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Science Warm-Ups

2nd Quarter Warm-Ups (below)
 
10-19 to 10-23
Monday: Copy Calendar
Tuesday:
1. What do you think The Particle Theory of Matter is?
2. List any parts of an atom that you know of.
*Before we move on to the main part of our lesson today, we're going to talk about parent-teacher conferences.  If you have any questions, have them ready!
Wednesday: None (There was a substitute teacher today.)
Thursday:
1. Why do scientists use models?
2. Look around the room.  Make 1 observation based on your sense of sight.
3. Make 1 inference based on your observation.
***Before moving forward with something new, we are going to touch-base on yesterday's assignments.  Please take out both D4: Models in Science and D3: Observations and Inferences from yesterday.  Don't turn them in until after we've talked about them please.  Thanks.***
Friday:
1. The sizes of very large or very small objects can be compared using:
    a. an exponential scale
    b. large numbers of zeros
2. An interence is:
    a. a wild guess
    b. important only to scientists
    c. based on observations only
    d. a logical explanation of an observation
 
11-2 to 11-6
Monday: Copy Calendar
Tuesday:
1. What did you use to determine what smell was inside each balloon?
2. Do the "smelly balloons" help to build a case for or against the Particle Theory of Matter?  Why or why not?
Wednesday:
1. Which scientist developed a model that is called the plum pudding model?
2. Which scientist developed a theory that electrons travel around the nucleus in orbits?
Thursday:
Use these choices for 1-3:
    A. O        B. H2O    C. C6H12O6    D. NH3
    E. O2       F. N2        G. CO2         H. N
1. Which of these are compounds?
2. Which of these are molecules?
3. Which of these are atoms?
4. What is the chemical symbol for carbon?
5. What is the chemical formula for water?
 
Friday:
1. A molecule is made up of more than one ________.
2. A compound is made up of more than one _________.
3. Give 2 examples of a molecule.

11-9 to 11-13
Monday: Copy Calendar
Tuesday:
1. Around how many naturally occurring elements are there?
2. Where can you find definitions for words like atom, element or compound?  (Which specific assignments?)
3. How many atoms do each of these contain?
a. CO2    b. C6H12O6     c. O2
Wednesday: No School, No Warm-Up
Thursday:
Yes, there's a warm-up even if it's a Benchmark testing day:)
1. List 2 things that float in water.  Do they have any properties in common?
2. List 2 things that sink in water.  Do they have any properties in common?
3. Do you float in water? Always?
Friday:
1. What do you mean when you call someone dense?
2. What do you mean when you call an object dense?
3. What is the density of water?
4. What unit is used most often for density? Why?

11-16 to 11-20
Monday: Copy Calendar
Tuesday:
1. What are the two ways you determined volume in yesterday's lab?
2. What units did you use when measuring mass in yesterday's lab?
3. While waiting for me to check your warm-ups, double-check that you have included units on yesterday's lab.  You get points taken off if you don't!
Wednesday:
1. What is the formula for density?
2. What are the 3 states of matter?
3. How close are the particles in a solid compared to the particles of a gas (under that same temperature and pressure conditions)?
Thusday:
1. Draw a picture that represents gas.
2. What is it called when a solid physically changes into a liquid?
3. Is evaporation an endothermic change or an exothermic change?
 
Friday:
1. What caused the food coloring particles to move around in the water (no matter how slow or fast)?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Why did the food coloring move around the beaker with the hot water the fastest?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. When you mix salt with water, what temperature of water will lead to the salt quickly dissolving?
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1st Quarter Warm-Ups (below)
 
8-31 to 9-4
Monday: Copy calendar
Tuesday: List as many parts of a leaf that you can think of.
Wednesday: List 4 properties of water.
Thursday:
     What changes do you think occured in your piece of fruit?
     Take the mass of your fruit.
     Record it for Day 2.
     Return your piece of fruit to the tub.
     Be careful:)
Friday:
     What changes do you think occured in your piece of fruit?
     What changes do you think occured in the plant?
     Give me your warm-up!!!
 
9-8 to 9-11
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Copy Calendar
Wednesday:
  1. One life process we've talked about in class is evaporation (part of the water cycle). What are the other two life processes we've discussed in class so far?
  2. What substance can be used as in indicator for the presence of starch?
Thursday: List 2 safety "hints" during a lab.
Friday: List a few items we tested that contain startch.
 
9-14 to 9-18
Monday: Copy Calendar
Tuesday:
  1. What are the 2 raw materials needed for photosynthesis?
  2. What are the 2 products of photosynthesis?
  3. What does chlorophyll have to do with photosynthesis?
Wednesday:
      What 2 things are missing?
 
carbon dioxide + __________ ------> glucose + ___________
 
If you are finished before we go over this, double-check your assignments and notes.  Be ready for the test!
 
Thursday:
     Answer these questions about grades and grade printouts...
  1. How long do you have to get your missing work in (from the day you get a printout)?
  2. When you are absent, how do you get your work?
  3. If you have missing work, what should you do?
  4. Why is during class not the right time to get missing assignments? 
Friday:
  1. Where do plants get carbon dioxide from?
  2. Where do plants get water from?
  3. What does to water travel through to get to the leaf cells?
9-21 to 9-25
Monday: Copy Calendar
Tuesday:
  1. How is osmosis related to diffusion?
  2. List 2 examples of diffusion.
Wednesday:
  1. What do you do when there's a call over the intercom that says "Code Red"?
  2. What do you do during a fire drill?
 
Thursday:
  1. What does the egg in our "eggsperiment" represent?
  2. What is on the outside of our eggs?
 
Friday:
  1. During diffusion, a substance moves from an area of ___________ concentration to an area of ___________ concentration.
  2. During osmosis __________ moves from an area of ___________ concentration to an area of ____________ concentration.
 
Remember that there's no school on Monday:)
 
9-29 to 10-2
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Copy Calendar
Wednesday:
1. The Nucleus is sometimes called the
    a. highway
    b. powerhouse
    c. control center or head office
 
2. Why are cell membranes semi-permeable?  Why don't they just let everything enter and leave the cell?
Thursday: None
 Friday:
  1. Which organelle found in plant cells contains chlorophyll? (Hint: It's where photosynthesis takes place.)
  2. Which process do you use for cell growth and repair? (Hint: It's the same process that single-celled organisms use to reproduce.)
10-5 to 10-9
Monday: Copy Calendar
Tuesday:
  1. Cells contain genetic information.  Where in the cell is this information found?
  2. Why do people have similar characteristics to their biological parents?
  3. What is a gene?  
Wednesday:
  1. A trait is a ________________ _________________.
  2. Is tall a phenotype or a genotype?
  3. Is Tt a phenotype or a genotype?
Thursday:
 
1. Different forms of a gene are called
      A. chromosomes   B. alleles   C. DNA   D. RNA
2. The dominant allele is represented by a _______ letter.
3. Why would using the letter D to represent an allele be a good idea and using the letter S to represent an allele by a bad idea?
 
Friday:
  1. When do you have to turn in any work labeled as ab or 0.00 for 1st quarter by?
  2. A heterozygous dominant black guinea pig is crossed with a white guinea pig.  What is the probability that the offspring will have white hair?  (Complete a Punnett square to answer the question.)
10-12 to 10-16
Monday: Copy Calendar
Tuesday:
  1. What happens to a potato slice when it's placed into a salt solution?
  2. Write the equation for photosynthesis.
  3. Diffusion is when a substance moves from a __________ concentration to a __________ concentration.
  4. Osmosis is a specific type of diffusion.  What makes it different form diffusion in general?
 
Wednesday:
  1. Carbon dioxide and water are the raw materials needed for the process of _________________.
  2. Define the word gene (D23 might help):
Thursday:
What happens when you...
1. Put an egg without a shell in water?
 
2. Put a potato slice in water?
 
3. Put a wilted piece of celery in water?
 
4. Put an egg without a shell in corn syrup?
 
5. Put an potato slice in salt and water?
 
6. Put a wilted piece of celery in salt and water?
 
Friday: None