Okay - lots of vocab work:
Gr. 7 -
- Make sure you have your password for Engrade by tomorrow - vocab quiz opens tomorrow, due Tuesday at 7:35 am.
- Answer Questions: What is a Volcano? worksheet
- Also, insert the following definitions in your vocab section:
1. Active – a volcano that is currently erupting, is showing signs (such as significant new gas emissions) that it is likely to erupt in the near future, or has erupted at any time during recorded history.
2. Constructive forces - cause landforms; and include lithosphere deformation, volcanic eruption, and deposition of sediment.
3. Destructive forces - cause landforms; include weathering and erosion.
4. Dormant – volcanoes that have not erupted for at least 10,000 years but may erupt again..
5. Eruptions / erupted – The sometimes-violent release of magma from earth’s interior to the surface. Eruptions result from gas and magma pressure building up underground. Verb form: Erupt (past tense: erupted).
6. Extinct – volcano not expected to erupt ever again are considered extinct
7. Magma – Molten rock and minerals, containing dissolved gases including water vapor, below the surface of the earth
Gr. 6 - insert the following definitions in your science notebook:
—wind - The horizontal movement of air from areas of higher pressure toward areas of lower pressure.
—Air currents – movements of air
—Anemometer – Instrument used to measure Wind speed.
—Wind vane – Instrument used to measure wind direction.
Per 2 only: Finish reading Activity 66, Atmosphere and Climate, write out main idea for each paragraph not read in class today, and answer the AQs on p. E-78. If you have the paper, write answers on the paper; if you do not have the paper, then write answers out on a separate sheet of paper.
Per 3 only: each student must draw and label their own design for a wind vane and an anemometer.
** No designs, no building tomorrow. ***
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