To increase the Weathering Test score
Rules:
1. Must be completed and turned in by Thursday, May 21
2. You must complete any options below but not exceed a “4” for the practice tests score in the grade book.
3. Assignments must be labeled, organized and legible
#1 Worth up to .5 points: Create a graphic organizer on the 3 types of rocks (be thorough, include all the
main types, descriptions and several examples)
#2 Worth up to .5 points: create a chart for the information identified on the map
#3 Worth up to .4 points: create a crossword puzzle of 20 vocabulary words (provide words about
oceanography, geology, meteorology, astronomy, and mapping) provide the answers. You may hand draw
your crossword puzzle or create one online.
#4 Worth up to .4 points: create 20 flash cards on Earth science vocabulary cards. (provide words about
oceanography, geology, meteorology, astronomy, and mapping)
#5 Worth up to .5 points: write a page response to the information below
Ocean Pollution
Directions: Use the following facts to form an opinion about whether or not ocean pollution
is a serious problem and, if so, how it can be corrected. Write your
opinion in a paragraph on the lines provided. Make sure your opinion is
supported by facts that you include in your paragraph.
Ocean Pollution Facts:
• Nearly three-fourths of Earth’s surface is covered by oceans.
• Earth’s oceans are home to millions of different kinds of life.
• About half of Earth’s human population lives within 100 km of oceans.
• Oceans give humans food, minerals, and recreation.
• On Padre Island in Texas, volunteers collected more than 7 million pieces of trash
during one national beach cleanup.
• Scientists think that oceans are suffering from the effects of pollution.
#6 Worth up to .5 points : research the pros and cons to all renewable energy types (solar, hydropower,
wind, geothermal, and biomass), then create a chart for each listing the main disadvantages and
advantages for each.
#7 Worth up to .3 points: create a political cartoon on an environmental topic we have covered this year
(global warming, renewable resources, CFCs, ocean pollution, etc) use unlined paper