Something’s Fishy Getting into Science Warm up 8-29-11 • Tell me five things you know about science. – 1. – 2. – 3. – 4. – 5. Write in complete sentences. Warm up 8-30-11 • Using the word Science write a science word for each letter. For example: • L - length • A - atoms • V - volume • A – alluvial fan Ch 1.1E Warm up 8-31-11 • Decide if each statement is true. If not, correct it. • 1. There are 11 planets in our solar system. • 2. The stars in the sky are all the same distance from Earth. • 3. It takes Earth one year to orbit the Sun. Warm up (Work book) 9-1-11 • Directions: Read pages 114-116 in the purple Ladders to Success workbook. Complete Explore activity on page 117. • (Do not write the directions above, but you do have to write and answer questions 1-6 on page 117.) Use the tables on page 116 & 117 to answer the questions. Warm up (textbook) 9-2-11 • Write and then answer the following questions. • 1. What force causes objects in space to be grouped together? • 2. A galaxy is a group of what? • 3. What is a group of stars that form a pattern in the sky called? Warm up (Textbook) 9-6-11 • Create framegame boxes for the following words: • 1. axis of rotation • 2. revolution • 3. telescope Warm up (textbook) 9-7-11 • Write and then answer the following questions. • 1. How are reflecting and refracting telescopes similar? • 2. How are reflecting and refracting telescopes different? Warm up (textbook) 9-8-11 • Write and then answer the following questions. • 1. What is the main difference between a flyby spacecraft and an orbiter? • 2. What is the difference between a probe and a lander? Warm up (textbook) 9-9-11 • Write and then answer the following questions? • 1. In what month does winter begin in the Southern Hemisphere? • 2. When does the Northern Hemisphere get the most sunlight?