Final Day

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Wrap up Thursday and Friday

Use a sheet of newsprint.  You will do this individually.

1.  Draw planet.  Place a convergent plate boundary, a divergent plate boundary, two volcanoes, and a mountain range.  Tell me what should happen on the active boundaries, and if the volcanoes are evidence of CURRENT plate tectonics or PAST plate tectonics.

2.  Give me an example of convection, conduction, and radiation on Earth by drawing a picture.

3.  Tell me what types of 2 specific types of waves that come from the Sun and what evidence we have that they exist.  Identify these waves as transverse or compressional.

4.  We took temperatures of a variety of surfaces outside the school.   Sketch a sample of the front or side of the school building, list 4 temperatures, and tell me what directions those winds would be blowing.

5.  Which do you think is more useful:  passive or active solar heating?  Draw a picture to support your efforts.

6.  How does a windmill provide energy to the people who live on the electrical grid?

7.  Use a skateboarder to explain the difference between potential and kinetic energy.

8.  Explain how sound waves are different from light waves, using diagrams and energy travel direction.

9.  What is an application of sound waves in our world and how does it work?  Be sure to use the words resonance, frequency, matter, and wavelength in your answer.

10.  How does a mousetrap car change potential energy and kinetic energy?

11.  How is inertia different from Newton's first law when you use a bowling ball or other object.

12.  Why are some shadows in focus and some shadows blurry?  Explain.

13.  Why do surfaces heat unevenly?

14.  What type of waves are used in a cell phone as you a) dial;  b) it connects to the tower; c) it goes to another person; d) the other person hears and answers it.  Think about your senses as you use it.