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.
