BELL WORK 23 AND 24 3/28/16 TO 4/15/16

CLOUDY DAYS 3/28/16 What kind of cloud will we find on a stormy day? ( name the type of cloud and draw a picture)

ACID OR BASE?? 3/29/16 For each item, write A if you think the item is an acid and B if you think the item is a base. 1.Soap2. baking soda solution 3. Tastes sour4. includes lemon juice 5. Tastes bitter6. produced in stomach to digest food 7. Has a pH of 48. feels slippery 9. Turns blue litmus paper red10. has a pH of 10

HOW FAST? 3/31/16 The formula for speed is: speed= distance/ time DO NOT FORGET UNITS!! 1.Corrine swims 100 meters in 50 seconds. What is her average speed? 2.What is the average speed of a car that travels 300 miles in 6 hours? 3.Joe rides his bike to a friend’s house 3.5 miles away. It takes him 15 minutes (.25 hours) to get there. What was his average speed in miles/ minute? In miles/ hour?

IN THE RIGHT PLACE4/1/16 What would happen if you removed a cactus from the desert in Arizona and planted it in the forest of Georgia? Chances are, the cactus would not do very well. It is adapted to desert conditions. A cactus has a thick stem, spines, and deep roots. Think about these features. Then think about the desert conditions: hot, little rainfall, sandy soil through which water sinks quickly. Explain how the cactus is adapted to the desert by answering the following questions. 1.Why does a cactus have a thick stem? 2.How do deep roots help the cactus? 3.Spines are actually leaves. But they don’t carry on transpiration. Why? (remember transpiration is water vapor going from a plant to the atmosphere)

TASTY PLANTS 4/11/16 Did you know that a white potato is a stem? You probably eat lots of different plant parts. Try classifying the foods on the grocery list into one of the following groups: stems, leaves, roots, seeds, flowers, fruits Asparaguscauliflowerkidney beansradishes Broccolicelerylettuce spinach Cabbagecherriesorangessweet potatoes Carrotspeanutscorntomatoes

WHAT IS IT? 4/12/16

SCIENCE TRIVIA4/14/16 1. Which lasted longer: the world’s longest sneezing attack or the world’s longest hiccup attack? 2. If all your blood vessels were laid end to end, could they make two circles around the moon, the sun, or the earth? 3. What it the name for the process of a liquid changing into a gas? A. Melting B. Vaporization C. Sublimation 4. The atomic number for nickel is 28. How many electrons are found in an atom of nickel? A. 7 B. 14 C Which of the following is not found in the nucleus of an atom? A. Protons B. Neutron C. Electron

SEE IF YOU CAN DETERMINE WHAT THE FOLLOWING MAGNIFIED PHOTOS ARE. NUMBER YOUR PAPER TO 5. 4/15/16