January 2012
If you would like to review what we did in class to find the epicenter open this file:
Earthquakes and waves:
Rock Cycle
You must bring copy of your results to class, whether you are able to print it out or if not you must copy it onto your notebook. In case you are not able to run the program or you encounter technical difficulties, a written justification signed by your parents must be given to me.
Thanks and I hope you enjoy the activity!
Volcanoes
Vocab words needed:
magma, magma chamber, pipe or conduit, dike, sill, fissure, crater,
vent, lava, lava tubes, debris, fire fountain, dome, pyroclastic flow, plume,
lahars, caldera, volcanologist, and batholith.
Some vocabulary terms with diagrams:
Watch a movie about Volcanoes and learn the benefits of volcanoes:
RESEARCH PROJECT DIRECTIONS. CLICK HERE!
DUE NOV 4TH
October 24th,2011
Get your handout and Explore!
Study Guide for First Test First Marking Period. Click HERE.
October 17th,2011
Get your handout and complete it along with the website's tutorial:
Older Projects:
To see movie about Subduction: Go to
To see movie about Sea Floor Spreading, go to:
For Homework on Chemosyntesis and Hydrothermal Vent Life do the following:
1. Log on to and watch movie:
2. After watching movie, click on the Activity: Hydrothermal Vent Food Web and fill in the boxes, until you get the right food web.
3. Complete as much as possible the food web or at least one complete one food chain of your food web and:
3.1 Copy your food chain in a piece of paper and turn it in.
3.2 Answer Critical Thinking Question
Remember: Presentation matters!
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February 10th- Homework due Monday 13th, 2012
1. Go to the following website, answer those problems on your notebook using a 3 column format (as we do in class):
Data - Column one, Formula - Column 2, Substitution - Column 3.
Write your answer using the right units and underline it.
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