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

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 up9-13-11

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 up9-14-11

• 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 up9-15-11

• 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 up9-20-11

• 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 up9-21-11

• Write and answer the following questions.

• 1. Why do planets look bright?

• 2. What are the two regions of the solar system?

Warm up9-22-11

• 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 9-26-11Write then answer questions.

• REGULAR

• 1. How long does it take for Venus to rotate?

• 2. How long does it take Venus to orbit?

• 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


• REGULAR

• 1. What is the atmosphere of Mars like?

• 2. What features are identified in the image on page 91E?

• MODIFIED

• 1. How long does it take Mars to rotate?

• a. 24 minutes

• b. 1 hour

• c. 5 years

• d. 25 hours


• 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 ____.

• a. ice and snow

• b. fire and ice

• c. storms and clouds

• d. wind and rain

Warm up 9-29-11Write 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 10-4-11Match 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

• Terms

• a. tectonics

• b. volcanism

• c. weathering and erosion

• d. impact cratering


• REGULAR• 1. What are Saturn’s

rings made of?

• 2. List Saturn’s • Orbit:• Rotation:

• MODIFIED• 1. What is Saturn’s

most noticeable feature?

• a. Ring system• b. Necklace system• c. Round system• d. Ice crystals


• REGULAR• 1. Where is the

asteroid belt located?

• 2. What is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?

• MODIFIED• 1. What is a small,

solid, rocky body that orbits close to the Sun?

• a. Moon• b. Planet• c. Asteroid• d. Pluto


• REGULAR

• 1. What layers are in the Sun’s interior?

• 2. What layers are in the Sun’s atmosphere?

• MODIFIED

• 1. The Sun consists mostly of _______ gas.

• a. Carbon

• b. Hydrogen

• c. Helium

• d. sulfur


• REGULAR

• 1. What are sunspots?

• 2. What are solar winds?

• 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


• REGULAR• 1. What is the source

of energy in the sun?

• 2. How does energy move from the Sun’s core to the photosphere?

• MODIFIED• 1. Which layer do you

usually see in photographs of the Sun?

• A. Convection zone• B. Photosphere• C. Chromosphere• D. Corona

Warm up 10-18-11Answer 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 10-19-11Write 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


• REGULAR• 1. List the four characteristics to

be a mineral.– 1.

– 2.

– 3.

– 4.

• 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


• 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


• REGULAR

• 1. List the three main factors that cause minerals to vary in color.– 1.

– 2.

– 3.

• 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

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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