Monday's Homework

English - Work on your procedural writing powerpoint.
Presentations begin wednesday. NO EXTENSIONS!!!

Health - due tomorrow
Define abstinence (in your own words)
Give three reasons why someone your age should practice abstinence

Math
Mini-assignment - due tomorrow

1.Explain the difference between a two-dimensional (2-D) shape and a three-dimensional( 3-D) shape.
2.Which dimension do 3-D shapes have that 2-d shapes do not have?
3.Explain what a formula is.
4.Explain what area means in mathematics.
5.Explain what perimeter means.
6.List the most common metric units for finding area.
7.What is the formula for finding the:
Area of a square.
Area of a rectangle.
Area of a triangle.
8. Explain what a parallelogram is.
9. What is the formula for finding the area of a parallelogram.
10. Explain what a trapezoid is.
11. What is the formula for finding the area of a trapezoid.

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Homework for the Weekend

Geography Unit Test on Agriculture - Monday!!!

*Disclaimer: Answers MUST be in your own words (ie. do not just memorize definitions). Try to expand on each answer as much as possible, using information from the textbook, in-class powerpoints, in-class discussions and videos we have watched.

The questions:
1. Describe the effect of climate on farming.
2. Describe what a soil profile is and make a quick sketch.
3. How can one tell whether soil is fertile or not.
4. Explain how natural vegetation, such as grasslands, broadleaf forests and coniferous trees affect soil fertility.
5. Briefly explain why the Earth has different seasons. Make a simple sketch and label it. (video link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuiQvPLWziQ)
6. Explain the difference between intensive and extensive farming. Be sure to discuss the differences in where these forms of farming take place, as well as the types of crops they typically (usually) produce.
7. Explain what subsistence agriculture is. In three brief paragraphs, describe the types of subsistence agriculture.
8. Explain what commercial agriculture is. Briefly describe five factors that influence commercial agriculture.
9. In detail, explain what is meant by organic farming.
10. Organic farming is clearly better for the land and for our health. Give two reasons why only a small percentage of farming in the world is organic.
11. Explain what vertical farming is and where you think it might be useful in the future.(http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7jw8n_vertical-farming_tech)

English - instructional writing powerpoints are due tuesday. Work on them if you need to. Presentations also begin tuesday.

Thursday's Homework

Geography Unit Test - Agriculture on Monday
Geography Questions:

10. Explain what Small Landholders are and where they are most common.
11. Explain what commercial agriculture means.
12. Explain how commercial agriculture and subsistence agriculture are different.
13. Explain what organic food is.
14. List five factors that affect commercial farms.
15. Explain why we are able to grow many types of fruit in the Niagara region.
16. What are fertilizers and why are they useful to farmers.
17. What are pesticides and why are they useful to farmers.
18. Where are major crops such as wheat and corn grown in Canada?
19. Explain the following statement: “Market forces determine the price of different foods.”
20. No more questions for a while!!!!

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Math - pg 151#1-6

English Procedural Writing and Powerpoint Presentations due Monday

Wednesday's Homework

Math - Unit Test Thursday - Adding and Subtracting Integers
-integer, zero principle, opposite integers, using number lines, how to add integers and subtract integers, word problems - golf, hockey, stocks/investments, greater and less than (>,<)
-understand all homework from the chapter

today's work

-pg219#1,2,9,10

-pg221#1,2,3,6,7,8,10,11,12,15

-pg218#10,11

Geography Unit Test - Agriculture - Monday
English Procedural Writing Powerpoint - due Monday
Presentations of powerpoints begin tuesday

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Tuesday's Homework

Math - Unit Test (Adding and subtracting integers) on THURSDAY!!!!

pg 211#17-19,21-23
pg 215#11,12,15-17 (just solve)

Monday's Homework

Math - pg 210-11#11-14,16

Math Unit Test - Thursday (Adding and Subtracting Integers)

Geography Test - Chapter 6- Agriculture - Friday

Drama Presentations are being filmed on TUESDAY (ie. tomorrow!)

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Homework for the (Long!) Wekend

English

-Start research for procedural writing project on hw to make something of your choice
-You must have some jot notes completed for Monday

Geography

1.Explain what is meant by “the earth completes an annual orbit .”
2. Explain why summers in the Northern and Southern hemisphere occur (happen) six months apart. Draw a sketch if it helps. Make sure your explanation discusses the sun’s rays.
3. Explain the cycle of farming shown on page 121.
4.Where is half the world’s population found?
5.Explain what intensive (or manual) farming means.
6.Explain what extensive farming means.
7.Clearly explain where intensive and extensive farming are used around the world.
8.List the three types of farming.
9.Explain what is meant by subsistence agriculture (farming).
10.Use the map on page 122 to answer the following:
11.Which continent focuses mostly on ranching?
12.Which two types of farming does the majority (most) of Africa depend on?
13. Explain what Nomadic Herding means and where is it most common.
14.Explain what Shifting Cultivation means and where is it most common.

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Wednesday's Homework

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Math - Mid Chapter test - Addition of Integers tomorrow (see yesterday's blog for what to study)

Geography Questions

•Which of the following DO NOT produce organic material, which is good for growing crops (fertile): natural grasslands, broadleaf forest or coniferous trees. Pick one and briefly explain why not.
•Explain what shifting cultivation means.
•Explain how seasons impact agriculture.
•Giving specific evidence from the textbook, explain how a farmers distance from the equator influences crop growth.
• How long does it take the Earth to make one full rotation (turn).
• Explain why we ALWAYS see the sun rising in the East.
• Explain what solar radiation means.
•Why is the globe in our classroom attached at an angle?
•What angle is it attached at? Make a quick sketch to show this.
•Explain why the Arctic circle gets sun twenty-four hours per day, while the Antarctic circle has darkness all day

Tuesday's Homework

Remember that Friday is a PA day!!!

Geography - Agriculture Questions (Due Wednesday)
Geography - Chapter 6 Unit Test on Monday
1.Explain, in your own words, what Agriculture means.
2.Describe the effect of climate on agriculture.
3.Describe the effect of soil on agriculture.
4.Describe the effect of natural vegetation on agriculture.
5.Explain what a soil profile is. Make a quick sketch.
6.Explain what permafrost is.
7.How does permafrost effect agriculture.
8.What is meant by work that is done MANUALLY.
9.Describe some differences between agriculture in developed and developing countries.
10.Using the map on pg 116, answer the following:
a)List the six different climate regions.
b)Which climate region does Ontario fit into?
c)Which climate region(s) does Brazil fit into?
11. Using the map on pg 117, answer the following:
a) Make a t-chart showing soil types that are considered fertile (good for agriculture) and the ones that are not fertile (difficult or impossible to farm)

Math homework

-What is the SUM of all CONSECUTIVE integers from -17 to +18
-What is the SUM of all CONSECUTIVE integers from -10 to +12
-pg 205 #12
-pg 203 #10,11,12,13
-pg 199 #16

Mid-chapter test on Thursday

Concepts: adding integers, word problems involving addition of integers, number line, zero principle, opposite integers, <>
Textbook Questions: pgs 185,187-189,194-195,198-199,202-203, 205
Word Problems: submarines, stocks, golf, hockey

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Mondays Homework

Math- pg 199 #7-15
pg 203 # 5,7-10
pg 205 # 1-11

Think of something you would like to write a procedure on. (how to make something)

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Homework for the Weekend!

Complete all sections of Geography questions for Monday.
These will not be marked. You will receive a grade for completion.

Part 1 - Global Warming (from December -these SHOULD already be finished!)


1.Explain what Greenhouse Gases are. Use your own words.
Explain what fossil fuels are. Use your own words.
What is the scientific formula for Carbon Dioxide?
What is the scientific formula for Nitrous Dioxide?
By what percentage have Carbon Dioxide levels increased since the 18th century?
Fill in the blanks: The______ of _____fuel traps_____ in the earth’s ______and warms up the earth’s ______. (pg.88)
Explain in your own words, what global warming is.
Fill in the blanks: Gases are made up of tiny____ called____. These ____heat from the_____.
Explain why the gases involved in global warming are called “Greenhouse Gases”
Describe all the steps involved in global warming. Start with sunlight reaching the earth. End with Earth’s temperature increasing.
What discovery during the Industrial Revolution led to an increase in Carbon Dioxide production.
List three types of fossil fuels.
Describe the six major effects of having the Earth’s temperature rise.
Describe what a Tropical Storm is. Include a few synonyms for tropical storm in your answer.
What other types of storms exist?
Use the map on page 94 and the red atlases at the side of the room to answer the following questions:
a) Where in the world are hurricanes most common?
b) Where in the world are blizzards most common?
c) Where in the world are cyclones most common?
d) Where in the world are typhoons most common?
e) Where are tornados most common?
f) Which part of the world has the highest AVERAGE number of typhoons over the last ten years? (decade)

Part 3A

1.Explain what the Saffir-Simpson Scale measures.
2.Describe a category 3 storm.
3.Explain the link between global warming, increased ocean temperatures and tropical storms.
4.What is the name for walls designed to protect a costal city that is at or below sea level from storms.
5.Explain what Doppler Radar measures.
6.Explain what climate means.
7.List the five major factors that have an effect on climate.
8.What is the most important factor that impacts the world’s climate.
9.Explain how latitude effects climate.
10.Explain why temperatures are warmer near the equator and cooler near the North and South Poles of the Earth.
11.Describe a Polar Climate.
12.Describe a Tropical Climate.
13.Describe a Temperate Climate.
14.Explain how the sun’s rays impact the temperature at different parts of the Earth.
15.What is meant by Solar Radiation


Part 3B

1.Warm air is ______ and ______, while cool air is ______ and _______.
2.When warm air rises it gets _______ and forms _______.
3.Explain what air pressure means.
4.Explain why different air pressures cause winds to form near the equator.
5.Describe a desert climate.
6.The Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn are horizontal/vertical lines. The Tropic of Cancer is North/South of the equator. The tropic of Capricorn is North/South of the equator.
7.What effect do bodies of water (ie. lakes, oceans) have on climate.
8.What is meant by a maritime or marine climate?
9.What is meant by a continental climate?
10.Vancouver and Winnipeg are found along (almost) the same latitude.
A)Explain why Vancouver receives much more precipitation that Winnipeg.
B)Explain why the temperatures in Vancouver stay much warmer than Winnipeg.
11. Explain why it is colder at higher elevations (altitudes) (ie. mountain peaks).
12. Describe a mountain climate.
13. Explain the impact of ocean currents on climate.
14. What moves the water in our oceans?
15. What is meant by an ocean current.
16. You did it! The End.


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thursday's homework

math - LAST CHANCE TO GET ALGEBRA UNIT TEST AND CUE CARD ASSIGNMENT SIGNED

math - pg 199#7,8,9,10,11

geography - climate graph assignment is due friday (type out or write NEATLY)

Wednesday's Homework

Math - pg 194-195 #5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,16

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Geo Climate Graph Assignment due FRIDAY!

Tuesday's Homework

Math
-pg 188-189 #15-20 (#20 is like a test question)
1) Give three examples of where integers are used in the “real-world”
2) Explain what Opposite Integers are
3) Make two examples and show them on a number line
4) Explain what the Zero Principle is (pg 192)
5) Make two examples of your own that show the zero principle
-pg 194 #4, 6

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monday's homework

Math - page 187#4-12,14
understand: number line, integer, greater than, less than


Geography Unit Test on Tuesday!!! Chapter 4 plus Tornadoes (pg 98-99)

-tsunami, earthquake,tornado,volcano, storm surge, tidal wave, zones of the earth, epicenter, pacific ring of fire, plate tectonics, pangea, landform patterns: active volcanoes, shields, fold mountains, plains and lowlands, igneous rock, metamorphic rock, sedimentary rock, topographic maps - contour lines, elevation, hydroelectric power, river systems, dendritic and trellis drainage, drainage basin

Tornado questions:

Read page 98-99 and answer the following questions:
1.What is the name of the scale used to measure the strength of tornadoes.
2.Explain how the strength of Tornadoes is measured (the EF scale).
3.Describe the relative location of where, in the United States, the most F5 tornadoes take place.
4.Briefly explain what causes tornadoes. Draw a quick sketch (see pg 100)
5.When do tornadoes usually occur.
6.Compare the number of Tornadoes occurring in Canada and the United States.
7.What is the word used to describe a funnel of spinning air.

Weekend

Math - Introduction to integers: page 185 #1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8a)

Define Integer

Science Test?

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Thursday's Homework

Math - Unit Test Algebra on friday!!!!!
Study: all homework questions + term, term value, term number, table of values, algebra, patterns, pattern rules, scatter plots, trend/correlations, x and y-axis, word problems (ie. hockey tournaments)

Math "mini" extra help - meet behind the school 8:25am tomorrow

Make one word problem on your won (not the one you did in class!)

In a hockey tournament, there are ten teams that need to play each other four times. The two best teams then play one final championship game. How many total games will be played? SHOW ALL WORK AND BRIEFLY EXPLAIN YOUR METHOD.

Alfred wants to read the entire history textbook. On the first day he reads 14 pages. He then reads two pages more than the previous day, every day, until he finishes the book. How many days will it take him to finish the book, if it has 230 pages? Make a table of values and explain. How many TOTAL pages were read by Alfred after five days.

Geography


1.List the different landform patterns described on pages 73-75.
2.What two factors are most important in the formation of different landforms.
3.Approximately how old is the Earth. Write the words and numbers.
4.What was the German geographer Alfred Wegner best known for?
5.When all continents were linked together, what was the giant landmass called?
6.Pangaea was made of __________. These were formed by __________ billions of years ago.
7.What types of rock are shield regions made of?
8.Explain what igneous rock is.
9.What does the word metamorphosis mean? Use a dictionary, if necessary.
10.How is metamorphic rock formed?
11.Which type of rock was it originally?
12.What does erosion mean?
13.What type of rock formed Plains and Lowlands?
14.Explain how sedimentary rock is created.
15. Explain what plains are.
16.Explain what lowlands are.
17. Explain how fold mountains form. Make a quick sketch.
18. Which type of rock is found in fold mountains.

Wednesday's Homework

Math

Unit Test - Algebra is on Friday!

Get algebra mid-chapter test signed (out of 43)
Get pattern rule mini-activity signed (out of 7)
IF YOU HAVE NOT SHOWN MR. MAK A SIGNED TEST BY FRIDAY YOUR GRADE IS 0.


-page 143 #4,5,6,7
-page 145 #1,2 a b d, ,3,4,5

Geography

1.Explain what a river system is and give three examples (including the continent each river is on).
2.What are the three longest river systems in the world?
3.Look at the map on page 83. Why do you think so many large cities are located right beside the Yangtze river?
4.Why has the Chinese government decided to build a dam across the Yantsze river?
5.What is meant by Hydroelectric power?
6.What is meant by relocation?
7.What are some negative impacts of building the Three Gorges Dam.
8.Describe and sketch two common drainage patterns for rivers.
9.Explain what a drainage basin is.

Geography unit test - CH 4 Test MOnday!

Drama/Media

Write a quick description of your imaginary product
Make a quick sketch

Tuesday's Homework

Math - GET ALGEBRA MId-chapter test signed by FRIDAY!!!!!!

1.What is a scatter plot?
2.What does horizontal mean? Draw a horizontal line.
3.What does vertical mean? Draw a vertical line.
4.Is the x-axis vertical or horizontal?
5.Is the y-axis vertical or horizontal?
6.What is meant by the words: trend
7.Why are scatter plots useful?
8.What is meant by the line of best fit? Sketch a quick example.
9.Page 140-141 #7,6,8,10

Geography

1.Briefly describe the layers of the Earth.
2.Briefly describe what causes a Tsunami.
3.Explain the difference between a Tsunami, Tidal Wave and Storm Surge.
4.Re-read pages 73-75
5.Explain the difference between igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock.
6.What type of map is on page 76. Explain how you know.
7.Re-read pages 78-81.
8.What type of map would have contour lines on it.
9.What does the word elevation mean.
10.Explain what a contour line is.
11.What happens to the number of contour lines as the landscape gets higher (for example, around a mountain.)
12.What happens to the number of contour lines as the landscape gets lower (for example, in a valley)
13.Describe or draw the symbols used to show the following things on a contour map: a railroad, a walking trail, buildings (look carefully!), a lake and a road.

Welcome Back! Monday's Homework

English -

1.What is meant by the word resolution? Use a dictionary if you need to.
2.Describe one academic (school) resolution you have for the New Year.
3.Describe one personal resolution you have for the New Year (friends, family, hobbies, extracurriculars, etc.)
4.Describe one resolution related to your health you have for the new Year.
Topics (choose one):
1) Describe your favourite holiday memories from the past few weeks or years.
2) Describe the perfect holiday break.
3) Discuss whether you think the winter holiday break should be longer, while the summer one should be shorter.
4) Another topic of your choice (ask Mr. Mak).

Math - cue card with pattern rule and 10 terms.

Geography - Read Tornado Hunters articel twice
-Answer questions below:

“Tornado Chaser” Questions
***Answer the questions using full sentences, capitals and periods!!!
***Try to use evidence from the article, when possible.
1.What is the goal or purpose of Tornado Hunting?
2.How many Tornadoes occur in the United States annually (every year)?
3.Why do many people NOT take tornado warnings very seriously.
4.What speed do most tornadoes travel at?
5.How do these groups usually collect data (information) for slow-moving storms?
6.How do these groups usually collect data for fast-moving storms?
7.Why do YOU think it is important to understand tornadoes?
8.What is meant by the word extensively? (ie. the most extensively documented tornado in history).
9.Describe some of the damage from the Tornado in the town of Norman.
10.When Wurman’s father calls to see if he is safe, why do you think he responds “Too safe.”
11.What is meant by real-time data collection?
12.Describe two interesting modifications (changes made to) “The Dominator.”

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