Earth Science

Bell Work 6
1. What is the metric system?
2. Why should the United
States use the metric
system?
3. List the base unit for
weight, and list the prefix
and symbol if you had
1,000 of them.

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Bell Work 7
1. Who is the only major
nation in the world not to
use the metric system in
their daily lives?
2. State the definition for the
Metric System.
3. What are the 2 points of
simplicity associated with
the metric system?

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Bell Work 8
1. What is a big reason why
the metric system was
created?
2. What are the three basic
units a nonscientist needs
to know for everyday life?
3. What is the definition of
the metric system?

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Bell Work 9
1. What two civilizations
made early attempts at
standardization?
2. How were early weights
derived in some systems?
And, what were the issues
with that system of
weights?
3. What are the 4 number
systems? What numbers
are they based on and who
created them?

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Bell Work 10
1. To the best of your ability,
illustrate the scientific
method.
2. Name an advantage of the
scientific method that
makes it very good for
scientific discovery.
3. Explain how a scientific
theory is accepted.

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Bell Work 11
1. Explain; A theory is accepted
not based on the prestige or
convincing powers of the
proponent, but on the results
obtained through observations
and/or experiments which
anyone can reproduce.
2. What does falsifiable mean?
3. Provide an example of a
falsifiable theory.

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Bell Work 12
1. Define Independent
variable.
2. Give an example of a
dependent variable.
3. Why is the term controlled
variable an oxymoron?

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Bell Work 13
1. Why is being falsifiable
important?
2. What is a variable?
3. Explain what a control item
is in an experiment.

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Bell Work 14
1. The scientific method is
(I am looking for 3
elements in your answer.)

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Bell Work 15
1. Vocabulary; what is a base
unit?
2. What is a prefix for a base
unit?
3. Density equals mass
divided by volume (D =
M/vol). What is the density
of a 10 cm3 sample of
copper that has a mass of
89.6 g?

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Bell Work 16
1. Explain how the
independent variable
affects the dependent
variable.
2. Convert; 32 oz into grams.
3. Explain how to convert
degrees Fahrenheit to
degrees Celsius.

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Bell Work 17
1. From the video we
watched, name 2 of
Earths systems.
2. Tell me in your own words
how Earths systems are
connected.
3. Are there any ways that we
affect Earths systems as a
population? Give an
example.

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Bell Work 18
1. What are 2 things you
think about when you hear
Earth Science?
2. What are the 4 major areas
of specialization in Earth
science?
3. List 3 jobs in Earth science
according to your notes.

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Bell Work 19
1. What are Earths 4 main
systems?
2. Discuss the lithosphere.
3. What type of rock is
continental crust typically
comprised of?

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Bell Work 20
1. What type of rock is
oceanic crust typically
comprised of?
2. Describe the hydrosphere.
3. What are the 2 ways the
mantle behaves?

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Bell Work 21
1. How much of Earths water
is fresh water?
2. Where can we find about
of Earths fresh water?
3. What is the atmosphere?

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Bell Work 22
1. What is a cycle, in
reference to your notes?
2. What are the steps in the
water cycle?
3. What is runoff?

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Bell Work 23
1. What is
evapotranspiration?
2. Where does the energy
needed to run the water
cycle come from?
3. Illustrate the water cycle.

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Bell Work 24
1. In your notes you have a
step 5 for the water cycle.
Where is a better place for
step 5 to be located? Why?
2. Name the 4 ways from
your notes that carbon
enters the atmosphere.
3. What element is known as
the building block of life?

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Bell Work 25
1. How is CO2 absorbed by
the atmosphere?
2. Are the oceans important
in the removal of CO2 from
the atmosphere? Explain.
3. How is carbon destroyed
and removed from the
system?

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Bell Work 26
1. What is a map?
2. How can you find exact
locations on a map?
3. Name 2 map types.

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Bell Work 27
1. What is Cartography?
2. Explain latitude.
3. Explain longitude.

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Bell Work 28
1. Can things in our room be
found precisely on a map?
Explain.
2. How do cartographers find
the distance of each
degree of latitude?
3. What is the equivalent of
each degree of latitude on
Earths surface?

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Bell Work 29
1. What is a topo map?
2. What is a contour interval?
3. Can contour lines cross?
Why or why not?

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Bell Work 30
1. What is the definition of a
rock?
2. What is a mineral?
3. List 2 properties we use to
identify minerals. (hint,
what they look like and
how they feel.)

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Bell Work 31
1. What is the difference
between rocks and
minerals?
2. List the properties of a
mineral in the definition of
a mineral.
3. Which is a mineral, sugar
or salt? Explain your
answer.

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Bell Work 32
1. What is the definition of a
mineral?
2. Name 2 mineral
identification
characteristics from your
notes.
3. What is cleavage as it
relates to mineral
identification?

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Bell Work 33
1. What does streak mean?
2. What are the 3 types of
rocks?
3. Name 2 values of rocks
from your notes.

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Bell Work 34
1. What are the steps in the
rock cycle?
2. How are sedimentary rocks
formed?
3. What are the 2 types of
igneous rock?

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Bell Work 35
1. What are the 2 important
criteria for dividing rocks
into smaller categories?
2. How is rock texture
determined?
3. What are the 3 main
textures in your notes?

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Bell Work 36
1. What are the 2 ways
igneous rocks form?
2. What are the 3 ways
magma can form?
3. What are the most
abundant minerals in felsic
igneous rocks?

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Bell Work 37
1. What is a mineral?
2. How are minerals
important to everyday life?
3. Identify 2 things in this
room that contain
minerals.

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Bell Work 38
1. What is the primary use of
quartz?
2. What igneous rock
commonly has mica in it?
3. Why does gold commonly
command a high price?

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Bell Work 39
1. Explain the difference between
intrusive and extrusive igneous
rocks. (dont forget about the
minerals.)
2. What part of the rock cycle
allows metamorphic rock to be
changed to sedimentary rock?
3. List 2 types of igneous
intrusions.

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Bell Work 40
1.What part of the rock
cycle makes igneous
rocks?
2.Explain the difference
between dikes and
sills.

3.Explain where you

think the rock cycle
starts.

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Bell Work 41
1.What is texture?

2.What is the difference

between mafic and
felsic igneous rocks?
3.Give an example of
organic sedimentary
rock.

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Bell Work 42

1.Name 3 sedimentary
rock structure.
2.What does the word
metamorphic mean?
3.At what temperature
do most rocks start to
melt?

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Bell Work 43
1.What is a clastic
sedimentary rock?
2.How are metamorphic
rocks formed?
3.Explain contact
metamorphism?

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Bell Work 44
1.What are the layers of
the Earth?
2.What are the 2 types
of Earths crust?
3.What are tectonic
plates?

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Bell Work 45
1. What are the 5 physical
layers of the Earth?
2. Illustrate the layers of the
Earth; core, mantle, crust
along with how the 5
physical layers also fit with
those layers.
3. Describe the lithosphere.

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Bell Work 46
1. What is the theory of
continental drift?
2. What sort of evidence
supports the theory of
continental drift?
3. Does sea floor spreading
support continental drift?

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Bell Work 47
1. Illustrate ridge push and
slab pull.
2. What are the 3 types of
plate tectonic boundaries?
3. Explain the motion that
occurs at a divergent
boundary.

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Bell Work 48
1. Describe synclines and
anticlines.
2. What does the Law of
Original Horizontality
state?
3. What are the 2 main types
of faults?

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Bell Work 49
1. What is the metric system?
2. Why should the United
States use the metric
system?
3. List the base unit for
weight, and list the prefix
and symbol if you had
1,000 of them.

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Bell Work 50
1. Who is the only major
nation in the world not to
use the metric system in
their daily lives?
2. State the definition for the
Metric System.
3. What are the 2 points of
simplicity associated with
the metric system?