Class Work

"It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it!:

In order to access your science book online, follow the directions:

• www.glencoe.com
• Choose State: ME, Student and Subject: Science
• Choose Life Science and Book A: Life Struction and Function: 2005
• On the next screen, choose Online Student Edition on left hand side of screen.
• In the next screen, you must choose Online Student Edition again.
• You will then see in the middle of the screen: "For online student edition click here."
• You then need to type in the access code: FC64AF7E69
• You are currently reading sections 2 and 4.

Fourth Quarter

DQ #29

• Monday: What are the 4 chambers of the heart?
• Tuesday: What is the function of insulin?
• Wednesday: What is the purpose of the salivary glands?
• Thursday: What part of  your brain controls balance?
• Friday: What process do your cells go through in order to obtain energy?
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• DQ #31
• Monday: The crust and upper mantle make up the _____________.
• Tuesday: What is continental drift?
• Wednesday: What is a convergent boundary?
• Thursday: What is a subduction zone?
• Friday: What causes the movement of plates?
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• DQ #32
• Monday: What is Pangaea?
• Tuesday: What is a transform boundary?
• Wednesday: Who is the scientist that came up with the theory of continental drift?
• Thursday: What causes the movement of plates?
• Friday: What is one thing that causes an earthquake?

DQ #33

• Monday: What are the 1st waves to go through the Earth?
• Tuesday: What is the Richter Scale?
• Wednesday: The ________ is the spot directly above the focus on the Earth's surface.
• Thursday: What is the Richter scale?
• Friday: Which waves cause the most damage?
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• DQ #35
• Monday: Molten rock under the Earth's surface is called ________.
• Tuesday: Earthquakes and volcanoes are caused by _______ ________.
• Wednesday: Instruments that measure seismic activity are called _______.
• Thursday: Rocks and ash that come out of a volcano are called ________ ______.
• Friday: A bowl-shaped cone at the top of a volcano is called a ________.

Third Quarter

DQ #20

• Monday: No School
• Tuesday: Plant cells store water in their __________.
• Wednesday: A structure inside a cell is called an ___________.
• Thursday: Plants take in water through their __________.
• Friday: Name one fact about animals.

DQ #21

• Monday: No School
• Tuesday: What does a habitat provide?
• Wednesday: What does adaptation mean?
• Thursday: What is one way mollusks protect themselves?
• Friday: Name two examples of physical adaptations.

DQ #22

• Monday: Name two examples of behavioral adaptations.
• Tuesday: What is a scavenger?
• Wednesday: Name 2 phylums in the Animal Kingdom.
• Thursday: What is an exoskeleton?
• Friday: What is an arthropod with six legs?

Second Quarter:

DQ #10

• Monday: What is the part of the microscope called where you put the slide?
• Tuesday: What is the first step when making a slide?
• Wednesday: When making a slide, you place a drop of water with an ___ _______.
• Thursday: You place a _____ ____ on top of your specimen and drop of water.
• Friday: What part of the microscope do you use to focus first?

DQ #11

• Monday: What is the freezing point in Celsius?
• Tuesday: Name one characteristic of living things.
• Wednesday: What is a cell?
• Thursday: A stimulus causes a ________ in an organism.
• Friday: ______ is the most general category of classifying organisms.

DQ #12

• Monday: what are the two domains?
• Tuesday: No school
• Wednesday: Name 3 of the 5 kingdoms.
• Thursday: Name one reason we use scientific names.
• Friday: What is the phrase in order to remember the 8 categories of living things.

DQ #13

• Monday: Where does a stimulus come from?
• Tuesday: What's the only single-celled kingdom?
• Wednesday: What is one thing that causes a disease?
• Thursday: What's one way diseases are transmitted?
• Friday: Name two symptoms that can be caused by diseases?

DQ #14

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DQ #15

• Monday: Name 2 pathogens.
• Tuesday: Name 2 ways diseases can be transmitted.
• Wednesday: Where would you most likely find bacteria in this school. 
• Thursday: What's the body's first line of defense?
• Friday: What's the body's second line of defense?

DQ #16

• Monday: What is a vaccine made from?
• Tuesday: What does infectious mean?
• Wednesday: Name 2 diseases caused by viruses.
• Thursday: Name 2 diseases caused by bacteria.
• Friday: Name 1 disease caused by a fungus.

First Quarter:

Currently working on Metric System:

DQ #3

• Monday: Name one safety device all labs should have.
• Tuesday: What units do we use to measure length?
• Wednesday: What tool do we use to measure mass?
• Thursday: What are the units we use to measure liquid?
• Friday: What is the system we use to measure called that we use in science class and around the world?

DQ #4

• Monday: What are the units we use to measure temperature in the metric system?
• Tuesday: How many centimeters in one meter?
• Wednesday: How od you find out if you have missing assignments?
• Thursday: Name one difference between the English system and Metric system?
• Friday: How accurate is a small graduated cylinder? (Each increment is ____ml?

DQ #5

• Monday: How many millimeters are in one meter?
• Tuesday: What are your units when you are measuring with a metric ruler?
• Wednesday: No question - Exam!
• Thursday: What is the main gas being put in the atmosphere that is causing global warming?
• Friday: What is one thing you can do to prevent global warming?

DQ #6

• Monday: What is a specific example of something contributing to global warming?
• Tuesday: What is the gas being released from mining activities?
• Wednesday: In order to reverse global warming, we need to preserve our __________ __________
• Thursday: What are the 3 environmental areas being affected?
• Friday: The three R's of recycling are: _______, ______, and _______. 

DQ #7

• Monday: Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are called ___________ gases.
• Tuesday: What is an example of a fossil fuel?
• Wednesday: Which company did you find to be helping the cause of global warming the most? Why?
• Thursday: What are 2 effects of global wamring?

DQ #8

• Tuesday: The air that surrounds the earth is called the __________.
• Wednesday: Materials from the environment that are used by people are called _______ _________.
• Thursday: Oil, coal and natural gas are considered ______ _____ because their energy comes from the fossil remains of dead organisms.
• Friday: Name one alternative energy source we can use to prevent global warming.

DQ #9

• Monday: What is one new thing you will start doing because of global warming?
• Tuesday: No question
• Wednesday: Name one example of a natural resource.
• Thursday: Name one thing you know about microscopes.