
3/28/2012 Day 3
D.N. Answer: cold water.
• Do Now: Which is more dense, cold
water or warm water?
• Vocab.: specific heat - amount of heat that
must be absorbed or expended to change
the temperature of 1g of a substance 1o C.
Summary:
means...
Summary Hydrophilic
Answer: Hydrophilic
means that something is attracted
to water.
3/29/2012 Day 4
D.N. Answer: acid.
• Do Now: Is ketchup an acid or a base?
• Vocab.: Heat of Vaporization - Amount of
energy required to change 1g of liquid
water into a gas
• Summary: pH expresses...
Summary Answer: pH expresses
the hydrogen ion (H+) concentration
in a solution.
3/30/2012 Day 5
D.N. Answer: base.
• Do Now: Is ammonia an acid or a base?
• Vocab.: solvent – the dissolving agent in a
solution
• Summary: In Kool-aid the solvent is...
Summary Answer: In Kool-aid the
solvent is water.
4/2/2012 Day 6
D.N. Answer: check page 8 in
• Do Now: Make a table including types of
pink packet.
volcanoes, kind of eruption, and shape.
• Vocab.: pH - expresses hydrogen ion (H+)
concentration in a solution
• Summary: In Kool-aid the solute is...
Summary Answer: In Kool-aid the
solute is the powder.
4/3/2012 Day 1
D.N. Answer: focus
• Do Now: What is the point where fault
movement triggered an earthquake?
• Vocab.: acid – sour tasting substance with
a pH less than 7
• Summary: The four different types of
seismic
waves
are... The four different
Summary
Answer:
types of seismic waves are P waves, S waves,
Rayleigh waves and Love waves.
4/4/2012 Day 2
D.N. Answer: surface waves.
• Do Now: What earthquake waves cause
the most damage?
• Vocab.: base – bitter tasting substance
with a pH more than 7
• Summary: Particles move ______ as a p
wave
passes.
Summary
Answer: Particles move in a
push-pull direction as a p wave passes.
4/5/2012 Day 3
D.N. Answer:no.
• Do Now:Does water move in a wave?
• Vocab.: watershed - an area or region
drained by a river, river system, or other
body of water.
• Summary: The word equinox means...
Summary Answer:The word equinox
means equal day and night.
4/10/2012 Day 4
D.N. Answer:.
• Do Now: Planet Earth
• Vocab.: gradient – the slope or steepness
of a stream channel.
• Summary: Planet Earth
Summary Answer:
4/11/2012 Day 5
D.N. Answer: Drugs.
• Do Now: Word Generation
• Vocab.: discharge – the volume of water
flowing past a certain point in a given unit
of time.
• Summary: The force that draws water
downstream
is…
Summary Answer:
The force that
draws water downstream is gravity.
D.N.4/12/2012
Answer: 15 xDay
20 = 6300 L
300+50=350 L
• Do Now: An explorer in Africa needs 50 L of
water for his crew and 20 L of water for each of
350-100=250
L
the elephants carrying their equipment. How
much water will the explorer need if he has 15
elephants, and they can find 100 L of water from
a river on the trip? (Do not copy question)
• Vocab.: watershed - Land area that supplies
water
to a river
system A stream’s channel
Summary
Answer:
• Summary:
A stream’s
channel
is characterized
is characterized
by its
shape,
size and
by…
roughness.
4/16/2012 Day 2
D.N. Answer: wind and the
• Do Now: What causes surface currents in
coriolis effect.
the ocean?
• Vocab.: frequency - how many waves
pass a certain point in a given time
• Summary: The most abundant animal on
the
planet is…
Summary
Answer: The most
abundant animal on the planet is krill.
4/17/2012 Day 3
D.N. Answer: PSSA.
• Do Now: PSSA
• Vocab.: PSSA
• Summary: PSSA
Summary Answer: PSSA
4/18/2012 Day 4
D.N. Answer: PSSA.
• Do Now: PSSA
• Vocab.: PSSA
• Summary: PSSA
Summary Answer: PSSA
4/19/2012 Day 5
D.N. Answer: 16.
• Do Now: How many cups are in a gallon?
• Vocab.: wavelength - distance from crest
to crest in a wave
• Summary: The difference between
porosity and permeability is…
Summary Answer: The difference
between porosity and permeability is
porosity is spaces in the ground and
permeability is how fluid moves through
those spaces.
4/20/2012 Day 6
D.N. Answer: wet, damp, fluid,
• Do Now:
five
words that describe
liquid, List
clear,
odorless.
water.
• Vocab.: period – time it takes for two
crests to pass a given point
• Summary: Caverns form by…
Summary Answer: Caverns form by
water dissolving limestone as it
permeates the ground.
4/23/2012 Day 1
D.N. Answer: possible drought or
• Do Now:
What
does usage.
a lowering of the
increase
in water
water table indicate?
• Vocab.: Spring - forms whenever the
water table intersects the ground surface
• Summary: A geyser erupts because…
Summary Answer: A geyser erupts
because water turned to steam builds
pressure expelling water and steam.
4/25/2012 Day 2
D.N. Answer: PSSA.
• Do Now: PSSA
• Vocab.: PSSA
• Summary: PSSA
Summary Answer: PSSA
4/26/2012 Day 3
D.N. Answer: 7 x 7 x 7 = 343.
• Do Now: What is the cubed root of 343?
• Vocab.: saturated – state of being packed
full
• Summary: The Earth gets most of its
energy from…
Summary Answer: The Earth gets
most of its energy from the Sun.
4/27/2012 Day 4
D.N. Answer:.
• Do Now: WETLAND acrostic using
words to describe it
• Vocab.: Aquifers - permeable rock layers
or sediments that transmit groundwater
freely
• Summary:
Ponds and
lakes and
are different
Summary Answer
: Ponds
lakes
because…
are different because ponds are
shallower than lakes.
D.N. Answer: daily tides are
caused
by the gravitational
4/30/2012
Day 5
force between the earth and the
• Domoon.
Now: What causes daily tides?
• Vocab.: permeability - ability to transmit
water through connected pore spaces
• Summary: Five and Four: 5
characteristics of a wave and 4
Summary
Answer
: period, frequency,
determining factors of wave size
wavelength, amplitude, wave
propagation
Wind strength, time, distance and water
depth
5/1/2012 Day 6
•
•
•
D.N. Answer: 2.749 x 10^6
Do Now: What is the correct scientific
notation of 2749000?
Vocab.: Coriolis Effect - the effect of
Earth’s rotation on the direction of winds
and currents
Summary: Each hypothesis should
have an…
Summary Answer: Each hypothesis
should have an if, then and because.
5/2/2012 Day 1
•
D.N. Answer: 8.6203 x 10^-4
Do Now: What is the correct scientific
notation of .00086203?
• Vocab.: upwelling - ocean water moves
from the deep sea to the ocean surface
bringing with it nutrients
• Summary: To measure mass you use
a…
Summary Answer: To measure mass
you use a triple beam balance.
5/3/2012 Day 2
•
•
•
D.N. Answer: 0.000879
Do Now: What is the correct standard
notation of 8.79 x 10^-4?
Vocab.: salinity – the amount of salt in
water
Summary: The three states of matter
are…
Summary Answer: The three states of
matter are solid, liquid and gas.
5/4/2012 Day 3
•
•
•
D.N. Answer: 3,456,000
Do Now: What is the correct standard
notation of 3.456 x 10^6?
Vocab.: bathymetry – mapping of the
depth of a depression
Summary: The least dense state of
matter is…
Summary Answer: The least dense
state of matter is a gas.
5/7/2012
Day
4
D.N. Answer: 1000 L
•
•
•
Do Now: How many liters are in a
kiloliter?
Vocab.: gyre – a circular or spiral motion
Summary: The state of matter with the
least energy is…
Summary Answer: The state of matter
with the least energy is a solid.
5/8/2012 Day 5
•
•
•
D.N. Answer: gram
Do Now: What is the metric base unit
for mass?
Vocab.: hydrothermal - relating to the
heat energy produced by warm water
Summary: The three subatomic
particles of an atom are…
Summary Answer: The three
subatomic particles of an atom are a
proton, electron and neutron.
5/9/2012
Day
6
D.N. Answer: 10,000,000 mm
•
Do Now: How many millimeters are in
10 kilometers?
• Vocab.: barometer – instrument used to
measure the weight of air in the
atmosphere
• Summary
Summary:Answer
The charges
of the three
: The charges
of the
subatomic
particles
are…are protons
three
subatomic
particles
are positive, neutrons are neutral and
electrons are negative.
5/10/2012 Day 1
•
•
•
D.N. Answer: 0.7 g
Do Now: How many grams are in 70
centigrams?
Vocab.: anemometer – instrument used
to measure the movement of air in the
atmosphere
Summary: An atom is neutral if…
Summary Answer: An atom is neutral
if the protons equal the electrons.
5/11/2012 Day 2
•
•
•
D.N. Answer: d=m/v
Do Now: What is the correct equation
for density?
Vocab.: psychrometer – instrument used
to measure the amount of water vapor in
the air
Summary: A molecule consists of…
Summary Answer: A molecule consists
of more than one atom.
5/14/2012 Day 3
•
D.N. Answer: 18 g/cm^3
Do Now: What is the density of a
sample of gold with a mass of 54 g and a
volume of 3 cm^3?
• Vocab.: cumulus - puffy clouds that
sometimes look like pieces of floating,
cotton, lie in the middle of the
troposphere
Summary
Answer: The layer of the
ozone
• atmosphere
Summary: that
Thecontains
layer of the atmosphere
that is
contains
the ozone layer is the…
layer
the stratosphere
5/15/2012
Day
4
D.N. Answer: 64 cm^3
•
Do Now: If you have a cube whose
sides measure 4 cm in length, what is
the volume?
• Vocab.: cirrus - thin clouds with wispy
strands, high in the troposphere
• Summary
Summary:Answer
In the troposphere,
as
: In the troposphere,
asaltitude
altitudeincreases…
increases air pressure,
density and temperature decrease.
5/16/2012 Day 5
D.N. Answer: 25/2.5=10 inches
•
Do Now: If your arm is 25 cm long, and
10
in./12
in.
=
5/6
ft.
there are 2.5 cm in an inch, how many
feet long is your arm? (12 inches=1 foot)
• Vocab.: stratus - horizontal cloud with a
uniform base, low lying in the
troposphere
• Summary: The periodic table shows all
of the known…
Summary
Answer: The periodic table
shows all of the known elements.
5/17/2012 Day 6
•
D.N. Answer: *C=5/9(*F-32)
Do Now: What is the temperature in
degrees Celsius when
a room
*C=5/9(77-32)
thermometer reads 77°F?
=5/9(45)
• Vocab.: marine – relating to a body of
water and bringing humid
air
=5(5)
• Summary
Summary:Answer
When a: When
substance
changes
a substance
=25
*C change
from
a
liquid
to
a
gas
the
phase
changes from a liquid to a gas the
isphase
called…
change is called evaporation.
5/18/2012 Day 1
D.N.
Answer:
boys or girls
Do
Now:
In an experiment
where you
measure if boys or girls can run the 40 m
dash the fastest, your dependent
variable would be?
• Vocab.: tropical – relating to near the
equator and bringing warm air
• Summary: When a substance changes
from a solid directly to a gas the phase
change
is
called…
Summary Answer: When a substance
•
changes from a solid directly to a gas
5/21/2012 Day 2
D.N. Answer: the relative
• Do Now: Why does the moon have
positions of the earth, moon
phases?
and sun
• Vocab.: polar – relating to the extreme
north or south and bringing cold air
• Summary: The strength of gravity is
determined
by…
Summary Answer
: The strength of
gravity is determined by distance and
mass of the two objects.
5/22/2012 Day 3
•
D.N. Answer: Lunar – full moon
Do Now: Name the phase that the
moon is in for each
type -ofnew
eclipse,
lunar
Solar
moon
and solar:
• Vocab.: continental – relating to land and
bringing dry air
• Summary
Summary:Answer
When :a When
substance
changes
a substance
from
a gasfrom
to aaliquid
the
change
changes
gas to
a phase
liquid the
isphase
called…
change is called condensation.
5/23/2012 Day 4
•
•
•
D.N. Answer: the moon rotates
Do Now: Why is only one side of the
and revolves in the same period
moon visible from Earth?
of time
Vocab.: rotation - spinning on an axis
Summary: The movement of Earth
around the sun once a year is called
Earth’s… Answer: The movement of
Summary
Earth around the sun once a year is
called Earth’s revolution.
5/24/2012 Day 5
•
D.N. Answer: earth’s rotation
Do Now: What is a factor that is not a
reason for the seasons here on Earth?
• Vocab.: revolution - movement of an
object around another object
• Summary: When Earth’s shadow falls
on the moon,
the shadow
Summary
Answer
: Whencauses
Earth’sa…
shadow falls on the moon, the shadow
causes a lunar eclipse.
5/25/2012 Day 6
•
D.N. Answer: 12
Do Now: How many major plates are
there in Earth’s crust?
• Vocab.: heliocentric - the theory that the
sun is at the center of the solar system
and the planets revolve around it.
• Summary
Summary:Answer
Continental
crust is…crust
: Continental
is thick, buoyant and old.
5/29/2012 Day 1
•
D.N. Answer: a partial lunar
Do Now: What type of eclipse occurs
eclipse
when Earth’s umbra covers the moon?
• Vocab.: geocentric – the theory that the
earth is at the center of the universe and
all other celestial bodies revolve around
it.
Summary
Answer: The geologic time
• scale
Summary:
The geologic
time
is subdivided
into eras
andscale is
subdivided into…
periods.
5/30/2012 Day 2
D.N. Answer: 43 mins 20 s
•
Do Now: Light takes about 8 minutes and 20
seconds to travel from the sun to Earth, 150
million kilometers away. If Jupiter is 779
million kilometers away, how long does it take
light to travel from the sun to Jupiter? (DO
NOT COPY)
• Vocab.: solar eclipse • Summary
Summary: Answer
The time:itThe
takes
for half
of a
time
it takes
radioactive element’s atoms to decay is a(n)…
for half of a radioactive element’s atoms
to decay is a half-life.
5/31/2012 Day 3
D.N. Answer: EXAM PART 1
• Do Now: EXAM PART 1
• Vocab.: lunar eclipse - when Earth blocks
sunlight from reaching the moon
• Summary: I will remember…
Summary Answer: your own
6/1/2012 Day 4
D.N. Answer: EXAM PART 2
• Do Now: EXAM PART 2
• Vocab.: gravity • Summary: This class was…
Summary Answer: your own