1. Today is Friday, January 11, 2013
Homework:
Review Chapters 7, 8, and 10 for FINAL (next Friday – ONE WEEK FROM TODAY YOU WILL BE TAKING THE FINAL)
Warm UP:
Get ready for some Just For Fun Trivia….write your team name on your whiteboard

2. But first……
Does anyone know what this is?
Flu virus

3. Welcome to Mr. Gross’s Just For Fun Wonderful World of Trivia
Welcome to Mr. Gross’s Just For Fun Wonderful World of Trivia!!!!!! (Standard rules apply, except instead of prizes we get darts for talking )

4. Here we go….
Here comes a practice question!!!!

5. Practice Question
What is the name of the process that turns salty ocean water into fresh drinking water?

6. Practice Question Answer
Desalination

7. Question #1 Multiple Choice:
An “aquifer” describes water that is ____.
frozen in ice sheets and glaciers
b) underground
c) fresh surface water such as rivers and lakes

8. Question #1 ANSWER
b) underground

9. Question #2
Much of the country of Iceland runs off of electricity produced by this type of power plant which uses heat from deep inside the Earth to heat water to create steam to turn electrical turbines. What type of power is being described here?

10. Question #2 ANSWER
Geothermal Power

11. Question #3
Weather (such as rain, warm and cold fronts, sleet, hail, etc.) occurs in which layer of Earth’s atmosphere?

12. Question #3 ANSWER
Troposphere

13. Question #4 Here is the scenario:
It is cold outside, suddenly, low stratus clouds appear and it is gray and drizzly (light rain) for a day and a half. By the end of the second day, it is clear, sunny, and a little bit warmer. You notice high cirrus clouds in the sky. What kind of front has just passed by?

14. Question #4 ANSWER
Warm front

15. List “The 3 Rs” and give an example of ONE OF THEM
Question #5
List “The 3 Rs” and give an example of ONE OF THEM

16. Examples will vary. The 3 Rs are “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”
Question #5 ANSWER
Examples will vary. The 3 Rs are “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”

17. Question #6 True or False:
Even though they float in the ocean, icebergs are made of FRESHWATER.

18. Question #6 ANSWER
True

19. Question #7 True or False:
A scientist studies the weather patterns in one part of a forest for two days ONLY. This would be enough information for the scientist to determine that area’s climate.

20. Question #7 ANSWER
False

21. Question #8
Raindrops that start out as LIQUID WATER in the sky but freeze BEFORE they hit the ground are called…..

22. Question #8 ANSWER
Sleet

23. The top level of water in an aquifer is known as…..
Question #9
The top level of water in an aquifer is known as…..

24. Question #9 ANSWER
The Water Table

25. Question #10 Multiple Choice:
In the Water Cycle, the stage at which clouds are formed is called ___.
precipitation
condensation
sublimation
evaporation

26. Question #10 ANSWER
b) condensation

27. Closing it up….
When is the Science Final?
Next FRIDAY (in one week)