Physical Science Unit 4 CST day

Questions:

1. What is the molecular reason for one room to be warmer than another? (book or brain)
2. What have you learned from this unit about the transfer of energy and heat? (book)

Earth Science Unit 4 Day 2

Questions:

1. How do scientists know the age of rocks or fossils? (book or brain)
2. What is radioactive decay? (book)
3. Uranium-235 has a half-life of 700 million years. How long does it take a 100-gram sample of Uranium-235 to decay to a mass of 50 grams?

Answer choices for number 3:

	A. 350 million years B. 1,400 million years C. 235 million years D. 700 million years

Chemistry Unit 4 CST Day

Questions:

1. Why are nuclear bombs so powerful? (book or brain)
2. What is radiation? (book)
3. What characterizes a radioactive atom?

	A. Its electrons gain energy. B. Its nucleus has too few quarks. C. Its protons repel the neutrons. D. Its nucleus is unstable.

Physical Science Unit 4 Day 4 continued

Questions:

1. How is the specific heat of water different than the specific heat capacity of iron? (book)
2. What is latent heat? (book)
3. In order to make a phase change from solid to liquid, you must add energy equal to the __________ of fusion.

Answer choices for number 3:

A. latent heat B. convection energy C. combustion D. specific heat

Earth Science Unit 4 Day 1 continued

Learning Objective: Students will learn about geological history by creating a timeline and will analyze and interpret the timeline in writing using science ideas: stability and change, scale, system models, patterns.

Questions:

1. What are the names of the eras in Earth's history? (book)
2. What is the oldest era in Earth's history? (book)
3. What event marked both the beginning and end of the Mesozoic era?

Answer Choices for Number 3:

	A. A mass extinction B. An asteroid impact C. An ice age D. The formation of a supercontinent

Chemistry Unit 4 Day 3

Language Objective: Students will learn about nuclear reactions by doing a simulation and will interpret and draw conclusions based on data using technical vocabulary:energy, proton, neutron, nucleus, nuclear fission, reaction,energy transfer.

Questions:

1. What is a nuclear reaction? (book)
2. What force is involved in nuclear reactions? (book)
3. Which of the following is an example of nuclear fission?

Answer choices for number 3:

	A. Two different isotopes of hydrogen form an isotope of helium on the sun. B. A radioactive drug that emits electrons is used to treat cancer in a patient. C. A gamma emitter is used to trace movement of chemicals in the environment. D. A large radioactive atom breaks into smaller atoms, producing nuclear energy.

Physical Science Unit 4 Day 4

Learning Objective: Students will learn about thermodynamics by doing a simulation and will analyze and interpret their data in writing using technical vocabulary conduction, convection, radiation, heat transfer, latent heat.


Questions:

1. What is thermal energy? (book)
2. What is latent heat and how is it connected to thermal energy? (book)
3. Which of the following are correct descriptions of heat flow?

Write the ones that apply in your notes.
	A. Conduction is heat flowing between two objects that are touching each other. B. Convection is heat flowing when a liquid or gas carries the heat. C. Radiation is heat flowing between two objects that are touching each other. D. Convection is heat flowing in waves.

Earth Science Unit 4 Day 1

Learning Objective: Students will learn about geological history by creating a timeline and will analyze and interpret the timeline in writing using science ideas: stability and change, scale, system models, patterns.

Questions:

1. How old is Earth and how do we know? (book)
2. How is Earth's history organized? (book)
3. Which is the smallest division of time on the geologic time scale?

Answer Choices for number 3:

	A. Eon B. Period C. Epoch D. Era

Chemistry Unit 4 Day 2

Learning Objective: Students will learn about electrostatic force by completing a simulation and will analyze and interpret data in writing using technical vocabulary (coulomb's Law, protons, electrons, atoms) and science ideas (cause/effect, structure/function, energy changing forms).
Questions:

1. What determines the strength of electrostatic force between positives and negatives? (book)
2. What does an atom look like? (book)
3. How do electrostatic forces affect the electrons in an atom?

Answer Choices for number 3:

	A. The electrons are attracted to the protons. B. The electrons are pushed away from the nucleus. C. The electrons are attracted to each other. D. The electrons are attracted to the neutrons.

Physical Science Unit 4 Day 3

Learning Objective: Students will learn about thermodynamics by doing a study guide and will summarize and describe their learning in writing using technical vocabulary (kinetic energy, thermodynamics, endothermic, exothermic)


Questions:

1. When gas molecules heat up, what happens? (book or brain)
2. What is kinetic energy? (book)

What is not a characteristic of an ideal gas?
	A. Molecules don't interact with each other. B. Molecules move completely randomly. C. Molecules have no attractive forces toward each other. D. Molecules take up space.

Earth Science Unit 3 TST Day

• Pick up 2 sticky notes from the front table.
• On each sticky note, write about 1 fact or idea or word that sticks with you most from unit 3 learning.
• Stick your sticky notes to the whiteboard.

Chemistry Unit 4 Day 1 (continued)

Learning Objective: Students will learn about electrostatic force by completing a simulation and will analyze and interpret data in writing using technical vocabulary (coulomb's Law, protons, electrons, atoms) and science ideas (cause/effect, structure/function, energy changing forms).


Questions:

1. How powerful do you think atoms are? Explain. (book and/or brain)
2. What are atoms made of? (book)
3. List 4 forces that hold atoms and matter together. (book)

Physical Science Unit 4 Day 2

Learning Objective: Students will learn about properties of gases by doing a simulation and will analyze and interpret the model in writing using drawings and technical vocabulary gas laws, charles law, boyles law, molecules, pressure, temperature, volume

Questions:

1. What is pressure? (book or brain)
2. Why do molecules move? (book or brain)
3. Which of the following does not describe how gas molecules move?

Answer choices for number 3:

	A. Gas molecules move very quickly. B. Gas molecules do not move in any fixed pattern. C. Gas molecules spread out evenly in their container. D. Gas molecules have low kinetic energy.

Earth Science Unit 3 Day 4

Learning Objective: Students will learn about geological maps and will analyze and interpret data in writing using sentence starters and technical vocabulary (geology, landform, weathering, erosion, topography, metamorphic, sedimentary).

Questions:

1. How are igneous rocks formed? (book)
2. How are igneous rocks different from sediementary or metamorphic? (book or brain)

What can you tell about an igneous rock that is coarse-grained?

Answer Choices for number 3:

	A. It is most likely intrusive. B. It probably formed under water. C. It is extrusive. D. It is a silicate. Link for Class today: http://portal.onegeology.org/OnegeologyGlobal/

Chemistry Unit 4 Day 1

Learning Objective: Students will learn about the energy of atoms by doing a simulation and will analyze and interpret their data in writing using academic and technical vocabulary (charge, nucleus, static electricity, electrostatic force, Cuolomb's Law, force, energy).

Questions:

1. What is electrostatic force? (book)
2. Why do you think atoms have energy? (book or brain)

Which of the four fundamental forces holds the nucleus together? Answer Choices for number 3:
	A. Weak nuclear force B. Strong nuclear force C. Force of gravity D. Electrostatic force

Physical Science Unit 4 Day 1

Learning Objective: Students will learn about the properties of matter by completing a graphic organizer and will summarize and describe their learning in writing using technical vocabulary (gas laws, charles law, boyles law, molecules, pressure, temperature, volume)

Questions:

1. Describe solids, liquids and gases? (book or brain)
2. What makes solids, liquids, and gases different?

Which of the following statements is not true of the phases of a given substance?
	A. Solids have strong intermolecular forces between the atoms or molecules. B. The particles of solids have more kinetic energy than the particles of liquids or gases. C. The particles of a liquid move past one another. D. The particles of a gas move quickly.