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Homework for ThursdaySept. 2, 2010

Religion:  STUDY for Religion test tomorrow:  Hail Mary and Chapter 1 test

Social Studies.

1. Sheet on time zones.  Study guide.  Quz  on latitude and  longitudeFriday.  
2. Find article either about the United States economy OR the departure of US forces from Iraq. YOu must turn in written answers to the five "W" questions.
3. Today in History: Quiz Sept. 3.
4. Today in History:

                 August 30, 30BC: Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, took her life after the defeat of her army by Octavian, the future emperor of Rome.

                 August 31, 1886: An earthquake measuring 7.6 struck Charleston, SC, killing 100 people and destroying numerous buildings.

                  Sept. 1, 1939: 1.5 million German troops invaded Poland. three days later, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany.

                 Sept. 2, 1945: Japan surrendered to the Allies, officially ending WWII

 Wordly Wise

First test on WW lesson 2  - Friday  Sept. 3, -spelling only-no definitions

100 pts. due -lesson 2 - Friday Sept. 3 am 

English - homework Sept. 1, 2010

 Level 8 - English hardcover pages 315 and 317 Ex. 1,2 on each page

Level 7 -  English hardcover pages 315 and 317 Ex. 1,2 on each page

Level 6 - page 210 ex. 1   page 211 ex. 2

Level 5 - English hardcover page 35 Writer's notebook 3 questions

Matth Accelerated math worksheet

• Religion
• Page 95 the Hail Mary Write 2x and study for test on Thursday

Science

       vocabulary quiz September 8th study every day

• Atmosphere Earth’s air, which is made up of thin layer of gases, solids and liquids; forms a protective layer around the planet and is divided into five distinct layers
• Chlorofluorocarbon (cfc) Group of chemical compounds used in refrigerators, air conditioners, and foam packing and aerosol sprays that may enter the atmosphere
• Condensation Process in which water vapor changes to a liquid.
• Conduction Transfer of energy that occurs when molecules bump into each other.
• Convection Transfer of heat by the flow of material
• Coriolis effect Causes moving air and water to turn left in the southern hemisphere and turn right in the northern hemisphere due to earth’s rotation.
• Hydrosphere  All of the water on earth’s surface.
• Ionosphere Layer of electrically charged particles in the thermosphere that absorbs AM radio waves during the day and reflects them aback at night.
• Jet stream Narrow belt of strong winds that blows near the top of the troposphere.
• Land breeze Movement of air from land to sea at night, created when cooler denser air from the land forces up warmer air over the sea.
• Ozone layer Layer of the stratosphere what a high concentration of ozone; absorbs most of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation.
• Radiation Energy transferred by waves or rays.
• sea breeze Movement of air from the sea to the land during the day when cooler air from above the water moves over the land forcing the heated less dense air above the land to rise.
•  Troposphere Layer of earth’s atmosphere that is closest to the ground contains 99 percent of the water vapor and 75 percent of the atmospheric gases, and is where clouds and weather  occur.
• Ultraviolet radiation type of energy that comes to earth from the sun can damage skin and cause cancer and is mostly absorbed by the ozone layer.

Summer Reading Lists:

Click here for the summer reading lists for children entering 6, 7 or 8th Grade in August 2010

welcome back to school letter.doc
Rising 7th & 8th Graders Rising 6th Grade Reading List.docx