Classroom Expectations
Water Cycle
Air Cycle
Rock Cycle
Nature of Science
100
What time does class begin?

9:25 or 10:15

100

Why does water move around our earth?

Uneven heating from the sun.

100

This is what causes air to move on earth.

Uneven heating of the sun.

100

Rocks that form from sediments.

Sedimentary Rocks

100
The first step in the scientific process after observing the world around you. It is asking a what?

Question

200
What is the first thing you do when you get to class?

Bell Ringer

200

Water that turns from liquid to gas is called what?

Evaporation

200

The word for moving air.

Wind

200

Rocks that form under heat and pressure?

Metamorphic Rocks

200

The scientific word for an educated guess.

Hypothesis

300

True or False. If I am late without a pass, Mr. Abramoff does not want to hear my excuse.

True

300
Name two types of precipitation

Rain, snow, sleet, hail...

300

Air that heats up rises and creates an area of _____ pressure.

Low pressure.

300

This is magma when it comes out of earth.

Lava

300

A series of steps you take to find the answer to a question.

Experiment
400

What percentage of my grade is tests and quizzes?

20%

400

When the ocean currents are acting correctly, do we have el nino or la nina events?

La Nina

400

What happens to air particles when they get colder?

They slow down and come together.

400

The earth's crust is broken into tectonic plates. What happens at plate boundaries.

Earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis.

400

What you collect from your experiment.

Data

500

What can I do if I am worried about my grade?

Talk to the teacher. Do missing work. Do extra credit. Try harder.....

500

What is one consequence of el nino events?

No water mixing. No fish. Humans who live on the coast cannot eat.

500

DOUBLE POINTS!

At what latitude are areas of high pressure and often have landscapes that are desert?

30 degrees north and 30 degrees south

500

Double Points!

What is breaking rock called?

What happens to rocks when they move after breaking.

Weathering and Erosion

500

You use your data to make what?

Conclusions