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!