SEPs
Which SEP is all about asking scientific questions?
SEP 1
What are the 3 types of rocks?
Metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous.
How old is planet earth?
4.6 billion years old or 4,600 million years.
Name a natural disaster caused by changes in the atmosphere (weather related)
hurricane, thunderstorm, blizzard, tornado, drought, flood, etc.
Where do the three types of penguins that we have learned about live?
Antarctica and its surrounding islands.
What is SEP 9 about?
Using technical vocabulary!
Name one way that one rock can transform into another rock.
Weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, heat and pressure, melting and cooling.
What was the Precambrian era like?
Firey hellscape, slammed with meteorites, covered with lava and volcanoes!
Name a natural disaster caused by geologic or seismic changes.
Earthquake, volcanic eruption, tsunami.
Name the three types of penguins you learned about.
Gentoo, Adelie, Chinstrap
If I was conducting an experiment where I was measuring plant growth inside vs. outside and was recording the data in a table each day, which SEP would I be using?
SEP 4: gathering and analyzing data?
What is melted rock called underground and what is melted rock called above ground?
underground = magma
above ground = lava
Which era take up the MOST space on our geologic time scale?
Precambrian makes up 88% of all of Earth's history.
Name 2 natural disasters we can experience in Minnesota and 2 that we cannot.
Can: thunderstorm, blizzard, tornado, sinkhole, flood, drought, wild fire.
Cannot: earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, hurricane.
Which penguin population has been decreasing over the last 30 years?
Adelie
If I were conducting research on what causes skin cancer and I was reading multiple sources of information from different perspectives in order to draw my own conclusion, which SEP would I be using?
SEP 8: obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information.
What is the law called where the oldest layers are on bottom and the youngest layers are on top?
The law of superposition
What era are we currently in?
Cenozoic era.
Choose one natural disaster and explain 2 ways that you can keep yourself safe from it.
What is a theory for what is causing the Adelie population decrease?
changes in sea ice and environment, global climate change
If I were to make a poster of a penguin that I tried to scale exactly to their size in real life, what SEP would I be using?
SEP 2: making and using models
What is it called when you know the exact age of the rock vs. when you just compare it between older and younger rocks?
Absolute age and relative age.
What period are we currently in?
Quaternary period.
Occluded, warm, cold, stationary
Continental tropical, continental polar, maritime tropical, maritime polar.
almost 24 hours of sunlight, temperatures averaging around 0 degrees, high wind, little precipitation (remember, it is technically a desert!)