Homework for tonight: 

Review Study Guide for Friday's Weather Unit test.

Also, answer these questions on a Separate Piece of Paper and turn them in tomorrow: 

1. How is a Dry climate different from a Tropical climate?  Name at least 3 differences in their properties.  (hint: see p. E-21).

2. What happens when a cold front and a warm front come together?  Only discuss the choices in Activity 69 that we read today in class.

3. Match the following terms with the description of how they work: 

    a.  Conduction  ____       i. Heat or other energy that can travel through the vacuum of space.

    b.  Convection  ____       ii. Heat traveling by direct contact (like touching a hot spoon)

    c.  Radiation     ____     iii. Heat movement through a gas or liquid.

I learned today that our Water Distillation equipment has been paid for, just in time for our Chemistry and Water units!  A big THANK YOU to all the people and organizations that supported our Donors Choose project, including:

• Olivia, Sharon and Dave from Connecticut;
• Lagene;
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers;
• DirecTV; and the 
• NEA Foundation! 

HAVE YOU VOTED FOR RIPP TODAY? -- You can help our school win up to $200,000 in STANLEY Security installed products and services through the "TOGETHER FOR SAFER SCHOOLS" grant.  You can vote one time EVERY DAY from now through December 13th by going on to stanleysaferschools.com.  Don't forget to tell your family and friends as well to vote for Ripp!