Homework 10/24

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English: No homework. Read for 20 minutes.

Social Studies: What were some environmental challenges Mesopotamia faced? Write 5-6 Sentences.

Math: Multiply Fractions (Bikinis!)  back side

Science:  Finish Analysis questions for Activity 43:

Analysis Questions:

1.  What similarities and differences did you observe among the 8 seismograms?

2.  a.  What did each half of the seismograph model represent?

     b.  What did the toothpick represent?   (Hint:  Reread the introduction to this activity.)

     c.  When did an “earthquake” occur?  It occurred when:

·       the Data Recorder began pulling the paper tray.

·       Plate B was first pushed.

·       the toothpick broke.

      d.  What type of plate movement did you simulate?

*plates colliding

*plates sliding past each other  

*plates pulling apart

3.  Describe what the seismogram looked like:

a.       when there was little or no movement.

b.      when the toothpick broke.

4.  This activity modeled an earthquake occurring along a plate boundary.  What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of this model?