Christmas by E.G. Lenac
In this joyous time of year
A tear
Falls from your cheek
As the old and the meek
Gather peacefully in the center of town
And look into the brown
Of an old tree’s bark
And sing ’till the old start to cough and hark
And when the shining stars twinkle
And the leaves start to crinkle
Under your feet
It means that justice and joy are no giant feat
Because the joyous time is near
At the end of the year.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
ENGLISH LESSON 36!!!!!!
FINAL EXAM
1. Indicate the nouns and verbs:
a. At the circus (N), the clowns (N) turned (VB) somersaults over a barrel (N).
b. Jenny (PN) laughed (VB) happily at the clowns (N).
c. The audience (N) applauded (VB) with enthusiasm.
2. Indicate the adverbs and adjectives:a. Peter ran angrily (ADV) down the long (ADJ) path after his black (ADJ) dog.
b. The excited (ADJ) dog raced quickly (ADV) away, barking eagerly (ADV) at the gray (ADJ) squirrel.
c. Poor (ADJ) Peter was going to be late!
3. Indicate the prepositions:
a. During (PREP) the party, the children went (PREP) to the beach.
b. As (PREP?) they ran into (PREP) the water, several dolphins leaped over (PREP) the waves in front (PREP) of them.
c. Marly thought they were sharks, so she jumped out (PREP) of the water.
4. Indicate the common nouns and capitalize the proper nouns.
book (CN)
New York City
school
Easter
flowers (CN)
Uncle John
English
German
telephone (CN)
5. Indicate whether these are complete sentences or not. If not, make them complete. Add necessary punctuation and capitalization.a. Evan wished he’d gone with them.
b. They were late because they couldn’t get a ride.
c. They were late because they got stuck in traffic.
d. Do you think they’re coming?
e. Whether or not they do, we’ll still have a party.
f. Where’s John’s red shoe?
Original in BOLD and add-ons in ITALICS.
6. Identify the subject and predicate:
a. You are (S) almost done with 5th Grade (P)!
b. During the summer you (S) might go swimming (P).
c. Swimming is a (S) popular summer sport (P).
d. Many people (S) enjoy it (P).
7. Make contractions out of the following word pairs:
a. can – not can’tb. are – not ain’t (incorrect), aren’tc. there - is there’sd. it – is it’se. do – not don’tf. where - is where’sg. he – will he’llh. you – are you’re
8. Make plurals from the following nouns:
a. cherries
b. fans
c. monkeys
d. women
9. Write the possessive forms of these words:
a. bird’s
b. men’s
c. children’s
d. it’s
10. Break the following words into syllables:a. fol-low-ing
b. en-joy-ed
c. some-one
11. Identify the base words, prefixes, and suffixes:
a. teacher BW: Teach PRE: None SUF: -er
b. personal BW: Person PRE: None SUF: -al
c. preview BW: View PRE: pre- SUF: Noned.
impossible BW: Possible PRE: im- SUF: None
12. Add the necessary punctuation and capitalization:a. “I wonder where Uncle Andrew is, have you seen him?” asked Nick.
b. The little black kitten raced merrily through the grass and jumped up onto the berry bush. As the kitten approached, the huge crow took off from the berry bush. ‘Whew,’ thought the crow, ‘That was a close call.’
c. Dr. and Mrs. Maynard told me they are going to France next week. They are going to visit some old friends
d. Jennifer answered, “That sounds fun! I’d love to go to Paris someday…”
e. Have you read Little House on the Prairie?
f. Josh saw a movie called "Home Alone.” This was his third time seeing it.
g. In Chorus, we sang, “Green Grow the Rushes.”
13. Identify the types of sentences: DEC (Declarative), INT (Interrogatory), EX (Exclamatory), IMP ( Imperative)a. Sit down. IMP
b. I’m starving! EX
c. Kim shouted, “Anyone there?” Quotation: INT, Main Sentence: DEC
d. Where is my hat? INT
14. Write three homophone pairs.
One – won
Red – read
Son – sun
15. Use the following homophone pairs correctly in a sentence:
stationary-stationery
weather-whether
affect-effectThe stationery was stationary on the desk.
“Whether the weather is dark and cloudy or sunny, I’m going outside!” retorted Fred angrily.
“Will that affect your little Gorgon Effect that you made up?” asked Julie, looking at Gorn.
16. Write three antonym pairs.
Clean – dirty
Giant – miniature
Deep – shallow
Right – left
17. Use the following commonly misspelled words in a sentence:
there, they're, their
it's its
your, you're
“That’s their toy, your toy is over in the toy chest with it’s head sticking out.”
18. Ask your teacher to read you the list of words with silent letters, so you can spell them.
climb
knowledge
silhouette
debris
spaghetti
forgein
buffet
gormet
19. Ask your teacher to read you the list of ei/ie words, so you can spell them.
height
counterfeit
leisure
neighbor
weigh
conceive
receive
20. For each sentence, fill in the blank with the correct word from the list.
Words to choose from:
regress
obsolete
rapport
cumbersome
obscure
autonomy
subsequent
confide
solitary
rendezvous
1. This old mattress is too CUMBERSOME for me to carry by myself.
2. Lawyers can CONFIDE with their clients without having to reveal what is said.
3. Favio is a SOLITARY person; he often walks alone in the woods.
4. When we don't practice certain skills, we might find that these skills REGRESS.
5. Before you can be given AUTONOMY, you must prove that you can work responsibly on your own.
6. The teacher developed a close RAPPORT with her students; some became lifelong friends.
7. I found the instructions too OBSCURE, so I figured out how to assemble the bike on my own.
8. I'll meet you at the secret RENDEZVOUS point.
9. SUBSEQUENT to the announcement, we all had to get tetanus shots.
10. My old game system is OBSOLETE, that's why I'm putting it in the yard sale.
21. Internet Searching:
a. How can you exclude a word from an Internet search on some search engines?
Example: Bermuda - (Or NOT) Shorts
b. How can you tell a search engine to find an exact phrase?Example: "Big Hairy Monsters"
22. For each number, indicate the compass direction: north, east, south, and west:
1 North
2 West
3 East
4 South
23. Literature/Composition
Complete one of the following exercises:
a. Select a holiday to describe, but don’t use any of the usual words to describe it (for instance, if you select Christmas, don’t include the words: Christmas, tree, gifts, Santa Claus, snow or holiday). What are some of the ways that you can express the joy associated with the particular holiday you choose? Are there particular memories that make this holiday special? Maybe there are certain rituals that your family did, or continues to do around this time. You can try to describe some of this.
The writing may take the form of a poem, and can be a jumping off point for a longer story. Remember that you can strengthen your writing by using figures of speech such as similes, metaphors, and hyperbole. The poem might act as a clue for what’s to follow in your story by setting up a mood. Your poem can use whatever form you’re comfortable with.
Christmas by EIn this joyous time of year
A tear
Falls from your cheek
As the old and the meek
Gather peacefully in the center of town
And look into the brown
Of an old tree’s bark
And sing ’till the old start to cough and hark
And when the shining stars twinkle
And the leaves start to crinkle
Under your feet
It means that justice and joy are no giant feat
Because the joyous time is near
At the end of the year.
1. Indicate the nouns and verbs:
a. At the circus (N), the clowns (N) turned (VB) somersaults over a barrel (N).
b. Jenny (PN) laughed (VB) happily at the clowns (N).
c. The audience (N) applauded (VB) with enthusiasm.
2. Indicate the adverbs and adjectives:a. Peter ran angrily (ADV) down the long (ADJ) path after his black (ADJ) dog.
b. The excited (ADJ) dog raced quickly (ADV) away, barking eagerly (ADV) at the gray (ADJ) squirrel.
c. Poor (ADJ) Peter was going to be late!
3. Indicate the prepositions:
a. During (PREP) the party, the children went (PREP) to the beach.
b. As (PREP?) they ran into (PREP) the water, several dolphins leaped over (PREP) the waves in front (PREP) of them.
c. Marly thought they were sharks, so she jumped out (PREP) of the water.
4. Indicate the common nouns and capitalize the proper nouns.
book (CN)
New York City
school
Easter
flowers (CN)
Uncle John
English
German
telephone (CN)
5. Indicate whether these are complete sentences or not. If not, make them complete. Add necessary punctuation and capitalization.a. Evan wished he’d gone with them.
b. They were late because they couldn’t get a ride.
c. They were late because they got stuck in traffic.
d. Do you think they’re coming?
e. Whether or not they do, we’ll still have a party.
f. Where’s John’s red shoe?
Original in BOLD and add-ons in ITALICS.
6. Identify the subject and predicate:
a. You are (S) almost done with 5th Grade (P)!
b. During the summer you (S) might go swimming (P).
c. Swimming is a (S) popular summer sport (P).
d. Many people (S) enjoy it (P).
7. Make contractions out of the following word pairs:
a. can – not can’tb. are – not ain’t (incorrect), aren’tc. there - is there’sd. it – is it’se. do – not don’tf. where - is where’sg. he – will he’llh. you – are you’re
8. Make plurals from the following nouns:
a. cherries
b. fans
c. monkeys
d. women
9. Write the possessive forms of these words:
a. bird’s
b. men’s
c. children’s
d. it’s
10. Break the following words into syllables:a. fol-low-ing
b. en-joy-ed
c. some-one
11. Identify the base words, prefixes, and suffixes:
a. teacher BW: Teach PRE: None SUF: -er
b. personal BW: Person PRE: None SUF: -al
c. preview BW: View PRE: pre- SUF: Noned.
impossible BW: Possible PRE: im- SUF: None
12. Add the necessary punctuation and capitalization:a. “I wonder where Uncle Andrew is, have you seen him?” asked Nick.
b. The little black kitten raced merrily through the grass and jumped up onto the berry bush. As the kitten approached, the huge crow took off from the berry bush. ‘Whew,’ thought the crow, ‘That was a close call.’
c. Dr. and Mrs. Maynard told me they are going to France next week. They are going to visit some old friends
d. Jennifer answered, “That sounds fun! I’d love to go to Paris someday…”
e. Have you read Little House on the Prairie?
f. Josh saw a movie called "Home Alone.” This was his third time seeing it.
g. In Chorus, we sang, “Green Grow the Rushes.”
13. Identify the types of sentences: DEC (Declarative), INT (Interrogatory), EX (Exclamatory), IMP ( Imperative)a. Sit down. IMP
b. I’m starving! EX
c. Kim shouted, “Anyone there?” Quotation: INT, Main Sentence: DEC
d. Where is my hat? INT
14. Write three homophone pairs.
One – won
Red – read
Son – sun
15. Use the following homophone pairs correctly in a sentence:
stationary-stationery
weather-whether
affect-effectThe stationery was stationary on the desk.
“Whether the weather is dark and cloudy or sunny, I’m going outside!” retorted Fred angrily.
“Will that affect your little Gorgon Effect that you made up?” asked Julie, looking at Gorn.
16. Write three antonym pairs.
Clean – dirty
Giant – miniature
Deep – shallow
Right – left
17. Use the following commonly misspelled words in a sentence:
there, they're, their
it's its
your, you're
“That’s their toy, your toy is over in the toy chest with it’s head sticking out.”
18. Ask your teacher to read you the list of words with silent letters, so you can spell them.
climb
knowledge
silhouette
debris
spaghetti
forgein
buffet
gormet
19. Ask your teacher to read you the list of ei/ie words, so you can spell them.
height
counterfeit
leisure
neighbor
weigh
conceive
receive
20. For each sentence, fill in the blank with the correct word from the list.
Words to choose from:
regress
obsolete
rapport
cumbersome
obscure
autonomy
subsequent
confide
solitary
rendezvous
1. This old mattress is too CUMBERSOME for me to carry by myself.
2. Lawyers can CONFIDE with their clients without having to reveal what is said.
3. Favio is a SOLITARY person; he often walks alone in the woods.
4. When we don't practice certain skills, we might find that these skills REGRESS.
5. Before you can be given AUTONOMY, you must prove that you can work responsibly on your own.
6. The teacher developed a close RAPPORT with her students; some became lifelong friends.
7. I found the instructions too OBSCURE, so I figured out how to assemble the bike on my own.
8. I'll meet you at the secret RENDEZVOUS point.
9. SUBSEQUENT to the announcement, we all had to get tetanus shots.
10. My old game system is OBSOLETE, that's why I'm putting it in the yard sale.
21. Internet Searching:
a. How can you exclude a word from an Internet search on some search engines?
Example: Bermuda - (Or NOT) Shorts
b. How can you tell a search engine to find an exact phrase?Example: "Big Hairy Monsters"
22. For each number, indicate the compass direction: north, east, south, and west:
1 North
2 West
3 East
4 South
23. Literature/Composition
Complete one of the following exercises:
a. Select a holiday to describe, but don’t use any of the usual words to describe it (for instance, if you select Christmas, don’t include the words: Christmas, tree, gifts, Santa Claus, snow or holiday). What are some of the ways that you can express the joy associated with the particular holiday you choose? Are there particular memories that make this holiday special? Maybe there are certain rituals that your family did, or continues to do around this time. You can try to describe some of this.
The writing may take the form of a poem, and can be a jumping off point for a longer story. Remember that you can strengthen your writing by using figures of speech such as similes, metaphors, and hyperbole. The poem might act as a clue for what’s to follow in your story by setting up a mood. Your poem can use whatever form you’re comfortable with.
Christmas by EIn this joyous time of year
A tear
Falls from your cheek
As the old and the meek
Gather peacefully in the center of town
And look into the brown
Of an old tree’s bark
And sing ’till the old start to cough and hark
And when the shining stars twinkle
And the leaves start to crinkle
Under your feet
It means that justice and joy are no giant feat
Because the joyous time is near
At the end of the year.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Science Lesson 36!
Environmental Science 5
Lesson 36
FINAL EXAM
This final lesson is a review of the second semester. Look through lessons 19-35 and answer the following questions.
1. What is meteorology?
The study of the weather. Meteorologists need special instruments like thermometers, barometers, and anemometers. They use satellites to figure out when hurricanes, storms, and tornadoes will happen.
2. Complete this weather matching exercise. Match the word on the left column with the appropriate definition on the right.
a. jet stream
1. The temperature at which the air is saturated and water vapor condenses to liquid.
b. dewpoint
2. A tool that measures change in air pressure.
c. anemometer
3. A current of fast moving air high in the atmosphere which helps determine weather.
d. rainshadow
4. The feeling of cooling caused by the wind taking away body heat.
e. barometer
5. The effect that mountains have on the amount of rainfall on either side.
f. wind chill
6. A tool that measures wind speed.
1.B. 2.E 3.A. 4.F D.5 C.6.
3. Which is more likely to happen where you live: a hurricane, a tornado, or a blizzard? Why?
None! We live by the ocean—make that 24 BLOCKS away—and it never snows, he ocean isn’t warm enough for hurricanes, AND tornadoes are least likely, because, well, we’re by the ocean, and just about never get thunderstorms. All of these are fueled by the Jet Stream—which is soooo far away.
4. What organisms belong in each kingdom? Match each of the five kingdoms on the left with the appropriate living thing on the right.
a. monera
1. the grass in your lawn
b. protista
2. the bacteria that cause strep throat or that make yogurt.
c. fungi
3. seaweed
d. plantae
4. yeast and mold (okay, mushrooms too!)
e. animalia
5. you and your friends
D. 1. A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. E.5.
5. What kind of tissue is your skin? How about your heart? Your brain? Heart is… heart tissue, brain is nerve tissue, and skin is Epithelial tissue!
6. What causes goosebumps?
The contraction of small muscles under the skin when you get cold.
7. How long is the small intestine? What does it do?
It’s 22 feet long and helps the food and drink from your stomach get broken down into pieces small enough for your body to absorb.
8. When you measure the weight of something, what natural force does the weight depend on?
Gravity pushes down on everything in different ways, depending on several different things, including mass, and height.
9. Give three examples of different types of energy.
Kinetic, chemical, potential, sound, nuclear, electrical, magnetic, and electromagnetic energy.
10. Where does all the energy on the Earth come from? (You’ve been asked this before - just so you know how important it is!)
The sun gives us light—but hidden in that light is all the energy of the world.
11. Why do most substances expand when they are heated?
Because they become less dense and vapourize. This means that they expand.
12. Most substances contract when they are cooled. How does water break this rule?
Not just water—all liquids—expand when frozen because the cold causes the atoms to become less mobile, and also gain density.
13. Match the words in the right column with the proper description on the left.
a. light year
1. This results when light hits a water drop or prism and splits into its different wavelengths.
b. gamma rays
2. The bending of light rays as they go from one substance to another
c. radio waves
3. The highest energy waves with the shortest wavelength
d. rainbow
4. the distance that light travels in a year
e. refraction
5. The lowest frequency waves
D. 1. E. 2. B. 3. A. 4. C. 5.
14. Describe three sounds around you and rank them from the lowest to the highest pitch. Which of these sounds has the highest frequency (the shortest wavelength)?
There’s dad yelling, that’s the second to last loudest
There’s birds chirping, that’s the quietest
And there’s me, typing on my keyboard, that’s the loudest.
15. Name three early inventions that came about because of electricity.
The phonograph, the light bulb (Curse you Edison! You should’ve invented the Compact Florescent first!) and the… X-ray!
16. What do a Frisbee, a bird, and an airplane have in common? (You aren’t allowed to just say “they all fly!”)
They all allow air to pass over their wings (Excluding the Frisbee) and allow that to lift them up in the air (With a little bit of help)
17. Name three kinds of sciences you studied this year. Which was your favorite? If you were to be a scientist when you grow up, what kind of scientist would you like to be?
Well, there was life science, weather science, and—of course—environmental science! My favorite HAD to be life science. I am going to be a Zoologist when I grow up. In fact, each career I ever wanted was a Scientist! I might also be a Cryptozoologist—a fringe science that studies creatures like the Loch Ness Monster, and Bigfoot, classifies them, and tries to decide if they are real (And if they are, they try to decide ‘What the heck does it really look like?’)
19. What were some of your favorite activities from this year’s science course? What activities did you like the least?
I really liked making the 3D Jell-O cell, and didn’t like any of he tings about the body (Except for the cells… they’re interesting) The protecting animals lesson was awesome, because that is one of the many reasons why I want to be a Zoologist.
Lesson 36
FINAL EXAM
This final lesson is a review of the second semester. Look through lessons 19-35 and answer the following questions.
1. What is meteorology?
The study of the weather. Meteorologists need special instruments like thermometers, barometers, and anemometers. They use satellites to figure out when hurricanes, storms, and tornadoes will happen.
2. Complete this weather matching exercise. Match the word on the left column with the appropriate definition on the right.
a. jet stream
1. The temperature at which the air is saturated and water vapor condenses to liquid.
b. dewpoint
2. A tool that measures change in air pressure.
c. anemometer
3. A current of fast moving air high in the atmosphere which helps determine weather.
d. rainshadow
4. The feeling of cooling caused by the wind taking away body heat.
e. barometer
5. The effect that mountains have on the amount of rainfall on either side.
f. wind chill
6. A tool that measures wind speed.
1.B. 2.E 3.A. 4.F D.5 C.6.
3. Which is more likely to happen where you live: a hurricane, a tornado, or a blizzard? Why?
None! We live by the ocean—make that 24 BLOCKS away—and it never snows, he ocean isn’t warm enough for hurricanes, AND tornadoes are least likely, because, well, we’re by the ocean, and just about never get thunderstorms. All of these are fueled by the Jet Stream—which is soooo far away.
4. What organisms belong in each kingdom? Match each of the five kingdoms on the left with the appropriate living thing on the right.
a. monera
1. the grass in your lawn
b. protista
2. the bacteria that cause strep throat or that make yogurt.
c. fungi
3. seaweed
d. plantae
4. yeast and mold (okay, mushrooms too!)
e. animalia
5. you and your friends
D. 1. A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. E.5.
5. What kind of tissue is your skin? How about your heart? Your brain? Heart is… heart tissue, brain is nerve tissue, and skin is Epithelial tissue!
6. What causes goosebumps?
The contraction of small muscles under the skin when you get cold.
7. How long is the small intestine? What does it do?
It’s 22 feet long and helps the food and drink from your stomach get broken down into pieces small enough for your body to absorb.
8. When you measure the weight of something, what natural force does the weight depend on?
Gravity pushes down on everything in different ways, depending on several different things, including mass, and height.
9. Give three examples of different types of energy.
Kinetic, chemical, potential, sound, nuclear, electrical, magnetic, and electromagnetic energy.
10. Where does all the energy on the Earth come from? (You’ve been asked this before - just so you know how important it is!)
The sun gives us light—but hidden in that light is all the energy of the world.
11. Why do most substances expand when they are heated?
Because they become less dense and vapourize. This means that they expand.
12. Most substances contract when they are cooled. How does water break this rule?
Not just water—all liquids—expand when frozen because the cold causes the atoms to become less mobile, and also gain density.
13. Match the words in the right column with the proper description on the left.
a. light year
1. This results when light hits a water drop or prism and splits into its different wavelengths.
b. gamma rays
2. The bending of light rays as they go from one substance to another
c. radio waves
3. The highest energy waves with the shortest wavelength
d. rainbow
4. the distance that light travels in a year
e. refraction
5. The lowest frequency waves
D. 1. E. 2. B. 3. A. 4. C. 5.
14. Describe three sounds around you and rank them from the lowest to the highest pitch. Which of these sounds has the highest frequency (the shortest wavelength)?
There’s dad yelling, that’s the second to last loudest
There’s birds chirping, that’s the quietest
And there’s me, typing on my keyboard, that’s the loudest.
15. Name three early inventions that came about because of electricity.
The phonograph, the light bulb (Curse you Edison! You should’ve invented the Compact Florescent first!) and the… X-ray!
16. What do a Frisbee, a bird, and an airplane have in common? (You aren’t allowed to just say “they all fly!”)
They all allow air to pass over their wings (Excluding the Frisbee) and allow that to lift them up in the air (With a little bit of help)
17. Name three kinds of sciences you studied this year. Which was your favorite? If you were to be a scientist when you grow up, what kind of scientist would you like to be?
Well, there was life science, weather science, and—of course—environmental science! My favorite HAD to be life science. I am going to be a Zoologist when I grow up. In fact, each career I ever wanted was a Scientist! I might also be a Cryptozoologist—a fringe science that studies creatures like the Loch Ness Monster, and Bigfoot, classifies them, and tries to decide if they are real (And if they are, they try to decide ‘What the heck does it really look like?’)
19. What were some of your favorite activities from this year’s science course? What activities did you like the least?
I really liked making the 3D Jell-O cell, and didn’t like any of he tings about the body (Except for the cells… they’re interesting) The protecting animals lesson was awesome, because that is one of the many reasons why I want to be a Zoologist.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
SCIENCE MID-TERM EXAM
REVIEW AND MIDTERM EXAM
Take this week to review the material in the last seventeen lessons. Read through any projects that you may have done for the lessons. When you have refreshed your memory, take the midterm exam. Good luck!
Midterm Exam
1. Describe the scientific method.
The scientific method is a list of objectives of a successful experiment. They are:
Observation: A question about something that someone notices.
Hypotheses: A possible answer to the Observation.
Experiment: A test to test the Hypotheses.
Results: The results of the Experiment.
Conclusion: The answer to the Observation.
2. Why do scientists perform controlled experiments?
Well, if you wonder something, you usually want an answer, so scientist use controlled experiments to test their ideas. They might need to repeat or measure experiments, and need the variables to be controlled.
3. What is meant by an "indicator species?"
A sensitive species that is highly affected by a bad environment.
4. Why is it important for scientists to use the same measuring system?
Because if a scientist misunderstands or miscalculates the measurements, things can fall down go boom, people can die, or things can go horribly wrong. Also, it’s important for scientists to measure things together.
5. Write a paragraph describing what happened in your "homemade wetlands" model, and tell which function your wetland performed.
We did not perform this experiment, so I do not have results.
6. Describe the roles of producer, consumer, and scavenger in the food chain.
Producers are plants, which produce oxygen for all other living things.
Consumers are animals, which breathe in oxygen, and produce carbon dioxide, which in turn, is breathed in by plants.
7. Why is photosynthesis so important to our planet?
Plants create oxygen, and suck up CO2, and photosynthesis fuels them.
Without the sun, we would shrivel up, and turn into blocks of ice, and our planet would have an atmosphere of 100% CO2.
8. What are some ways that people upset the "balance of nature?"
By polluting, digging for fuel, poaching, and fishing.
9. Choose one of the organisms in "Fun Habitats" and write a paragraph summarizing what you learned (or already knew!) about them. Include any first-hand experiences you may have had.
I have had bad experiences with ants. On Jan. 1st, 2008, a mould problem started in my baby brother’s room. It attracted ants, which built a colony. The ants then invaded our whole house. I could not go one day without seeing 10 ants. The ants made their home on the stairs and upstairs bathroom. The stairs are creaky and rotten because of them, and the bathroom was “the ant room.” I learned that ants like to have water near their colony.
10. How have owls adapted to competition for food during daylight hours? They are nocturnal, and have wide eyes and super hearing to sense their prey.
11. How does the extinction of an animal species affect the food chain?
Someone said that every species is a thread. If any thread is broken, things will fall apart. If the spiders’ thread is cut, the mosquito thread will swell to a rope, and overpower other animals. Many animals would die because malaria would become more common. Ponds would get polluted with larvae. It would be horrible. That would affect the food chain as well.
12. Why do salamanders lay their eggs in vernal pools?
Because the're AMPHIBIANS! Their eggs are jelly, and need water! And they need to be protected from predators, because fish don’t live in VERNAL ponds, and birds don’t like their eggs jellied.
13. Explain why DDT became a problem for cats in Asia, and eventually for people as well.
Cats ate lots of rats that ate grains that were poisoned with DDT. The DDT had a higher effect on the cats than the rats, and the cats died. The rats overpopulated without the cats, and you know what rats do, they overpopulate when given the chance. Also, humans started eating the grains.
14. What are the main differences among biomes?
Each has different animals, plants, and environmental features.
15. Draw the water cycle.
(Link to Picture Below)
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16. List the planets in our solar system, in order of distance from the sun. Give a brief description of each planet.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, (Asteroid Belt) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Mercury is misunderstood as being the hottest planet, at 430 degrees C. In fact, the hottest planet is Venus, as 470 degrees C. It has a barren, rocky surface, and the atmosphere is too thin to carry sound waves.
Venus is probably the inner planet least like Earth in geographic terms. To get an idea of what it’s like, imagine Global Warming put into overdrive, then left alone for 1,000 years. It has lava, magma, tar-like chemical pits, and volcanoes.
Mars is the planet most like Earth, because it was almost exactly like earth, some billion years ago! Recent studies by NASA show that there IS STILL liquid water on its surface! Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge, natural ditches cover the surface where oceans used to be, and there are channels in place of rivers.
Jupiter… where do I start! It has 63 moons, almost completely made out of gas, and… yep, that’s just about it. Just joking! It’s made up of mostly Hydrogen and Helium gases. It has liquid Hydrogen and Helium swirling around its core, which is Hydrogen and Helium metal. 47 out of all of it’s 63 moons haven’t been named.
Saturn has the same gases as Jupiter, but is also very different. It has over 1,000 rings of floating junk, asteroids, and moons. There are small “Shepherd Moons”, such as Pandora and Prometheus. These keep pits of dust in the rings, and outsiders (mostly) out. It's moon, Titan, one of (or the) largest moon (s) in the solar system, may have microscopic life on its surface.
Uranus is a drab, dull planet with no action. It and Neptune have been “Ice Giants”. The winds on Neptune bring claw-sharp slivers of ice, and there is an ocean of pure water or ice on both planets. Besides that, Uranus has no wind or will. It is a nice blue-green (or purple!) color.
The last true planet, Neptune, seems to me to be the former parent planet of Pluto. It probably spit the moon out into the edge of the Solar System for one reason or another. Neptune has a “Great Dark Spot” like Jupiter, except this planet is smaller, and a rich blue. It also has the highest winds of any planet in the Solar System.
17. How did the telescope change astronomy?
The telescope enabled people to look at things over 16 million miles away in detail. That enabled people to get a better view of the planets, instead of seemingly immobile dots.
18. How does the tilt of the Earth cause the seasons?
Let’s say that North America was getting a heat wave, and because of the axis, it’s night in Egypt.
19. Describe how the "breathing" of plants and animals complement each other.
Humans release Carbon Dioxide (Not just with their breath), plants suck up Carbon dioxide, and release Oxygen, Humans and Animals breath Oxygen, and breathe out Carbon Dioxide.
Take this week to review the material in the last seventeen lessons. Read through any projects that you may have done for the lessons. When you have refreshed your memory, take the midterm exam. Good luck!
Midterm Exam
1. Describe the scientific method.
The scientific method is a list of objectives of a successful experiment. They are:
Observation: A question about something that someone notices.
Hypotheses: A possible answer to the Observation.
Experiment: A test to test the Hypotheses.
Results: The results of the Experiment.
Conclusion: The answer to the Observation.
2. Why do scientists perform controlled experiments?
Well, if you wonder something, you usually want an answer, so scientist use controlled experiments to test their ideas. They might need to repeat or measure experiments, and need the variables to be controlled.
3. What is meant by an "indicator species?"
A sensitive species that is highly affected by a bad environment.
4. Why is it important for scientists to use the same measuring system?
Because if a scientist misunderstands or miscalculates the measurements, things can fall down go boom, people can die, or things can go horribly wrong. Also, it’s important for scientists to measure things together.
5. Write a paragraph describing what happened in your "homemade wetlands" model, and tell which function your wetland performed.
We did not perform this experiment, so I do not have results.
6. Describe the roles of producer, consumer, and scavenger in the food chain.
Producers are plants, which produce oxygen for all other living things.
Consumers are animals, which breathe in oxygen, and produce carbon dioxide, which in turn, is breathed in by plants.
7. Why is photosynthesis so important to our planet?
Plants create oxygen, and suck up CO2, and photosynthesis fuels them.
Without the sun, we would shrivel up, and turn into blocks of ice, and our planet would have an atmosphere of 100% CO2.
8. What are some ways that people upset the "balance of nature?"
By polluting, digging for fuel, poaching, and fishing.
9. Choose one of the organisms in "Fun Habitats" and write a paragraph summarizing what you learned (or already knew!) about them. Include any first-hand experiences you may have had.
I have had bad experiences with ants. On Jan. 1st, 2008, a mould problem started in my baby brother’s room. It attracted ants, which built a colony. The ants then invaded our whole house. I could not go one day without seeing 10 ants. The ants made their home on the stairs and upstairs bathroom. The stairs are creaky and rotten because of them, and the bathroom was “the ant room.” I learned that ants like to have water near their colony.
10. How have owls adapted to competition for food during daylight hours? They are nocturnal, and have wide eyes and super hearing to sense their prey.
11. How does the extinction of an animal species affect the food chain?
Someone said that every species is a thread. If any thread is broken, things will fall apart. If the spiders’ thread is cut, the mosquito thread will swell to a rope, and overpower other animals. Many animals would die because malaria would become more common. Ponds would get polluted with larvae. It would be horrible. That would affect the food chain as well.
12. Why do salamanders lay their eggs in vernal pools?
Because the're AMPHIBIANS! Their eggs are jelly, and need water! And they need to be protected from predators, because fish don’t live in VERNAL ponds, and birds don’t like their eggs jellied.
13. Explain why DDT became a problem for cats in Asia, and eventually for people as well.
Cats ate lots of rats that ate grains that were poisoned with DDT. The DDT had a higher effect on the cats than the rats, and the cats died. The rats overpopulated without the cats, and you know what rats do, they overpopulate when given the chance. Also, humans started eating the grains.
14. What are the main differences among biomes?
Each has different animals, plants, and environmental features.
15. Draw the water cycle.
(Link to Picture Below)
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0T-JJopm7-XOHsVc5RMLgTTGScXyEFQak6VwNATds2y3z6SlCVPS3aXH61hTauFV4BCCnK7rD8K9lE2SZy37FN_J-c8J5E2SkxVQH8zRbNOG0HHf1qA6sS0v_am4LrNJyERbYRm6KkE/s1600-h/Du+Wader+Cycle.jpg
16. List the planets in our solar system, in order of distance from the sun. Give a brief description of each planet.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, (Asteroid Belt) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Mercury is misunderstood as being the hottest planet, at 430 degrees C. In fact, the hottest planet is Venus, as 470 degrees C. It has a barren, rocky surface, and the atmosphere is too thin to carry sound waves.
Venus is probably the inner planet least like Earth in geographic terms. To get an idea of what it’s like, imagine Global Warming put into overdrive, then left alone for 1,000 years. It has lava, magma, tar-like chemical pits, and volcanoes.
Mars is the planet most like Earth, because it was almost exactly like earth, some billion years ago! Recent studies by NASA show that there IS STILL liquid water on its surface! Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge, natural ditches cover the surface where oceans used to be, and there are channels in place of rivers.
Jupiter… where do I start! It has 63 moons, almost completely made out of gas, and… yep, that’s just about it. Just joking! It’s made up of mostly Hydrogen and Helium gases. It has liquid Hydrogen and Helium swirling around its core, which is Hydrogen and Helium metal. 47 out of all of it’s 63 moons haven’t been named.
Saturn has the same gases as Jupiter, but is also very different. It has over 1,000 rings of floating junk, asteroids, and moons. There are small “Shepherd Moons”, such as Pandora and Prometheus. These keep pits of dust in the rings, and outsiders (mostly) out. It's moon, Titan, one of (or the) largest moon (s) in the solar system, may have microscopic life on its surface.
Uranus is a drab, dull planet with no action. It and Neptune have been “Ice Giants”. The winds on Neptune bring claw-sharp slivers of ice, and there is an ocean of pure water or ice on both planets. Besides that, Uranus has no wind or will. It is a nice blue-green (or purple!) color.
The last true planet, Neptune, seems to me to be the former parent planet of Pluto. It probably spit the moon out into the edge of the Solar System for one reason or another. Neptune has a “Great Dark Spot” like Jupiter, except this planet is smaller, and a rich blue. It also has the highest winds of any planet in the Solar System.
17. How did the telescope change astronomy?
The telescope enabled people to look at things over 16 million miles away in detail. That enabled people to get a better view of the planets, instead of seemingly immobile dots.
18. How does the tilt of the Earth cause the seasons?
Let’s say that North America was getting a heat wave, and because of the axis, it’s night in Egypt.
19. Describe how the "breathing" of plants and animals complement each other.
Humans release Carbon Dioxide (Not just with their breath), plants suck up Carbon dioxide, and release Oxygen, Humans and Animals breath Oxygen, and breathe out Carbon Dioxide.
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