SEPTEMBER 21-25, 2015
FALCON FOCUS QUESTIONS:
1. LIST THE EARTH LAYERS IN ORDER AND EXPLAIN THE SINIFIGANCE OF EACH ONE OF THEM (6).
2. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RIFT AND A RIDGE
3. NAME 3 LOCATIONS WHERE VOLCANOES CAN FORM. ARE VOLCANOES MORE LIKELY ERUPT FORM FROM OLDER
ARE YOUNGER VOLCANOES?
4. WHICH CRUST SINKS BELOW THE OTHER CRUST AND WHY? WHY IS THE OCEANIC CRUST THE YOUNGEST CRUST?
5. WHICH CRUST SINKS BELOW THE OTHER CRUST AND WHY? WHY IS THE OCEANIC CRUST THE YOUNGEST CRUST?
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RENEWABLE AND NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES? GIVE EXAMPLES OF EACH.
2.
3.
4.
5.
WHY ARE FOSSIL FUELS IMPORTANT?
HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHY COAL IS A FOSSIL FUEL?
WHAT DO TOPOGRAPIC MAPS USE AND SHOW?
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GENTLE SLOPE AND A STEEP SLOPE?
HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR QUIZ/ QUIZ IS FRIDAY
• MONDAY: DEFINE THE FOLLOWING VOCABULARY: Rock, Mineral, Ore, Fossil Fuels,
nonrenewable, renewable, coal, petroleum oil, and natural gas, ORAGANIC, INORGANIC and
alternative energy (12)
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TUDESDAY: RENEWABLE VS. NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES FOLDABLE
QUIZ STUDY GUIDE BELOW (DUE THURSDAY)- WRITE ANSWERS ON YOUR OWN SHEET
OF PAPER
1. KNOW HOW TO DO A DICHOTOMOUS KEY ON MINERALS. (SIMILAR TO NAME THAT ROCK
ACTIVITY)
2. COMPLETE THE CHART
NAME OF ROCK
WHERE IS IT FOUND PROCESSES
OTHER IMPORTANT
FACTS
IGNEOUS
SEDIMENTARY
METAMORPHIC
3. KNOW HOW TO INTERPRET A ROCK CYCLE.
4. WHAT IS AN ORE?
5. GIVE EXAMPLES OF AN ORE.
6. WHAT DO FOSSIL FUELS PRODUCE WHEN THEY BURN?
7. WHATARE RENEWABLE RESOURCES?
8. GIVE EXAMPLES OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES?
9. HOW DO FOSSIL FUELS FORM OR WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?
10. ARE THERE AN ABUNDANCE OF FOSSIL FUELS? WHY
11. ARE FOSSIL FUELS RENEWABLE OR NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES? WHY?
12. WHAT ARE NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES?
13. GIVE EXAMPLES OF NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES.
14. HOW CAN WE CONSERVE FOSSIL FUELS OR ENERGY?
SEPTEMBER 21-25, 2015
FALCON FOCUS QUESTIONS:
6. LIST THE EARTH LAYERS IN ORDER AND EXPLAIN THE SINIFIGANCE OF EACH ONE OF THEM (6).
7. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RIFT AND A RIDGE
8. NAME 3 LOCATIONS WHERE VOLCANOES CAN FORM. ARE VOLCANOES MORE LIKELY ERUPT FORM FROM OLDER
ARE YOUNGER VOLCANOES?
9. WHICH CRUST SINKS BELOW THE OTHER CRUST AND WHY? WHY IS THE OCEANIC CRUST THE YOUNGEST CRUST?
10. WHICH CRUST SINKS BELOW THE OTHER CRUST AND WHY? WHY IS THE OCEANIC CRUST THE YOUNGEST CRUST?
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
6. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RENEWABLE AND NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES? GIVE EXAMPLES OF EACH.
7. WHY ARE FOSSIL FUELS IMPORTANT?
8. HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHY COAL IS A FOSSIL FUEL?
9. WHAT DO TOPOGRAPIC MAPS USE AND SHOW?
10. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GENTLE SLOPE AND A STEEP SLOPE?
HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR QUIZ/ QUIZ IS FRIDAY
• MONDAY: DEFINE THE FOLLOWING VOCABULARY: Rock, Mineral, Ore, Fossil Fuels,
nonrenewable, renewable, coal, petroleum oil, and natural gas, ORAGANIC, INORGANIC and
alternative energy (12)


TUDESDAY: RENEWABLE VS. NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES FOLDABLE
QUIZ STUDY GUIDE BELOW (DUE THURSDAY)- WRITE ANSWERS ON YOUR OWN SHEET
OF PAPER
15. KNOW HOW TO DO A DICHOTOMOUS KEY ON MINERALS. (SIMILAR TO NAME THAT ROCK
ACTIVITY)
16. COMPLETE THE CHART
NAME OF ROCK
WHERE IS IT FOUND PROCESSES
OTHER IMPORTANT
FACTS
IGNEOUS
SEDIMENTARY
METAMORPHIC
17. KNOW HOW TO INTERPRET A ROCK CYCLE.
18. WHAT IS AN ORE?
19. GIVE EXAMPLES OF AN ORE.
20. WHAT DO FOSSIL FUELS PRODUCE WHEN THEY BURN?
21. WHATARE RENEWABLE RESOURCES?
22. GIVE EXAMPLES OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES?
23. HOW DO FOSSIL FUELS FORM OR WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?
24. ARE THERE AN ABUNDANCE OF FOSSIL FUELS? WHY
25. ARE FOSSIL FUELS RENEWABLE OR NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES? WHY?
26. WHAT ARE NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES?
27. GIVE EXAMPLES OF NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES.
28. HOW CAN WE CONSERVE FOSSIL FUELS OR ENERGY?