Bell Ringer

1.  Write your response here: Bell Ringer Today’s Agenda 1.25.11 Bell Ringer Lesson: Harcourt Test and Goal Setting Work Time: Review Jeopardy Homework: Packets due Friday Write 3 cause/effect sentences using key words. Write your Prefixes and Suffixes and their meanings! Write as many as you can remember without using your study guide!!

2. 1. When we made a time capsule, we put everything in a waterproof ________. Atlas in the Round • cylinder • traditional • submerged • transparent

3. 2. At the new restaurant, the portions were almost ________ in size. • transparent • submerged • collide • microscopic

4. 3. The window was so dirty and scratched, it was no longer _______. • microscopic • traditional • transparent • submerged

5. 4. It is ________ in our family to have a family reunion every summer in July. • collide • transparent • traditional • microscopic

6. 5. It was frightening to see the two cars ________ on the icy highway. • submerged • collide • cylinder • transparent

7. 6. A particular kind of lily will bloom even when ________ in water. • microscopic • transparent • traditional • submerged

8. 7. The main idea of this selection is ________. • How the physical features of Earth have changed • How the four oceans od Earth were formed • Earth as a ball of rock • That there are two kinds of maps

9. 8. The major problem with showing Earth on a flat map is ________. • Earth is not flat and can’t be shown accurately on a flat map • flat maps work better in trying to find how to get between two places • it is possible to show a round surface on a flat piece of paper • A flat map divides Earth into segments

10. 9. All of the following can be found on the floor of the oceans except ________. • mountains • plains • valleys • still water

11. 10. The largest ocean on Earth is the ________ Ocean. • Atlantic • Indian • Artic • Pacific

12. 11. Earth was formed about ________ years ago. • 1.5 million • 4.6 billion • 220 million • 65 billion

13. 12. According to this selection, which of the following is a true statement? • Dinosaurs lived before amphibians. • Amphibians were the first land animals. • Mammals lived before amphibians. • No fossils of microscopic organisms have been found.

14. 13. An earthquake is caused by ________. • the edges of the plates breaking • plates moving sideways • plates moving suddenly • currents moving the plates

15. 14. The Hawaiian Islands are mountainous because they are made of ________. • atolls • volcanoes • coral • ocean ridges

16. 15. In this selection, extinct means ________. • shallow • active • dead • low-lying

17. 16. According to this selection, the chief feature of the Atlantic Ocean is ________. • a mountain range running north-south in the ocean • the Caribbean Sea • Newfoundland and Iceland • it has been overfished

18. 17. About 180 million years ago, India and the _________ were neighbors. • North Pole • Equator • South Pole • Pacific Ocean

19. 18. Today the Artic area is made up of all the following except ________. • Europe • Australia • North America • Northern Asia

20. Homework: Packet