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8th grade Science
I can’t believe we are on our final unit of the year! Currently, we are studying the Hydrosphere. This unit is filled to the brim with fabulous H2O- water on the ground, in the earth, in the atmosphere- and let’s not forget to mention our oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams!
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HYDROSPHERE UNIT HOMEWORK AND VOCABULARY
Week 1-
Homework Vocabulary
Monday: Read 46-51 RC (pg. 47, 49, 51) - Universal Solvent - Hydrosphere
Tuesday: Read 52-54 RC (pg. 54) - Specific Heat - Polar Molecule*
Wednesday: Read 56-59 RC (pg. 56, 59) - Buoyancy - Surface Tension
Thursday: Read 60-63 RC (pg. 60-63) - Density - Capillary Action
Week 2-
Homework Vocabulary
Monday: Read 65-67 RC (pg. 67) - Groundwater* - Watershed
Tuesday: Read 94-97 RC (pg. 97) - River
Wednesday: Read 98-101 RC (pg. 99 & 101) - Tributary
Thursday: Read 103-105 RC (pg. 105) - Water Table
Week 3-
Homework Vocabulary
Monday: Read 68-69 (Figure 20 question) -Eutrophication* - Lake
Tuesday: Read 70-71 RC (pg. 71) - Glacier - Springs
Wednesday: Read 72-73 (pg. 73) -Iceberg
Week 4-
Homework Vocabulary
Monday: Read 74-77 RC (pg. 75 & 77) - Bog - Swamp
Tuesday: Read 78-79 RC (pg. 79) - Marsh -Nutrient
Wednesday: Read 80-83 RC (pg. 81, 83) - Estuary
Thursday: Read 84-85 RC (pg. 85) - Wetland*
Week 5-
Homework Vocabulary
Monday: Read 106-107 RC (pg. 107) - Water Quality -Sewage
Tuesday: Read 108-111 RC (pg. 108 & Q1 on pg. 111 - Point Source Pollution* -Turbidity
Wednesday: Read 114-117 RC (pg. 116 & 117) - Nonpoint Source Pollution* -pH
Thursday: Read 118-123 RC (pg. 119 & 123) -Dissolved Oxygen -Bioindicators
Week 6-
Homework Vocabulary
Monday: Read 187-189 RC (pg. 188 & 189) -Oceanography -Hydrothermal Vents
Tuesday: Read 192-193 RC (pg. 193) - Desalination*
Wednesday: Read 196-200 RC (ALL) - Upwelling*
Thursday: Read 201-203 RC (pg 203) - Ocean Trench
Week 7-
Homework Vocabulary
Monday: Read 176-179 RC (pg. 179) - Aquaculture* -Estuaries*
Tuesday: Read 180-184 RC (ALL) - Sonar
Wednesday: Read 190; 194-195 RC (pg. 190 & 195) - GPS
Thursday: Read 204-210 RC (ALL) - GIS
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Supply List for Science:These are the supplies you will need to keep handy for this school year, please make sure to keep yourself prepared and organized!
Mandatory:
4 marble composition books (not spiral!)pencilsred and black penOptional: glue sticks, color pencils, bandaids, hand sanitizer, hand-held pencil sharpener, kleenex
