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
Warm up 9-27-11Write then answer questions.
• 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
Warm up 9-28-11Write 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 ____.
• 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
Warm up 10-6-11Write then answer questions
• 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
Warm up 10-7-11Write then answer questions
• 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
Warm up 10-10-11Write then answer questions
• 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
Warm up 10-12-11Write then answer questions
• 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
Warm up 10-14-11Write then answer questions
• 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
Warm up 10-24-11Write then answer the question(s). Reading 43A-48A
• 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
Warm up 10-25-11Write 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 10-26-11Write then answer the question(s). Reading 50A-52A
• 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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