BELLWORK
WEEK 23- EARTH SCIENCE
ROOT WORD OF THE WEEK
vert-
“turn”
as in “divert”, “convert”, and “invert”
SCIENCE TRIVIA
EARTH SCIENCE - The prevailing westerlies converge and are caused to RISE at which of the following latitudes:
SCIENCE TRIVIA-ANSWER
EARTH SCIENCE - The prevailing westerlies converge and are caused to RISE at which of the following latitudes:
READ-A-GRAPH
1. What question is this “graph” trying to answer?
2. What are the dependent and independent variables?
3. What conclusion(s) can you make?
4. What evidence from the graph supports it?"
dependent: the thing that is “influenced”
independent: the thing that you change “on purpose”
CREATE-A-GRAPH
Remember, it must:
BONUS SLIDES
Science Trivia
Energy – Scientists at Los Alamos National Lab are measuring the flux of charged particles entering Earth’s upper atmosphere. Most of these charged particles come from which of the following?
Science Trivia-Answer
Energy – Scientists at Los Alamos National Lab are measuring the flux of charged particles entering Earth’s upper atmosphere. Most of these charged particles come from which of the following?
Science Trivia
Earth and Space – What continent has the lowest amount of annual rainfall per unit area?
Science Trivia-Answer
Earth and Space – What continent has the lowest amount of annual rainfall per unit area?
ANTARCTICA
Science Trivia
Energy – Researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab are studying how planets must be shielded from their star's stellar wind to support life. What region surrounding
Earth shields it from the solar wind?
Science Trivia-Answer
Energy – Researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab are studying how planets must be shielded from their star's stellar wind to support life. What region surrounding
Earth shields it from the solar wind?
MAGNETOSPHERE