Reverse Mortgate calculator
convert time
Average planet distances from the sun
Planet diameters
planets Excel document
I am looking forward to start the 2012-2013 school year and meeting everyone. If you have questions about anything we are doing in class, feel free to contact me! My classroom phone number is (920) 876-3105 ext. 4210
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
8th grade Chapter 9 test practice...
Section 1 practice quiz
Section 2 practice quiz
Section 3 practice quiz
Chapter 9 quiz
Chapter 9 practice test
Here are the answers for the Chapter 9 review found on pages 266-267 in your book...
10. B
11. C
12. B
13. D
14. D
15. C
16. D
17. D
18. Decay can destroy organisms if they aren't buried fast enough. Erosion destroys some rock layers. Materials that have been buried very deep are often destroyed by metamorphosis.
19. You could determine the absolute age of the lava, because it contains radioactive elements. The relative age of the rocks above and below the lava flow can be determined.
20. The volcanic ash would have been deposited very quickly (during one specific volcanic eruption). Therefore you have a rock layer that you know is the same age everywhere. This could also be dated using radioactive isotopes.
21. The cold temperatures preserved the entire woolly mammoth. This is similar to how freezing preserves foods. mmmmm woolly mammoth!
22. The fossils that are trace fossils are: dinosaur footprints, worm burrows, and fossil woodpecker holes.
The fossils that are body fossils are: dinosaur skulls, insects trapped in amber, and fish teeth.
23. I might make you draw a sketch of a disconformity or an angular unconformity.
There will most likely be a question or two related to the half-life lab that we did... as an example... how many half lives did the element go through if there is 25% of the original element and 75% of the daughter element present.
Section 2 practice quiz
Section 3 practice quiz
Chapter 9 quiz
Chapter 9 practice test
Here are the answers for the Chapter 9 review found on pages 266-267 in your book...
10. B
11. C
12. B
13. D
14. D
15. C
16. D
17. D
18. Decay can destroy organisms if they aren't buried fast enough. Erosion destroys some rock layers. Materials that have been buried very deep are often destroyed by metamorphosis.
19. You could determine the absolute age of the lava, because it contains radioactive elements. The relative age of the rocks above and below the lava flow can be determined.
20. The volcanic ash would have been deposited very quickly (during one specific volcanic eruption). Therefore you have a rock layer that you know is the same age everywhere. This could also be dated using radioactive isotopes.
21. The cold temperatures preserved the entire woolly mammoth. This is similar to how freezing preserves foods. mmmmm woolly mammoth!
The fossils that are body fossils are: dinosaur skulls, insects trapped in amber, and fish teeth.
23. I might make you draw a sketch of a disconformity or an angular unconformity.
There will most likely be a question or two related to the half-life lab that we did... as an example... how many half lives did the element go through if there is 25% of the original element and 75% of the daughter element present.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Open House
The Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School District will have an open house this week Thursday.
Stop in to see what the middle school students are up to.
I hope to see you on Thursday, Feb 3rd from 5:00 - 7:00pm!
Stop in to see what the middle school students are up to.
I hope to see you on Thursday, Feb 3rd from 5:00 - 7:00pm!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
7th grade (chapter 8) practice test questions
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3 (not question 3)
Section 4
Standardized test practice (not question 3, question 2 is incorrectly written... it doesn't label the cell wall)
Review Quiz (not 8, 13)
We have also worked with the microscopes. Be prepared to identify the related items that were frequently mentioned (revolving nosepiece, stage, coarse adjustment knob, fine adjustment knob, high-power objective, low-power objective).
I would suggest completing the Chapter 8 review on page 240 in your book...
The answers for Q 11-15, 17-21, 24, 26, & 29
11.D
12.D
13. A
14.A
15.D
17. B
18. D
19. C
20. C
21. A couple of the following items shoudl be thought about... a bird is made up of cells, it uses energy (to fly/move), it breathes, reponds to the environment, reproduces, has a life-span, and maintains a constant body temperature.
24. Once a virus infects a cell it uses the cell to make more viruses. No drugs kill viruses (they aren't living), so your immune system has to work to get rid of viruses (if that is possible... your body can't get rid of the HIV/AIDS virus)
26. circular muscle cell, small intestine, digestive system, human
29. prokaryotic cells don't have organelles (such as a nucleus, or chloroplasts, or mitochondria, etc). A plant cell has a cell wall, chloroplasts. Animal cells have neither the cell wall or chloroplasts.
Section 2
Section 3 (not question 3)
Section 4
Standardized test practice (not question 3, question 2 is incorrectly written... it doesn't label the cell wall)
Review Quiz (not 8, 13)
We have also worked with the microscopes. Be prepared to identify the related items that were frequently mentioned (revolving nosepiece, stage, coarse adjustment knob, fine adjustment knob, high-power objective, low-power objective).
I would suggest completing the Chapter 8 review on page 240 in your book...
The answers for Q 11-15, 17-21, 24, 26, & 29
11.D
12.D
13. A
14.A
15.D
17. B
18. D
19. C
20. C
21. A couple of the following items shoudl be thought about... a bird is made up of cells, it uses energy (to fly/move), it breathes, reponds to the environment, reproduces, has a life-span, and maintains a constant body temperature.
24. Once a virus infects a cell it uses the cell to make more viruses. No drugs kill viruses (they aren't living), so your immune system has to work to get rid of viruses (if that is possible... your body can't get rid of the HIV/AIDS virus)
26. circular muscle cell, small intestine, digestive system, human
29. prokaryotic cells don't have organelles (such as a nucleus, or chloroplasts, or mitochondria, etc). A plant cell has a cell wall, chloroplasts. Animal cells have neither the cell wall or chloroplasts.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
8th Grade Chapter 8 Test
Here are the practice questions provided by the book
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Practice Test
Practice Quiz
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Practice Test
Practice Quiz
Sunday, December 19, 2010
A total lunar eclipse during the winter solstice
Total lunar eclipse will take place this Monday... and Monday is an important day, because the northern hemisphere is receiving the shortest amount of sunlight. This day (the day with the shortest amount of sunlight) is known as the the winter solstice.
Monday is also our next full moon!
Monday is also our next full moon!
Chapter 7 test practice.... Grade 7
Please take some time to look at the questions created by the makers of our science book...
Section 1 practice quiz (7 questions) Facts about the earth
Section 2 practice quiz (9 questions) Facts about the moon...these might be difficult, we haven't talked about all this information.
Section 3 Facts about the our solar system. Items that should be known are the order of the planets, which ones are considered to be the inner planets (and which are the outer planets), what is an astronomical unit, what is the asteroid belt, and what other objects are within our solar system?
Section 1 practice quiz (7 questions) Facts about the earth
Section 2 practice quiz (9 questions) Facts about the moon...these might be difficult, we haven't talked about all this information.
Section 3 Facts about the our solar system. Items that should be known are the order of the planets, which ones are considered to be the inner planets (and which are the outer planets), what is an astronomical unit, what is the asteroid belt, and what other objects are within our solar system?
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