Global Warming

Answer the following questions in your blog:

1. What is global warming?
2. Do you believe in global warming? Briefly explain.
3. Give three pieces of evidence to support your position on number 2.
4. Despite your response to #2, there are smart people out there that believe the complete opposite of what you believe. Give three pieces of evidence for someone with the opposing viewpoint.

Cloud Types Brochure

Today you will work with a partner to create an informational brochure about cloud types. While two of you are working on this assignment together, you only need one brochure per group. This assignment is due at the end of the period Wednesday, October 28. Click here for the project requirements.

Condensation

In your blog, write about 5 examples of condensation and condensation nuclei. Please include at least 1 picture.

Hurricanes

Choose a major hurricane and answer the following questions in your blog.

1. Which hurricane did you choose?

2. What category was it on the Saffir-Simpson scale?

3. Tell its story.

4. How many lives were lost? How much damage did it cause ($)?

5. Include at least one picture.

Hurricanes and Tornadoes

Answer the following questions in complete sentences on a sheet of paper.

Hurricanes

1. Look at the hurricane to the right. Make a quick sketch on your paper. Label the eye, eye wall, and storm surge. Please refer to p. 575-577 for help.
2. Define eye, eye wall, and storm surge. Please refer to p. 575-577 for help.

Tornadoes

Click here for #3 - 5 (if your page does not load correctly, share with someone else:))

3. Click on "Cause your own tornado." Then click on "Check conditions." Does the warm air mass need to be wet or dry?

4. Manipulate the various factors. Create your tornado. After you watch the simulation, describe its intensity (on the Fujita Intensity Scale).

5. Click on "try again." Write down the four factors that you need to make a tornado in this simulation.

Concept 4 Quiz

Click here for the Concept 4 Quiz. Email your 100% score to jdunn84@gmail.com. You may re-take this quiz as many times as necessary. Please only send me your score when you earn 100%.

Ch. 20 Webquest

Click here for the Weather Patterns and Severe Storms Webquest.

When you are finished, you will take an online quiz about the location of the 50 states. I have found that this year's 9th graders, as a whole, are lacking in this skill. You will take the quiz on three different levels, and show me your score sheet after you successfully earn a 100% on each level. Click here, then find towards the bottom-middle of the screen, click on "States 1."

Air Masses

Concept 1 Quiz
Click here to take the Chapter 20 Concept 1 Quiz. The textbook calls it Chapter 20, online they call it Chapter 19...follow the link and you will be fine :) When you are finished, please email your 100% score to jdunn84@gmail.com. You may take the quiz as often as is necessary.

Blog Post #3
Today you learned about the four main types of air masses. Answer the following questions in your blog:

1. What are the 4 main types of air masses? What does each letter stand for?
2. Which kind of air mass is most likely to bring hurricanes? Why?
3. Which kind of air mass(es) is most likely to bring a drought? Why?
4. Which kind of air mass(es) bring lake-effect snowstorms? (check p. 561)
5. Today we learned about the 4 main types of air masses. In reality, there are many more than four. List and explain 2 other air masses.

Click here to learn about each air mass that affects North America.

Greenhouse Effect

View the Greenhouse Effect animation and answer the following questions in your blog:

1. What is "IR" raditation?

2. What are the 3 main greenhouse gases?

3. In your opinion, is the greenhouse effect a good thing or a bad thing?

Isotherm map

Today you will create your own isotherm map. Make sure that your map has all of the components:

• Draw the isotherms on the map
• A key showing which color represents which temperature
• Label Fayetteville
• Answer the following questions on the bottom of your map:

1. Where is the warmest spot on this map?

2. Where is the coldest spot on this map?

3. What is the temperature in Fayetteville?

Click here to get your data for your isotherm map.

Atmosphere Webquest

Click here to begin the Intro to the Atmosphere Webquest.

3rd Quarter, Blog Post #1

Today you will view a few websites dealing with recycling. Check out the links below and answer the questions that follow.

• City of Fayetteville Recycles


• Recycling: The Big Picture


• Why Recycle Glass and other Products (scroll to the bottom of the page)


• Cumberland County Recycling Centers

Questions

1. Most people agree that recycling is a good thing. Why, specificly should we recycle glass?

2. Which is better: recycling or reusing things?

3. How can Fayetteville residents recycle?

4. Where is the closest recycling drop-off center to your home (or our school)?

5. List 9 things plastic can be made into once it has been recycled.

6. List 5 things metals can be turned into once it has been melted down.

7. What can you do to promote recycling?

Poster

When you are done, you will work in groups of 2-4 to create a recycling poster. You will ultimately be in charge of your poster, but it should include some minimum criteria:

• 5 facts about recycling


• At least 1 graph (pie graph, bar graph, OR line graph, etc)


• Tell people what and/or how they can recycle

2 Articles

Please pick 2 articles and answer the questions on a sheet of paper.

Articles

• Tsunami: "Her Whole Village Was Under Water"
• One Planet, Two Parents
• Volcanoes Defrosted Ice Age

Questions
1. What is the title of this article? Who is the author?
2. Who is the publisher? (CNN, NY Times, ESPN, etc.)
3. What are three things you learned?
4. What are two things you found interesting?
5. What is one question you still have?

2nd Quarter Blogs

Click here for the 2nd Quarter Blogs Checklist. Blogs #6 and #7 will be posted at this link when they are assigned.

Ocean Quizzes and 2nd Quarter Study Guide

Today you will take 3 online quizzes. Our quiz tomorrow will cover Sections 14.1, 14.2, and 16.1. You will email your results from the 14.1 Quiz to jdunn84@gmail.com. Please take this quiz as many times as you need to earn 100% (you can retake it again and again and, for some of you, again). **You may notice that the chapter # from the book and chapter # from the online quizzes will be slightly off...don't worry about it. Just follow the links that I've provided below.

• Click here then click on "Concept 1 Quiz" (email your results to me)
• Click here then click on "Concept 2 Quiz"
• Click here then click on "Concept 1 Quiz"

Click here for the 2nd Quarter Study Guide!