Earth Systems Warm Up Questions

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Earth Systems Warm Up Questions
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Copy and answer the following on a blank sheet of
paper.

• Wed, 1/7/09
• What do you know about the Kingston Fossil Plant
  ash slide?

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• Thursday, 1/8/09
• Turn in safety contracts and foldables on first
  lab table as you come in.
• At your table, read both of the newspaper
  articles. Then copy and answer the question
  below.
• What are characteristics of the site to consider
  in evaluating the TVA accident at Kingston?

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Copy and answer the following on a blank sheet of
paper.

• Friday, 1/09/09
• On a topographic map, what is represented by
  closely spaced lines? Tightly spaced lines? How
  is a contour interval calculated?

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Turn in LAST WEEKS WARM UP in the box on the
first lab table.Then, copy and answer the
following on a blank sheet of paper.

• Monday, 1/12/09
• What is the Kepler mission? What is it's
  significance? You can look this up online at
  http//kepler.nasa.gov/about/.

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Copy and answer the following on a blank sheet of
paper.

• Tuesday, 1/13/09
• What are the requirements for a planet to support
  life? Name one way each biogeochemical cycle
  helps provide these resources?

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Copy just the underlined portion and answer.

• Wednesday, 1/14/09
• In the ocean, materials produced by animals
  containing sink to the bottom of the ocean and
  form limestone. This is an example of the
  biosphere contributing materials to the
  geosphere. Name three other ways that the cycles
  move matter from one sphere to another.

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Copy and answer the following on a blank sheet of
paper.

• Thursday, 1/15/09
• -Identify the energy source for the following
• the water cycle
• the formation of coal
• volcanic eruptions
• movement of phosphates from the bottom of the
  ocean to the surface of the earth

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Copy and answer the following on a blank sheet of
paper.

• Friday, 1/16/09
• Name the four systems (spheres)
• Name the four cycles we have discussed
• Choose one cycle and describe how the TVA coal
  ash spill has disrupted the cycle.
• Describe the characteristics of life that NASA
  will be looking for during the Kepler mission.

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Wednesday, January 21

• Pick a cycle
• List the steps (processes) in the cycle
• Describe how each step moves matter from one
  sphere to another sphere

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Thursday, January 22

• What causes a black hole? If you dont know look
  it up in a book or online.

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Friday, January 23

• Explain why stars are essential to life on earth.
  (Not just the sun, but other stars too.)

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Monday, January 26

• Pick up an activity sheet about the Drake
  equation and complete the calculation.
• What are some ways you think the Kepler mission
  might affect the Drake Equation?

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Tuesday, January 27

• What are the two keys to a planets habitability?
• We have discussed this before, but several of you
  missed it or didnt completely understand on your
  test essays. Check out these sites to help you
• http//www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov/ed/pdf/HabitablePla
  nets.pdf
• http//www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/science/i
  ndex.html

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Wednesday, January 28

• Sketch a diagram that shows the phases of the
  moons we discussed yesterday.

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Thursday, January 29

• How long does it take for the a new moon to
  become a full moon?
• How long does it take for a new moon to become
  another new moon?
• Is this true for all moons?

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Friday, January 30

• What is the difference between a revolution and a
  rotation?
• How long does each one take on Earth?

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Monday, February 2

• What occurs when the moon casts its shadow on the
  Earth?
• What occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on
  the moon?

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Tuesday, February 3

• 1. Who is Benjamin Banneker? (you will need to
  look this up online if you dont know)
• 2. A. What is the geosphere?
• B. What are some of the materials that
• make up the geosphere?

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Wednesday, February 4

• List the characteristics used for identifying
  minerals.
• Which of these is least reliable?
• Which of these is most reliable?

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Thursday, February 5You can abbreviate todays
questions rather than writing all of them, just
make sure that you would know what your answers
meant without the questions.

• How would you calculate specific gravity?
• What tools would you need to measure it?
• How can you determine how much one increment
  represents on a scale (ruler, graduated cylinder,
  thermometer, etc.)?
• Why might some of the your calculations be a
  little different than the actual specific gravity
  for a given mineral.

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Friday, February 6

• What is the difference between a rock and a
  mineral?

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Monday, February 9TURN IN YOUR MINERAL LAB AND
YOUR ROCK CYCLE DIAGRAM ON THE FIRST LAB TABLE
Rocks are classified by how they form. Complete
the chart below to describe how each of the three
major rock types forms.
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Tuesday, February 10

• What are the processes that form igneous rock?
  
• Name two ways that igneous rocks are classified.
• For each classification name the associated
  groups.
• See Page 43 in the 9th ed. Tarbuck and Lutgens
  book.
• See Page 48 in the 10th ed. Tarbuck and Lutgens
  book.

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Wednesday, February 11

• What are the processes that form sedimentary
  rock?
• Name and describe the two major groups of
  sedimentary rocks.
• Name some special features that you might see as
  a part of sedimentary rock.
• Why are sedimentary rocks the only rocks that
  have fossils?

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Thursday, February 12

• No Warm Up Today

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Friday, February 13

• No Warm Up today.

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Monday, February 23

• No Warm Up Today
• AS YOU COME IN
• Turn in warm ups for Mon Feb 9- Wed Feb 11 as you
  come in.
• Pick up a copy of the video guide
• We need to get started quickly today to get
  finished with the video.

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Tuesday, February 24

• Identify the three minerals on your table.
• List general characteristics and the minerals
  names in your warm up.

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Wednesday, February 25

• How did the Earth form?
• What was the key heat source of the early Earth?

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Thursday, February 26

• What are the three major layers of Earth?
• How was this information determined?

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Friday, February 27

• 1. Describe the composition of each of
• the following
• a. Inner core
• b. Outer core
• c. Mantle
• d. Crust
• What is the shadow zone?

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Monday, March 2

• What is the elastic rebound theory?
• You dont have to write this part of the warm
  upjust answer it. List 3 topics from any
  science classes that you think you probably need
  to review before the graduation test. --Stuff
  you didnt understand or you think you have
  forgotten.

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Tuesday, March 3

• How does the Alaskan Earthquake of 1964 relate to
  plate tectonics?

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Wednesday, March 4

• Complete the following chart

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Friday, March 6

• Complete the following table through discussion
  with your table