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Warm ups
Week starting 9-12-11
Warm up
9-12-11
• Decide if each statement is true. If not,
CORRECT it.
• 1. The sky seems to turn because Earth
stays still.
• 2. Mass is the force that keeps a satellite
in orbit around an object in space.
• 3. Earth is a satellite of the Sun.
Warm up
9-13-11
Write and then answer the following
questions.
1. What causes the changes in the amount
of sunlight at a location during the year?
2. What causes day and night?
Warm up
9-14-11
• Write and answer the following questions.
• 1. How long does it take Earth to turn
once on its axis?
• 2. What is this motion called?
• 3. How long does it take Earth to move
once around the Sun?
• 4. What is this motion called?
Warm up
9-15-11
• Think about a time you have seen the
Moon in the sky. Draw the Moon the way
you have seen it. Add labels or sentences
to help describe what you saw.
Warm up
9-20-11
• Draw a diagram showing the orbit of Earth
and the orbit of Earth’s Moon. Label the
Sun, Earth, the Moon, Earth’s orbit, and
the Moon’s orbit.
Warm up
9-21-11
• Write and answer the following questions.
• 1. Why do planets look bright?
• 2. What are the two regions of the solar
system?
Warm up
9-22-11
• Write then answer the following question.
• 1. After Earth formed, how did gases
affect its surface?
• 2. Name the four terrestrial planets.
Warm up
9-23-11
• Write then answer the following question.
• 1. What surface features does Mercury
have?
• 2. How long does it take Mercury to orbit
and rotate?
Warm up 9-26-11
Write then answer questions.
• REGULAR
• 1. How long does it
take for Venus to
rotate?
• 2. How long does it
take Venus to orbit?
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• MODIFIED
1. What is Venus’s
average distance
from the Sun?
a. 0.5 AU
b. 0.72 AU
c. 1 AU
d. 50 AU
Warm up 9-27-11
Write then answer questions.
• REGULAR
• 1. What is the
atmosphere of Mars
like?
• 2. What features
are identified in the
image on page
91E?
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• MODIFIED
1. How long does it
take Mars to rotate?
a. 24 minutes
b. 1 hour
c. 5 years
d. 25 hours
Warm up 9-28-11
Write then answer questions.
• REGULAR
• 1. What two gases
make up the gas
giants?
• 2. What causes
Jupiter’s fast winds
and stormy
weather?
• MODIFIED
• 1. Jupiter is a world
of ____ and ____.
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b.
c.
d.
ice and snow
fire and ice
storms and clouds
wind and rain
Warm up 9-29-11
Write then answer questions
• Draw a diagram of the inner
solar system and the outer solar
system. Use labels to show the
planets and where the asteroid
belt is located.
Warm up 10-3-11
• Read the passage on page
111E and then answer the 4
questions. You do not have to
write the questions just the
letter that goes with the answer.
Warm up 10-4-11
Match each feature with the type of process that may
have produced it.
• Features
• 1. a round
depression
• 2. a mountain
made of lava
• 3. long mountains
and valleys
• 4. dunes
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Terms
a. tectonics
b. volcanism
c. weathering and
erosion
• d. impact cratering
Warm up 10-6-11
Write then answer questions
• REGULAR
• 1. What are Saturn’s
rings made of?
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• 2. List Saturn’s
• Orbit:
• Rotation:
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• MODIFIED
1. What is Saturn’s
most noticeable
feature?
a. Ring system
b. Necklace system
c. Round system
d. Ice crystals
Warm up 10-7-11
Write then answer questions
• REGULAR
• 1. Where is the
asteroid belt
located?
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• 2. What is the
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difference between •
a meteor and a
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meteorite?
• MODIFIED
1. What is a small,
solid, rocky body that
orbits close to the Sun?
a. Moon
b. Planet
c. Asteroid
d. Pluto
Warm up 10-10-11
Write then answer questions
• REGULAR
• 1. What layers are in
the Sun’s interior?
• 2. What layers are in
the Sun’s
atmosphere?
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• MODIFIED
1. The Sun consists
mostly of _______
gas.
a. Carbon
b. Hydrogen
c. Helium
d. sulfur
Warm up 10-12-11
Write then answer questions
• REGULAR
• 1. What are
sunspots?
• 2. What are solar
winds?
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• MODIFIED
1. What is the
transfer of energy
from place to place by
motion of heated gas
or liquid?
a. Fusion
b. convection
c. Corona
Warm up 10-14-11
Write then answer questions
• REGULAR
• 1. What is the source
of energy in the sun?
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• 2. How does energy
move from the Sun’s
core to the
photosphere?
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• MODIFIED
1. Which layer do you
usually see in
photographs of the Sun?
A. Convection zone
B. Photosphere
C. Chromosphere
D. Corona
Warm up 10-18-11
Answer yes or no to each question, and explain the
reason for your answer.
• 1. Are all the planets in our solar system like
Earth?
• 2. Do the oceans cover more of Earth than
the continents?
• 3. Is Earth’s atmosphere made up of just
one gas?
Warm up 10-19-11
Write then answer the question(s). Reading 9A-14A
• REGULAR
• 1. What percentage of Earth’s
fresh water is frozen?
• 2. What are the four parts of
Earth’s system?
• 3. What impact do you have on
the surface?
• MODIFIED
• 1. Do plants absorb or release
carbon dioxide?
• A. Absorb
• B. Release
• C. Neither
2. Which one below belongs to the
biosphere?
• A. Lake
• B. Oxygen
• C. snail
Warm up 10-24-11
Write then answer the question(s). Reading 43A-48A
• REGULAR
• 1. List the four characteristics to
be a mineral.
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• 2. What 3 minerals combine to
make the rock granite?
• 3. Define compound.
• MODIFIED
• 1. A mineral is a substance that
forms
• a. from rocks
c. in nature
• b. one element
d. in liquid
• 2. A crystal structure is
characteristic of
• a. an element
c. magma
• b. a rock
d. a mineral
Warm up 10-25-11
Write then answer the question(s). Reading 43A-48A
• REGULAR
• 1. How are minerals different from
rocks?
• 2. What do all silicates contain?
• 3. How much of Earth’s crust in
made up of oxygen and silicon?
(HINT: use graph pg. 48A)
• MODIFIED
• 1. What is the most common
group of minerals?
• A. Carbonates
• B. Silicates
• C. Oxides
Warm up 10-26-11
Write then answer the question(s). Reading 50A-52A
• REGULAR
• 1. List the three main factors that
cause minerals to vary in color.
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• 2. What is the name of the
mineral pictured on pg. 51A?
(Hint: It is the same mineral,
because it has the same streak
color.)
• MODIFIED
• 1. What are the two main types of
luster?
• a. color and streak
• b. metallic and nonmetallic
• c. luster