***Warm-up Archives***
8th Grade Science
WEEK 1:
8/16 1) What 3 things should be written at the start of class without being told?
2) How much talking is allowed at the start of class? 8/17 1) What needs to be done before the tardy bell rings?
2) List the 5 sections that need to be in your 3-ring folder.
8/18 1) Think of some experiments you've done in past years. List some steps that are common to every experiment.

WEEK 2:
8/21 1) What is a hypothesis?
2) Does it matter if your hypothesis turns out to be incorrect? Explain. 8/22 1) What are some resources you can use to "gather information" before doing an experiment? 2) When should you write a conclusion? 8/23 1) Describe some ways that you can record the result of an experiment. 8/24 1) Use dimensional analysis to find the number of years in 6832800 minutes.
8/25 1) Convert by moving the decimal point: a) 321.4 dm = _____mm b) 43.75 cm = ____hm 2) Why can't you just move the decimal point with time conversions?

WEEK 3:
8/29 1) Convert a) 750 mm = ______ km b) .0048 dkm = _______ cm c) 100.4 dg = _______ g
8/30      1)  What units (mm, cm, m, or km)would be best to measure the following?
             a)  length of your finger
             b)  thickness of a penny
             c)  distance to downtown los angeles
             d)  distance across the classroom
8/31 1) What units (mL, L, or kL) would be best to measure the following? a) water in a pool b) soda can c) bucket of water

9/1 1) In this class, we will measure things using the ________ system. 2) When using a ruler, we will never measure with the ________ side.

WEEK 4:
9/6 1) List 3 possible explanations why Diet Coke floats in water while regular Coke sinks. 9/7 1) If an object is more dense than water, it will ____________ in water. If it is less dense, it will ___________.

9/8 1) Density = ? 2) Units for solids will be g/cm3, but liquids should be ________.

9/9 1) If 2 objects are the same size, the one with the greater _________ will be denser. 2) Why does oil float above water?

Week 5:
9/12 1) Steel has a greater density than water, yet a steel boat floats. Explain.

9/13 1) Draw the forces on a boat.
2) Which force must be larger? (boat is sinking) 9/14 1) The buoyant force is equal to the weight of the fluid ___________.
2) If the buoyant force is greater than the weight, an object will ____________.

9/15 1) Which boat has the larger buoyant force?
<<picture of 2 boats with different amounts of fluid displaced>>

9/16 1) Why can't a scuba diver survive thousands of feet underwater?
2) If a force is exerted on a small area, the pressure will be ___________.

Week 6:
9/19 1) What would happen to an unopened bag of chips taken to the top of Mount Everest? Explain.
2) Find Pressure if F=63 N and A=3 m^2

9/22 1) Describe the location of the
a) cat
b) man
<<picture of a grid with a man, cat, boat, flag, and car>>

9/23 1) List 3 things in the classroom that are moving.
2) Is the classroom moving? Explain.

Week 7:
9/26 1) Las Vegas is 280 miles away. How fast must one drive to get there in 4 hours?
2) Find the slope of the graph: <<picture of a graph with points at (0,0), (2,40), (4,80), and (6,120)

9/27 1) A runner travels at 8 km/h for 180 minutes. How far did he/she run?
9/28 1) A bus's maximum speed is 120 km/h. Is it possible for the bus to travel 730 km in 6 hours? Explain.

9/29 1) A car accelerates when getting on and off the freeway. Define acceleration.
2) Find the average speed.
<<picture of a graph with points at (0,0), (2,100), and (4,200)

9/30 1) Give an example of each of the 3 types of acceleration.

Week 8:
10/4 1) A car travels north at 60 miles/hr for 10 minutes. Is the car accelerating? Explain.


10/5 1) You are in a car going 60 miles per hour. You throw a ball in the air in front of you. Does it hit you in the face? Explain. 10/6 1) Net force? Balanced or unbalanced?
a) 8 N right, 17 N left
b) 13 N right, 6 N left, 7 N left
c) 16 N right, 9 N right, 4 N left, 7 N left

10/7 1) Newton's 2nd Law states that Force = ______ x _______
2) When forces are ___________, you will have a change in velocity.

Week 9:
10/10 1) A soccer ball is rolled with the same force on notebook paper, napkins, and sandpaper. On which surface will the ball
roll the furthest? Explain.

2) Describe the difference between kinetic and static friction.

10/11 1) Label all forces in the diagram.
<<picture of a boat moving to the right>>

10/14 1) Label all forces in the diagram.
<<picture of a car going up a hill>>

Week 10
10/17 1) Label all forces in the diagram.
<<picture of a hangman>>

10/18 1) Label all forces in the diagram.
<<picture of a shoe being pulled with a spring scale>>

10/19 1) In a force diagram, why are different size arrows used?
10/20 1) A 80 pound and 150 pound football player is running at you. Which will be easier to stop? Explain.

10/21 1) Momemtum = _______ x ________
2) Find the momemtum of a 140 kg boy running 3 m/s

Week 11
10/24 1) Newton's 3rd Law states that for every _________, there is an equal and opposite ___________.
2) Give 1 example of Newton's 3rd Law.

10/25 1) Label the action and reaction in the diagrams:
<<picture of a rocket taking off>>
<<picture of a balloon with air coming out>>
<<picture of a person running in a canoe>>

10/26 1) Describe and give 2 examples of elastic collisions.
10/27 1) Describe and give 2 examples of inelastic collisions.

10/28 1) Label all forces in the diagram.
<<picture of a student sleeping on his desk>>

Week 12
10/31 1) Label all forces in the diagram.
<<picture of a person trick or treating>>

11/1 1) List 3 things that have energy and why you believe so.

11/2 1) Make a t-chart to identify differences between kinetic and potential energy.

11/3 1) Energy from food/drink that is unused gets stored in the body as ______.
2) What type of energy is in food/drink?

11/4 1) Chemical potential _________ from the nut is transferred to the _____________ which we measure using a ___________________.

Week 13
11/7 1) Gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, both, or none?
a) a pencil on the ground
b) a thrown baseball
c) a rock on the edge of a cliff
d) a bowling ball rolling

11/8 1) List 3 things that you know or have heard about global warming.

11/9 1) Explain how global warming could result in some species going extinct.

11/10 1) List 4 things that can be done to help solve the global warming problem.

Week 14
11/14 1) Label the diagram showing where there would be PE, KE, and both.
<<picture of a roller coaster with 4 parts of the track to label>>

11/15 1) Describe the features of a good roller coaster. (use the terms PE, KE, rolling friction, air resistance)

11/16 1) Explain how you can find the PE at the start of a roller coaster

11/17 1) Explain how you can find the KE at the end of a roller coaster.


Week 15
11/30 1) Your rollercoaster had less energy at the end than at the start. Where did the energy go?

12/1 1) List some similarities and differences between a cup of water, an ice cube, and steam.

12/2 1) Give 3 examples of each of the states of matter.

Week 16
12/5 1) Draw the change of state graph, labeling all stages.

12/6 1) Draw the arrangement of particles in a solid, liquid, & gas.

12/7 1) What happens to the temperature while a substance undergoes a change of state?

12/8 1) Complete the change of state graph for dry ice.

12/9 1) Write 2 questions (T/F or short answer) about anything learned so far this year.

Week 17
12/12 1) Describe similarities and differences between Oxygen (O2) and Water (H2O).

12/13 1) A pure substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances is called an ____________.
2) Some examples include oxygen, _________, __________, & __________.

12/14 1) Compound or mixture?
a) water
b) sandwich
c) deck of playing cards
d) table salt

12/15 1) Chlorine is dissolved in a swimming pool. What is the solute? Solvent?

12/16 1) Last year, you learned that all living things are made of ________.
2) All things, living or non, are made of ___________.

Week 18
1/9 1) How many protons, neutrons, and electrons does iron (Fe) have?

1/10 1) Draw an electron dot diagram and Lewis Dot Structure for Hydrogen (H).

1/11 1) Draw an electron dot diagram and Lewis Dot Structure for calcium (Ca).

1/12 1) The Lewis Dot Structures for Be, Mg, and Ca are all the same. Why?

1/13 1) Draw a Lewis Dot structure for N.
2) What do you know about the Lewis Dot structure for P, As, and Sb?

Week 19
1/17 1) Describe how you can determine the number of valence electrons by looking at an element's group number.

1/18 1) Draw a Lewis Dot structure. What do these atoms want?
a) S b) F c) Li d)Ca

2) Show how Mg and O will form an ionic bond.

1/19 1) Look at the Lewis Dot structures for Carbon and Oxygen. Could carbon monoxide (CO) be formed by an ionic bond? Explain.

1/20 1) Could O2 be formed by an ionic bond? Explain.

Week 20
1/23 1) Draw the Lewis Dot structure for carbon dioxide.
2) Make the model for carbon dioxide.

1/24 1) Draw the Lewis Dot structure for water.
2) Make the model for water.

1/25 1) Describe how the Science Fair experiment is different from a classroom experiment.

1/26 1) What is a procedure and why is it important?

1/27 1) What is a reference list? What will it be used for?

Week 21
1/30 1) A 2H2 + O2 ----> 2H2O
B raisins + m&m's + nuts ----> trail mix
A is a chemical reaction, but B is not. explain why

1/31 1) Give 2 examples of a physical change and 2 examples of a chemical change

2/1 1) Endothermic or exothermic reaction?
a) burning candle
b) glow stick
c) cold pack
d) photosynthesis
e) fireworks exploding

2/2 1) List the 5 indicators of a chemical reaction.
2) Do they always indicate a chemical reaction?

2/3 1) What happens to bonds when a chemical reaction occurs?

Week 22
2/6 1) First the penny will be coated with zinc to make it look ________. Then it will be _______ to make the copper and zinc bond to form _________.

2/7 1) Substances you start with are called __________ and substances that are made are called _________.

2/8 1) How many oxygen atoms?
a) H2O
b) 3H2O
c) CO2
d) Zn(NO3)2

2/9 1) How many hydrogen atoms?
a) 3NaOH
b) 2C2H5OH

2/10 1) Why must a chemical equation always be balanced?
2) Balance the equation: H2 + O2 ---> H2O
Week 23
2/13 1) Describe what you think of when you hear the word "acid".

2/14 1) Complete the chart:
Red Litmus Paper Blue Litmus Paper
Acid
Base
Neutral

2/15 1) Acids taste sour and bases taste bitter. Why would that be a dumb way to test unknown substances?
2) What part of the pH scale is best suited for living things?

2/16 1) Make a Venn diagram that describes some similaritites and differences between acids and bases

2/17 1) Orange juice has a pH = 5 while Coke's pH = 3. Would your tongue be a good indicator to identify this difference? Explain.

Week 24

2/21 1) How could you use pH paper and lithmus paper to test a solid like salt or bread?

2/22 1) Is phenolphthalein more like litmus paper or pH paper? Explain.

2/23 1) Is Bromothymol blue more like litmus paper or pH paper? Explain.

2/24 1) Explain how the pH scale is organized (Label A-E)
0--------------6-7-8-------------14
A B C D E

Week 25
2/27 1) The "lead" in a pencil and a diamond are both made of carbon. How could this be possible?

2/28 1) The body's main source of energy is from __________. Reserve energy is stored as ____________.
2) When iodine touches starch, it turns _________ color.

3/1 1) Based on yesterday's activity, which food groups contained carbohydrates?

3/2 1) The element ________ forms the backbones of many molecules important for living things. These molecules include carbohydrates, ___________,
_______________, and __________________.

3/3 1) In yesterday's experiment, _______ reacts first with vitamin C. When all the vitamin C runs out, the iodine then reacts with ___________
and turns a __________ color.

Week 26
3/6 1) A monomer is a single unit while a polymer is a _______________________.
2) Name 3 examples of polymers.

3/7 1) List some nutrients that are monomers that your body needs.

3/8 1) Sometimes a criminal is caught because he left blood, skin, or hair at a crime scene. Explain.

3/9 1) What is DNA and why is it important?

3/10 1) Transcribe and translate:
DNA: TAC GAT TAG CAT ACT

Week 27
3/13 1) Transcribe and translate:
DNA: CCGTATTACGTCGAGACTTGTAG

3/14 1) DNA is transcribed to RNA in the _______ of cells. The RNA is transported to the __________ where it is translated into _________.

3/16 1) If you had the choice, would you have a child who was genetically engineered? Explain.

3/17 1) How can astronomers gather information about other planets and stars?

Week 28
3/20 1) Looking up at the night sky, it is possible that a star you see isn't even there anymore. Explain.

3/21 1) Describe 2 reasons that one star may appear brighter than another star in the night sky.

3/22 1) Describe the difference in color between cool, average, and hot stars.

3/23 1) Describe how temperature and luminosity are related.
2) Astronomers measures distances to stars in ________ years.

3/24 1) List the stages in the life cycle or our sun. What stage is it in now?

Week 29
3/27 1) Large stars do not become white dwarfs at the end of their lives. What are the 3 possible outcomes?

3/28 1) What is a black hole?

3/29 1) Will the sun ever become a supernova? Explain.

3/30 1) What is the name of our galaxy?
2) List some objects that are in a galaxy.

Week 30
4/3 1) Briefly describe the 3 types of galaxies. Which type is ours?

4/4 1) Ever since the universe was created in the ________ ________, it has been expanding.
2) Scientists believe that it happened 13.7 ________ years ago.

4/5 1) List 5 types of satellites.
2) Why do rockets have stages when they are launched into space?

4/6 1) Explain how Newton's 3rd Law applies to a rocket taking off.

4/7 1) The moon doesn't produce its own light. Why does it appear to shine at night?

Week 31
4/17 1) Man has not visited the moon since 1972 on Apollo 17. Why don't you think we have returned?

4/20 1) Apollo's command module enters earth's atmosphere at over 24000 miles/hr. Would they have a chance to survive without parachutes?
Explain.

4/21 1) Where in space do you think man will travel next? Why?

Week 32
4/24 & 4/26 1) A colony on Mars could be a future goal, but what are some challenges that it would face?

4/25 1) The U.S. has been reducing NASA's budget lately. Do you think spending on NASA is important? Explain.

4/27 & 4/28 1) What types of advances in technology do you think will help humans travel further from the earth?