Monday, March 28th

6th Grade
No homework in Religion, but Chapter 18 Test will be on Friday.
Science Homework: Worksheet pages 323-326 if not finished in class.

7th Grade
No Religion homework, but Chapter 6 Test will be on Friday.
Science homework: Section 4 Assessment Questions on page 394. Do 1a-c, 2a-c, 3a-c & writing in science.

8th Grade
Religion: No homework, but Chapter 4 test will be on Thursday.
Science homework: Section Assessment on page 311, #1a-c and 2a-c, as well as the key terms on page 308 and key terms on p. 312.  Vocabulary test over key terms will be on Wednesday!

Tuesday, March 2nd

No Religion homework at any grade level.

6th Grade Science: Chapter 9 Test was today.  No homework.

7th Grade Science: We did perch dissections today.  No homework.

8th Grade Science: Skills lab page 273.  Questions #1-5 due on Wednesday.

Monday, March 21st

Welcome Back!!

No Religion homework at any grade level.

Science Homework:

6th Grade: Study for Test.  Test Review answers are below.

7th Grade:  Finish Questions 1 & 2 on page 380, if not finished in class. 

8th grade: No homework.

Sixth Grade Chapter 9 Review: Erosion and Deposition

1.     What is erosion? PROCESS BY WHICH NATURAL FORCES MOVE WEATHERED ROCK & SOIL

2.     What is mass movement? PROCESSES THAT MOVE SEDIMENT DOWNHILL

3.     Describe four examples of mass movement. (Creep, mudflow, landslide, and slump.)CREEP-SLOW DOWNHILL MOVEMENT OF ROCK & SOIL; MUDFLOW- RAPID DOWNHILL MOVEMENT OF WATER, ROCK, & SOIL; LANDSLIDE- ROCK & SOIL SLIDE QUICKLY DOWN A STEEP SLOPE

4.     What is a tributary? A STREAM OR RIVER THAT RUNS INTO ANOTHER STREAM OR RIVER

5.     What are meanders? LOOP-LIKE BEDS IN RIVER

6.     How does a waterfall form? SOFTER ROCK IS WORN AWAY LEVING BEHIND HARD ROCK

7.     What is an alluvial fan? A WIDE SLOPING DEPOSIT OF SEDIMENT WHERE A STREAM LEAVES A MOUNTAIN RANGE

8.     Deltas are built up by DEPOSITION.

9.     What causes most sediment to wash or fall into a river?  MASS MOVEMENT & RUNOFF

10.  As more water flows into a river, what happens to the speed of the river? IT INCREASES

11.  What is one main difference between continental and valley glaciers? CONTINENTAL GLACIERS ARE THICKER

12.  When can glaciers form? WHEN MORE SNOW FAL THAN MELTS

13.  What is the process of plucking? ROCK FRAGMENTS FREEZE TO BOTTOM OF GLACIER & ARE CARRIED AWAY

14.  When does wind deposit sand? WHEN IT SLOWS DOWN OR HITS AN OBSTACLE

15.  What is loess? PARTICLES OF CLAY & SILT THAT WERE ERODED & DEPOSITED BY THE WIND

16.  What are agents of erosion? WIND & WATER

17.  What is the force that moves sediment in a landslide or mudslide? GRAVITY

18.  What is a slump? SEDIMENT SUDDENLY SLIPPING DOWNHILL IN A LARGE MAS

19.  What is the major agent of erosion? MOVING WATER

20.  What are flood plains and how are they formed? FLAT AREAS COVERED BY WATER DURING FLOODS; FORMED BY EROSION

21.  What is a delta? SEDIMENT DEPOSITED WHERE A RIVER FLOWS INTO THE OCEAN

22.  AS the water in a river moves downstream, what type of energy of the water moves the sediment? KINETIC ENERGY

23.  What are the main ways that sediment enters a river? MASS MOVEMENT & RUNOFF

24.  When and how does a valley glacier form? WHEN ICE & SNOW BUILD UP IN A RIVER VALLEY

25.  What are the ice ages? TIME WHEN CONTINENTAL GLACIERS COVERED MOST OF EARTH’S SURFACES

26.  What are the two processes in which waves erode the land? ABRASION & IMPACT

27.  What is plucking? PROCESS WHERE GLACIER LOOSENS & PICKS UP ROCKS AS IT MOVES

28.  What is a tributary?  A STREAM OR RIVER THAT FLOWS INOT ANOTHER STREAM OR RIVER.  Be able to recognize a tributary in a diagram.

29.  How does a delta form?  FORMS WHEN A RIVER SLOWS DOWN AS IT FLOWS INOT AN OCEAN OR LAKE & DROPS ITS SEDIMENT LOAD.  Be able to recognize it on a diagram.

30.  How does a meander form?  FORMED WHEN A RIVER ERODES THE OUTERBANK ALONG BEND & DEPOSITS SEDIMENT ON THE INNER BANK OF THE BEND.  Be able to recognize it on a diagram.

31.  How does an oxbow lake form?  AN OXBOW LAKE THAT HAS BEEN CUTOFF FROM THE MAIN STREAM OF THE RIVER.  AFTER FLOODWATERS FALL, SEDIMENTS DAM UP BOTH ENDS OF A MEANDER LEAVING AN OXBOW LAKE.  Be able to recognize it on a diagram.

32.   How does a waterfall form?  HARDER ROCK OVERLAYS SOFTER ROCK.  SOFTER ROCK IS ERODED AWAY CAUSING HARDER ROCK TO BREAK OFF CREATING THE WATERFALLS STEEP DROP.  Be able to recognize it on a diagram.

33.  In paragraph form: Compare and contrast mudflows and landslides.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

No homework in Religion at any grade level.

Science homework:
6th grade- none
7th grade- Questions 1a-c on page 380
8th grade- none

Wednesday, March 9

Please turn in any missing/late work on Thursday.

No Religion today.  We went to Ash Wednesday Mass.

Science:
6th grade homework: Waves and Wind Worksheets if not finished in class
7th grade homework: Skills Lab pages 372-373 if not finished in class.
8th grade: No homework, but a quiz Thursday over Chapter 8 Section 2 pages 264-268

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

No homework in Religion or Science today at any grade level.  Just a reminder that any missing/late work is due by Thursday!

Monday, March 7- Homework

No Religion Homework for any grade level

Science Homework:
6th grade- Section Assessment p. 295, Questions #1-3

7th grade- Key Terms p. 368 with Vocabulary Test on Wednesday and Section Assessment p. 371 Questions #1-3

8th grade- Section Assessment p. 263 Questions #1-2

Thursday, May 3, 2011

6th Grade
Today we made our Mardi Gras masks.  They turned out great!  I hope you can join us for our Mardi Gras Parade on Tuesday, March 8th.
Religion

• No Homework, but Chapter 17 Test will be on Monday

Science

• No Homework

7th Grade
Science

• Today we dissected a starfish.  The dissection worksheets are due tomorrow.

Religion

• No Homework

8th Grade
Science

• Chapter 7 Test is Friday.  Review answers are on the blog if you didn't get all of your corrections done in class.

Religion

• Chapter 3 Church History Test is Friday

Life Science Chapter 10 Test Review

Chapter 10 Test is on Friday.  Here are the correct answer for the test review.  Don't forget to study.

 

Life Science Chapter 10 Test Review: Mollusks, Arthropods, & Echinoderms

1. How do bivalves get their food? FILTER FEEDING
2. How do cephalopods move? JET PROPULSION
3. What is an exoskeleton?  AN ARTHOPOD’S TOUGH OUTER COVERING
4. How many pair(s) of legs does a millipede have per segment? TWO PAIR
5. Describe the body of a spider. TWO BODY SECTIONS, FOUR PAIR LEGS, & NO ANTENNAE
6. What are the characteristics of an insect? ONE PAIR OF ANTENNAE, THREE BODY SECTIONS, & THREE PAIR LEGS
7. What are the stages of complete metamorphosis? EGG, LARVAE, PUPA, ADULT
8. When does molting occur in gradual metamorphosis? WHENEVER THE NYMPH OUTGROWS ITS EXOSKELETON
9. What are the characteristics of an echinoderm? RADIAL SYMMETRY, INVERTEBRATE WITH AN INTRNAL SKELETON, & A WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM
10.  What are insect larvae specialized for? EATING & GROWING
11.  What is the function of a radula? SCRAPE FOOD FROM A SURFACE
12.  What group of mollusks do snails and slugs belong to? GASTROPODS
13.  Be able to recognize which animals are arthropods from a list.
14.  How does a grasshopper get oxygen? THROUGH A SYSTEM OF TUBES
15.  What are insect mouths adapted for? EATING SPECIFIC FOODS
16.  What types of food do insects eat? ANYTHING LIVING OR ONCE LIVING
17.  What is a brittle star? AN ECHINODERM WITH LONG SLENDER ARMS & FLEXIBLE JOINTS
18.  How do sea urchins move? TUBE FEET
19.  What is the thin layer of tissue that covers the internal organs of mollusks? MANTLE
20.  What are the characteristics of gastropods? SINGLE EXTEERNAL OR NO SHELL, RADULA, BROAD FOOT
21.  What are the characteristics of cephalopods? FOOT IS ADAPTED TO FORM TENTACLES, SOME HAVE A SHEE, BUT SOME DO NOT, CLOSED CIRCULATORY SYSTEM, MOVE BY JET PROPULSION
22.  What is the function of antennae? SENSE ORGANS
23.  What organisms belong to the group of arthropods called arachnids? SPIDERS, MITES, & TICKS
24.  What kind of arthropod has more legs than any other kind of arthropod?  MILLIPEDE
25.  On which section of the body, are an insect’s wings and legs attached? THORAX
26.  What are compound eyes? EYES THAT CONTAIN MANY LENSES
27.  What are the stages of complete metamorphosis? EGG, LARVA, PUPA, ADULT
28.  What process do crustacean larvae go through to become adults? METAMORPHOSIS
29.  Be able to identify the group of arthropods that an organism belongs to when given a picture of that organism.
30.  How do insects obtain oxygen? AIR ENTERS TUBES LOCATED IN THE ABDOMEN & GO DIRECTLY TO THE CELLS
31.  Be able to recognize a starfish (or sea star) from a diagram. SEE PAGE 359
32.  What kind of environment does a sea star live in? OCEAN
33.  What group do sea stars belong to? ECHINODERMS
34.  Be able to label the tube feet of a starfish when given a diagram. (TUBE FEET, WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM, STOMACH, & MADREPORITE)
35.  Be able to recognize the water vascular system on a starfish.
36.  How does water enter the starfish? THROUGH AN OPENING ON THE SURFACE OF THE STAR FISH CALLED THE MADREPORITE
37.  Be able to identify the stomach of a starfish on a diagram.
38.  How is the stomach of a starfish used in feeding? STARFISH FORCES STOMACH OUT ITS MOUTH.  DIGESTIVE JUICES ARE RELEASED & BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN FOOD.  PARTIALLY DIGESTED FOOD ID THEN SUCKED BACK IN.
39.  Describe the skeleton of a starfish and indicate its location on a diagram. INTERNAL EXOSKELETON MADE OF HARDENED PLATES UNDERNEATH THE SKIN. IT IS THE PLATES THAT GIVE THE BUMPY APPEARANCE.

Essay Question:

Describe the stages of complete metamorphosis.

THE FOUR STAGES ARE: EGG, LARVA, PUPA, AND ADULT.  YOU NEED TO DESCRIBE EACH STAGE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES TO FORM A PARAGRAPH.

Physical Science Chapter 7 Test Review ANSWERS-- Test on THURSDAY

Physical Science Chapter 7 Test Review

1. What is a suspension?
• A liquid mixture in which particles can be seen and easily separated by settling or filtration

2. What is a saturated solution?
• When you add so much solute that no more will dissolve

3. How do we increase the solubility of sugar in water?
• Heat the water

4. How would a solute affect the boiling point of water?
• Raise the boiling point (raise the temperature)

5. How is a solute different from a solvent in a solution?
• The solute is present in a smaller amount

6. How can we safely tell whether an unknown solution contains salt or sugar?
• By testing the electrical conductivity of the solution

7. What would weak tea be an example of?
• Dilute solution

8. What happens to the freezing point of the solution when a solute is added to a solvent?
• Freezing point changes.  It is lower than the freezing temperature of ether substance alone

9. What type of change does an acid make to litmus paper? 
• Acids make blue litmus paper turn red

10.  How do acids differ from bases in water solution?
• Acids produce hydrogen ions (H+) and bases produce hydroxide ions (OH-)

11.  Why are acids considered to be corrosive?
• They “eat away” at other materials

12.  What do bases form in water?
• Hydroxide ions (OH-)

13.  What does the pH scale measure?
• The concentration of hydrogen ions

14.  What is neutralization?
• A reaction between an acid and a base

15.  What does a neutralization reaction produce?
• A salt and water

16.  When a few spoonfuls of sugar are added to a cup of water, what is the sugar?
• The Solute

17.  What happens to a solid compound when it is dissolved in water?
• Each of its particles are surrounded by water molecules

18.  What is solubility?
• The measure of how well a solute can dissolve in a solution at a given temperature

19.  What is a colloid?
• A mixture containing particles that are too small to be seen easily, but are large enough to scatter a light beam

20.  What is a solution?
• A mixture that appears uniform throughout & whose particles cannot easily be seen

21.  What is an unsaturated solution?
• A solution to which you can continue to add solute

22.  What is an acid?
• A compound that tastes sour and reacts with some metals

23.  What is a base?
• A compound that turns litmus blue and is often found in soaps and detergents

24.  What does a high pH tell you?
• The concentration of hydrogen ions is low

25.  What happens to the pH in a neutralization reaction?
• The pH changes to a value that is closer to neural

26.  What is the universal solvent?
• Water

27.  What is a salt?
• An ionic compound produced from the neutralization of an acid and a base

28.  Be able to read a pH chart and use that information to answer questions.  (Sample chart on page 245 in textbook.)

Essay:

29.  Describe how solutions of acids and bases differ in terms of particles.  How do the differences relate to the properties of acids and bases?

30. Describe the differences among solutions, colloids, and suspensions.