1. 6th grade warm ups
Week of

2. Monday(Mon.)9-25-17 EQ: How do the inner and outer planets differ?
WU: What is the difference between period of rotation and period of revolution?
Ans: 1:The period of rotation is the amount of time a planet takes to spin on its axis. (day and night)
2: While period of revolution is the amount of time the planet takes to make one trip around the sun. (year)

3. Tuesday (Tues.)
WU: How are Venus and Earth alike and how are they different?
Ans:
Different (Venus)
Alike/Similiar
Hottest surface temperature of any planet
Rotates in a clockwise direction(retrograde) when viewed from the North Pole
Very dense atmosphere, also contains destructive acids
Size
Density
Mass
Surface gravity

4. Wednesday(Wed.)
WU: What are some of the characteristics of Earth that make it suitable for life?
Ans: Earth is warm enough to keep most water from freezing and cool enough to keep its water from boiling.

5. Thursday(Thurs.)
WU: What features found on Mars are similar to those found on Earth?
Ans: 1:Scientist have found evidence of frozen water and ice caps.
2: It also has volcanoes along with the largest mountain in the solar system.(Olympus Mons).

6. Friday (Fri.) 8-29-17 WU: What is the great red spot on Jupiter?
Ans: The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a storm system that is more than 400 years old and is about 3 times the diameter of Earth.

7. 6th grade warm ups
Week of

8. Monday (Mon.) 10-2-17 WU: What are Saturn’s rings made of?
Ans: Saturn’s rings are made up of ice particles ranging in size from a few centimeters to several meters wide.

9. Tuesday (Tues.)
WU: Why do scientist claim that Saturn is still forming?
Ans: Scientist think that Saturn’s extra energy comes from Helium gas falling out of the atmosphere and sinking to Saturn’s core.

10. Wednesday(Wed.)10-4-17 WU: Why does Uranus have a blue green color?
Ans: The atmosphere of Uranus is mainly hydrogen and methane gases, which absorb red light from the sun. Therefore it appears to blue green in color.

11. Thursday(Thurs.)
WU: How did the cloud belts form around Neptune?
Ans: 1:Neptune’s interior releases thermal (heat) energy into its outer layers.
2:This energy helps warm gases rise and cool gases sink.
3:This sets up wind patterns that create belts of clouds.

12. Friday(Fri.)
WU: A new planet has been discovered past Pluto. Based what you have learned how would you describe this new planet.
Ans: 1: It would be considered a gas giant because it has a deep massive atmosphere which is made up of gases.
2: It would be less dense than the inner planets.
3: It would be very cold.
4: It would revolve around the Sun very slowly.