Bell Work
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8/13/12
• Name and correctly spell the 7 continents and 4 oceans
starting with the America’s and heading East.
8/14/12
• Continents (Map)
8/15/12
• Tell me the purpose of a:
 Map Key
 Compass Rose (Draw one)
 Scale
 Title
8/16/12
• What is the difference between revolution and rotation?
• How do tilt and revolution affect the earth?
• If it is Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in
the Southern Hemisphere? Why does this happen?
8/17/12
• How do lines of latitude and longitude work?
7th Grade Bell Work
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8/20/12
8/21/12
• What ocean separates NA and SA from Europe and
Africa? What ocean separates Africa from Australia?
What ocean separates NA and SA from Asia?
8/22/12
• What is the difference between relative and absolute
location? What tool do we use to measure distance?
What tool shows directions?
8/23/12
• Name the line at 23.5*N/23.5*S.
• Name the line at 66.5*N/66.5*S
• Name the line at 90*N/90*S.
8/24/12
• What does a physical map show?
• What does a political map show?
• What does a topographic map show?
7th Grade Bell Work
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8/27/12
• What regions of the world do we find the hottest
temperatures?
• What regions of the world do we find the coldest
temperatures?
• What regions of the world experience 4 true seasons?
8/28/12
• What is the name of the line @ 23.5*N/S?
• What direction is North America from South America?
• What continents separate the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
8/29/12
• What is the name of the line at 66.5*N/S?
• What direction is Australia from Africa?
• What continent separates the Atlantic and Indian Ocean?
8/30/12
• What is the name of the line at 90*N/S?
• Why do seasons occur? Be specific!
8/31/12
• None
7th Grade Bell Work
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9/4/12
• What is the purpose of the following:
 Political Map
 Physical Map
 Topographic Map
• In Polar Regions, how can you tell what season it is?
9/5/12
• Use PG R42-R43 to answer the following:
 What direction is Arkansas from Arizona?
 What direction is Florida from Washington?
 What is the distance from Nashville, TN to Frankfort, KY?
 What is the distance from Frankfort, KY to Las Angeles,
CA?
7th Grade Bell Work
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9/10/12
• What is the distance from Sacramento to Los Angeles?
• What is the distance between Las Vegas and Reno, NV?
• What is the distance between Nashville and Miami?
9/12/12
• Define:
 Culture
 Cultural Diversity
• What is the distance from Memphis, TN to Charlotte, NC?
• What is the distance from Charlotte, NC to Nashville?
9-13-12
• What is the distance from Montgomery, AL to Albany, NY?
• What is the distance from Chicago, IL to Nashville, TN?
• What is the difference in cultural diffusion and cultural
diversity?
9-14-12
• What happens at Convergent and Divergent plate boundaries?
7th Grade Bell Work
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9-17-12
• Name 3 cultural traits that a culture may have.
• Name 3 examples of what makes up a culture.
• Use PG H9 to answer:
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If it is 6:00 a.m. in Boston, what time is it in Seattle?
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If it is 11:00 p.m. in Honolulu, what time is it in Dallas?
9-18-12
• What happens at transform boundaries?
• What is plate tectonics?
• Use PG H9 to answer:
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If it is 2:00 p.m. in Dallas, what time is it in Anchorage?
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If it is 11:00 p.m. in San Francisco, what time is it in New York?
9-19-12
• List each type of plate boundary and what occurs at each.
• What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
• Use PG H9 to answer:
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If it is 6:00 a.m. in Dallas, what time is it in Atlanta?
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If it is 2:00 p.m. in Detroit, what time is it in Anchorage?
9-20-12
• What are the causes of weathering?
• What are the most erosive forces on earth’s surface?
• What is the distance from Nashville to Detroit?
• What is the distance from Detroit to New Orleans?
9-21-12
• What is continental drift?
• What is the distance from Nashville to Dallas, TX?
• What is the distance from Dallas, TX to Charlotte, NC?
7th Grade Bell Work
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9-24-12
• What is the difference in weathering and erosion?
• What is the purpose of a climate map?
• Using R42- What is the distance from Flagstaff, Arizona to Sacramento,
California?
9-25-12
• What is the purpose of a political map?
• What is the purpose of a topographic map?
• What direction is Nashville from Memphis?
9-26-12
• Write a short (3 sentences) scenario in which weathering and erosion
would take place and explain why it happens.
9-27-12
• What is the most common climate type along the equator?
• What is the most common climate type along the tropics?
• What is the most common climate type along the circles?
• Why does the Prime Meridian not have a specific climate type?
9-28-12
• What is the distance from Memphis, TN to Jackson, MS?
• What is the distance from Huntsville, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia?
• What is the distance from Eugene, Oregon to Flagstaff, Arizona?
7th Grade Bell work
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10/8/12
• What is the difference in a political and land-use resource
map?
• What is the difference in a physical and topographic map? Are
they similar in any way?
10/10/12
• Define demographics.
• Define population density.
10/11/12
• What 3 factors influence growth rate?
• What is IMR? Why does it happen?
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Grade Bell work
10/15/12
• What are the 3 scenarios of growth rate?
• Which scenario is best for a poor country?
• What do you think standard of living means?
10/16/12
• Describe a rural environment.
• Describe an urban environment.
• Which would you rather live in? Why?
10/17/12
• On a NEW sheet of paper, answer the following:
 If you were moving to a new state and had to decide whether
or not to live in the major urban area inside that city or not,
which would you chose? Please list the advantages and
disadvantages of living in an urban area that are most
important to you. Justify your answer with examples. No more
than 3 paragraphs. You have 15 minutes to write your answer.
THIS IS A GRADE!
10/18/12
• What type of community has the highest population density?
• What type of community has the lowest population density?
• What type of community has a population density in the middle?
• What is the difference between density and distribution?
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Grade Bell work
10/22/12
• What type of community would I find mixed development of
housing and businesses?
• Answer the Apply questions on PG 123.
10/23/12
• What is urbanization?
• What is the main cause of urbanization?
• Use PG 119 to define what a tributary is.
• Name two tributaries of the Mississippi River.
10/24/12
• Briefly describe how urbanization happened?
• What is the industrial revolution?
• List 3 positive and 3 negative consequences of urbanization.
10/25/12
• What was the suburban sprawl?
• What did this do to the socioeconomics of the urban areas?
10/26/12
• What are the 2 causes of air pollution?
• What are the 2 consequences of air pollution? How do they work?
7th Grade Bell work (Every bell work question this
week will be on your FQ#8!)
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10/29/12
• In discussing rural, urban, and suburban communities, which has the highest,
lowest, and in between population density?
• What is the primary cause of urbanization?
• The positive or negative increase or decrease in an area’s population is called
___________________.
• What are the 4 factors that affected population distribution before the Industrial
Revolution?
10/30/12
• What is the greenhouse effect?
• What is deforestation?
• What are the two causes of desertification?
10/31/12
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If you didn’t answer BW yesterday, do it now!
What do you think some results of uncontrolled population growth are? Name 3!
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What is a population pyramid?
What is the world population trend?
Why are people living longer?
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11/1/12
11/2/12
7th Grade Bell work (Every bell work
question this week will be on your FQ#8!)
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11/5/12
• What kind of information can be found in a population
pyramid?
• What is the purpose of a population pyramid?
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11/7/12
• The total number of people per square mile is….
• Why is the cutting down of rainforest a global concern?
• How do greenhouse gasses affect the environment?
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11/8/12
• How do animals cause desertification?
• How can there be snow on the equator?
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11/9/12
• Which environmental consequence is most likely a result of
water pollution?
• A region defined by places with similar landforms is….
• What geological forces cause earthquakes?
7th Grade Bell work
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11-12-12
• What makes wind, water, and solar energy renewable
resources?
• How is biomass a renewable energy resource?
• What is the difference in a natural and renewable resource?
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11-15-12
• A product sent out of a country is an
_____________________.
• A product brought into a country is an
____________________.
• What is habitat loss and what are some causes?
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11-16-12
• How does a country achieve a trade surplus?
• What is a closed market?
• Why does a country impose protective tariffs?
7th Grade Bell work
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11-19-12
• What is the difference in a developed
and developing country?
• What is GDP?
• What is Per Capita GDP?
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11-20-12
• What is a tariff?
• What is the difference in a recession and
depression?
7th Grade Bell work
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11-26-12
• What is an emerging market?
• 23.5*N/S are what two lines?
• What is the difference in being a developed and developing
country?
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11-27-12
• 66.5* N/S are what two lines?
• What is economics?
• How comfortable a person is in their every day life is their
___________________.
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11-28-12
• Who has control of the economy in a command economy?
• Who has control of the economy in a market economy?
• Command economy is = to ______________, market
economy is = to ___________________, mixed economy is to
___________________.