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Bell Ringer 9/18/17
What is Earth’s shape?Is it flat like a coin, or spherical like a ball? Perhaps it’s like a tin can, flat on the ends and round in the middle?Describe the evidence that best supports you answer.Bell Ringer – 9/21/17North Tonawanda Coordinates – 43o 04’ N, 78o86’ WDenver Coordinates – 39o74’ N, 104099’ WWhat time is it in Denver right now? How do you know?Bell Ringer - 9/26/17How would you describe this picture to me? How could you accurately tell me about this picture?
Bell Ringer - 10/3/17
- What direction does Mill River flow?
- What is the highest elevation for red star Z?
- What is the lowest elevation in this field?
- Which side of hill x would be easiest to climb?
Bell Ringer - 10/11- What is a mineral?
- Where have you seen that word “mineral” used?
Bell Ringer - 10/25Explain why sedimentary rocks make up 5% of the entire volume of the Earth’s crust, but account for more than 75% of the Earth’s surface.Bell Ringer - 10/27- How does heat and pressure change as you move down through the crust?
- How are mountains formed?
_______________________________________________________________________________________Bell Ringer - 11/13Identify a nearby body of water. How do we use that body of water? How has it shaped our landscape, both physically and socially?Bell Ringer - 11/16What happens to a person’s velocity as they ride down a water slide? What slows this velocity?What happens to a river’s velocity at its mouth?Bell Ringer - 11/30Compare and contrast how different erosional agents sort sediment. What is left after deposition?Bell Ringer - 12/13Other than geographic location, what are the two main diagnostic factors that determine the difference between the Erie-Ontario lowlands and the Adirondack Mountain landscape regions?Bell Ringer - 1/4
- What is an unconformity?
- Identify three (of four) key factors that make an index fossil useable.
Bell Ringer - 1/11- In a cross section, how can older layers end up on top?
