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BELLWORK

WEEK 23- EARTH SCIENCE

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ROOT WORD OF THE WEEK

vert-

“turn”

as in “divert”, “convert”, and “invert”

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SCIENCE TRIVIA

EARTH SCIENCE - The prevailing westerlies converge and are caused to RISE at which of the following latitudes:

  1. 30º
  2. 60º
  3. 90º

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SCIENCE TRIVIA-ANSWER

EARTH SCIENCE - The prevailing westerlies converge and are caused to RISE at which of the following latitudes:

  • 30º
  • 60º
  • 90º

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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”

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CREATE-A-GRAPH

Remember, it must:

  • start at 0
  • have a title
  • have x & y axes labels
  • have an evenly spaced scale

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BONUS SLIDES

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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?

  1. Nearby pulsars
  2. Radioactive decay of elements
  3. Active galactic nuclei
  4. Solar wind

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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?

  • Nearby pulsars
  • Radioactive decay of elements
  • Active galactic nuclei
  • Solar wind

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Science Trivia

Earth and Space – What continent has the lowest amount of annual rainfall per unit area?

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Science Trivia-Answer

Earth and Space – What continent has the lowest amount of annual rainfall per unit area?

ANTARCTICA

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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?

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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