Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the questions and answers for the week. Date: 8/04 Subject: Social Science How many continents are there on the Earth? 5 7 4 6 Know the continents for the Friday Quiz

How many imaginary lines do geographers use to divide the Earth? 5 3 4 Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the questions and answers for the week. Date: 8/05 Subject: Social Science How many imaginary lines do geographers use to divide the Earth? 5 3 4 2 Know the imaginary lines for the Friday Quiz Study this weeks warm-ups for the Friday Quiz

Friday Warm-up Quiz #1 1. List the seven continents on the Earth. 2. List three of the five imaginary lines which geographers use to divide the earth.

Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the questions and answers for the week. Date: 8/08 Subject: Social Science Geographers divide the Earth into how many hemispheres? 5 3 4 2 How many directions are there on a compass rose? 2 6 10 8

Human-Environment interaction. Warm-up Copy the information on your paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the questions and answers for the week. Date: 8/09 Subject: Social Science Copy Geography’s Five Themes—(leave a space between each word for the definitions, which will follow in the next few days). Location Place Region Movement Human-Environment interaction.

Warm-up Copy the definitions below Warm-up Copy the definitions below. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the warm-ups for the week. Date: 8/10 Subject: Social Science Location – Where a place is located; absolute location (an address) and relative location (what it is near). Place – What the place is like (physical features, such as climate, landforms, and human characteristics such as language, government, etc. Region – Places that have physical features or human characteristics in common.

Movement – People, goods, and ideas move from one place to another. Warm-up Copy the definitions below. You will turn in one sheet of paper tomorrow with all the warm-ups for the week. Date: 8/11 Subject: Social Science Movement – People, goods, and ideas move from one place to another. Human-Environment Interaction – Humans depend on, adapt to, and modify their environment. Study this weeks warm-ups for the Friday Quiz

Friday Warm-up Quiz #2 Georgia is located in what two hemispheres? What is the opposite direction to northeast? What are the five themes of geography? Give an example of relative location. Give an example of absolute location.

Warm-up Copy the definitions below Warm-up Copy the definitions below. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the warm-ups for the week. Date: 8/15 Subject: Social Science Continent – one of the major land areas of the earth. Earthquake – violent jolting or shaking of the earth caused by movement of rocks along a fault. Tsunami – huge sea wave caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor. Weathering – process by which surface rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by water, chemicals, or frost.

Warm-up Copy the definitions below Warm-up Copy the definitions below. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the warm-ups for the week. Date: 8/16 Subject: Social Science Erosion – wearing away of the earth’s surface, mainly by water, wind, or ice. Plateau – flat landform whose surface is raised above the surrounding land, with a steep cliff on one side. Isthmus – narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land. Peninsula – piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.

Vegetation – plant life in a region. Warm-up Copy the definitions below. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the warm-ups for the week. Date: 8/17 Subject: Social Science Vegetation – plant life in a region. Climate – usual pattern of weather events in an area over a long period of time. Tropics – region of the world located between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, with a generally hot climate. Rain shadow – area on the inland side of mountain ranges, where little rain falls.

Tundra – broad, dry, treeless plain in the high latitudes. Warm-up Copy the definitions below. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the warm-ups for the week. Date: 8/18 Subject: Social Science Rain forest – dense forest in tropical regions with heavy, year-round rainfall. Savanna – tropical grassland with scattered trees, usually with wet and dry seasons. Tundra – broad, dry, treeless plain in the high latitudes. Permafrost – permanently frozen lower layers of soil in Arctic regions. Study this weeks warm-ups for the Friday Quiz

Friday Warm-up Quiz #3 Number from 1-10 on your paper. Use the word bank below and match the word to the correct definition. Climate Earthquake Isthmus Peninsula Permafrost Rainforest Savanna Tundra Tsunami Vegetation   1. Violent jolting or shaking of the earth caused by movement of rocks along a fault. 2. Huge sea wave caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor. 3. Narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land. 4. Piece of land surrounded by water on three sides. 5. Plant life in a region. 6. Usual pattern of weather events in an area over a long period of time. 7. Dense forest in tropical regions with heavy, year-round rainfall. 8. Tropical grassland with scattered trees, usually with wet and dry seasons. 9. Broad, dry, treeless plain in the high latitudes. 10. Permanently frozen lower layers of soil in Arctic regions.

Elevation – height above sea level. Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the questions and answers for the week. Date: 8/22 Subject: Social Science Elevation – height above sea level. Timberline – elevation above which trees cannot grow. Steppe – dry treeless grasslands, often found at the edges of deserts. Culture – way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs, including language and religion.

Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the questions and answers for the week. Date: 8/23 Subject: Social Science Standard of living – measure of quality of life based on income and material possessions. Literacy rate – percentage of adults in a society who can read and write. Free enterprise – basis of a market economy in which people start and run businesses to make a profit with little government intervention. Socialism – economic system in which government sets economic goals and may own some businesses.

Emigrate – to move from one’s native country to another country. Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the questions and answers for the week. Date: 8/24 Subject: Social Science Emigrate – to move from one’s native country to another country. Refugee – person who has had to flee to another country for safety from disaster or danger. Population density – average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer. Urbanization – tendency of a country’s people to move from rural areas to cities.

Demographer – scientist who studies population. Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the questions and answers for the week. Date: 8/25 Subject: Social Science Developed country –a country that is industrialized rather than agricultural. Developing country – a country in the process of becoming industrialized. Demographer – scientist who studies population. Birthrate – number of children born each year for every 1,000 people. Study this weeks warm-ups for the Friday Quiz

Friday Warm-up Quiz #4 Number from 1-10 on your paper. Use the word bank below and match the word to the correct definition. Birthrate Demographer Elevation Emigrate Literacy rate Refugee Socialism Standard of Living Steppe Timberline   1. Height above sea level. 2. Elevation above which trees cannot grow. 3. Dry treeless grasslands, often found at the edges of deserts. 4. Measure of quality of life based on income and material possessions. 5. Percentage of adults in a society who can read and write. 6. Economic system in which government sets economic goals and may own some businesses. 7. To move from one’s native country to another country. 8. Person who has had to flee to another country for safety from disaster or danger. 9. Scientist who studies population. 10. Number of children born each year for every 1,000 people.

Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the questions and answers for the week. Date: 8/29 Subject: Social Science Death rate – number of deaths each year for every 1,000 people. Famine – lack of food, affecting a large number of people. Scarcity – the word economists use to describe the conflict between people’s desires and limited resources. Natural resource – anything from the natural environment that people use to meet their needs.

Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the questions and answers for the week. Date: 8/30 Subject: Social Science Renewable resource – resource that is replaced naturally or can be grown quickly. Nonrenewable resource – metals and other minerals that cannot be replaced once they are used up. Fossil fuel – group of nonrenewable mineral resources- coal, oil, and natural gas formed in the earth’s crust from plant and animal remains.

Pesticide – chemicals used to kill insects and other pests. Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the questions and answers for the week. Date: 8/31 Subject: Social Science Subsistence farming – a farm that produces only enough to support a family’s needs. Service industry – a business that provides services to people rather than producing goods. Pollution – putting impure or poisonous substances into land, water, or air. Pesticide – chemicals used to kill insects and other pests.

Hydroelectric power – electric power generated by falling water. Warm-up Copy the question and choose an answer. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with all the questions and answers for the week. Date: 9/01 Subject: Social Science Acid rain – precipitation in which water carries large amounts of chemicals, especially sulfuric acid. Hydroelectric power – electric power generated by falling water. Solar energy – power produced by the heat of the sun. Study this weeks warm-ups for the Friday Quiz

Friday Warm-up Quiz #5 Number from 1-10 on your paper. Use the word bank below and match the word to the correct definition. Famine Fossil Fuel Hydroelectric Power Non-renewable Resource Natural Resource Pollution Renewable Resource Service Industry Solar Energy Subsistence Farming   1. Lack of food, affecting a large number of people. 2. Anything from the natural environment that people use to meet their needs. 3. Resource that is replaced naturally or can be grown quickly. 4. Metals and other minerals that cannot be replaced once they are used up. 5. Group of nonrenewable mineral resources- coal, oil, and natural gas formed in the earth’s crust from plant and animal remains. 6. A farm that produces only enough to support a family’s needs. 7. A business that provides services to people rather than producing goods. 8. Putting impure or poisonous substances into land, water, or air. 9. Electric power generated by falling water. 10. Power produced by the heat of the sun.

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