WARM UPS
Trimester 1
What is the purpose?
1. Transition into class
2. Warm-up your mind
3. Review material form the day before
4. Access prior knowledge
5. Self-Assess to see what you do and do not understand
YOU WILL BE GRADED ON YOUR WARM UPS, SO BE SURE TO KEEP
THEM IN YOUR SCIENCE SECTION OF YOUR ACCORDION AND TURN
THEM IN EVERY TWO WEEKS!
MONDAY, AUGUST 24
1. What is the Metric System?
2. What is the Standard
(Non-Metric) System?
Hint: We are the only ones to use of
these.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
1. What are the two measurement systems used?
2. Make a list of the common measurement units for
each system.
Measurement Systems
Standard System
Metric System
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26
1. What number is the metric system based on?
2. List two ways the metric system is easier than our standard
system?
3. Create your own Mnemonic for the Metric Units from
M to m.
Possible Mnemonics
Add and M
word to the
beginning
Add and M
word to the
end
Example: Mighty Kings Have Diamonds. Most Diamonds Cost Men Money
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
1. What are the three base units and what are the measured in?
Base Unit
Measurement
2. Convert the following
a. 110 g = _____kg
b. 250 m = _____km
c. 1 L = _____mL
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
3 Truths and a Lie
1. Measurements provide a reference so that people can
communicate distances, times, weights, cost, size and others
things.
2. The standard system is also called the international system.
3. The metric system is based of the number 10.
4. The metric system uses common prefixes.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
(none for Monday, August 31)
What is this tool and what is it used for in a
science lab?
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
How do you tell if something is living or
non-living?
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Name 5 or more characteristics of a
living thing.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
1. List 5 similarities between a wild lion and a
domesticated cat.
2. List 5 differences between a wild lion and a
domesticated cat.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
(none for Monday, September 7)
What is a cell?
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
(none for Thursday, September 10 and Friday, September 11 due to MAPS)
1. How do we know if a thing is living?
2. Why do we classify all living things?
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Name the 5 Kingdoms and one
example of each.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
1. What is a prokaryote?
HINT:
2. What is a eukaryote?
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
1. What is the difference between an
autotroph and a heterotroph?
2. What is homeostasis?
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
1. What is an atom?
2. What is a molecule?
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
1.What makes up a water molecule?
2.What makes up carbon dioxide we
exhale?
3.What makes up oxygen we inhale?
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Name the four elements that make up 96%
of the human body.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
1. What is the difference between a molecular
formula and a molecular structure?
2. What is stored in the bonds of molecules and
compounds?
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
1. Name 4-6 properties of water.
2. What is pH?
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
(No School Friday, September 25)
1. What is the difference between acidic
and alkaline?
2. What does neutral pH mean?
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
1. What are the four elements that
make up 96% of the human body?
2. All chemical compounds are divided
into two categories, name them.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
1. What is an organic compound?
2. What is an inorganic compound?
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
1. What are the four groups of organic
compounds in the human body?
2. What is polymerization?
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1
1. What group of macromolecule is the
main source of energy for living things?
2. What are polysaccharides?
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2
1. What are the four main functions of lipids in
living organisms?
2. What is the fourth element that proteins
contain in addition to three main elements?
MONDAY, October 5
1. What is a polypeptide?
2. What is a nucleotide?
TUESDAY, October 6
1. What is the difference between an element,
molecule, and compound?
WEDNESDAY, October 7
1. In what foods can you get:
◦ Simple Carbohydrates
◦ Complex Carbohydrates
◦ Lipids
◦ Proteins
THURSDAY, October 8
No School Friday, October 9
No School Monday, October 13 – Friday, October 17 FALL BREAK
1. What is a cell?
2. Name the two types of cells and
examples of both.
MONDAY, October 19
1. What is the function of the compound
microscope?
2. How do we find the total magnification?
TUESDAY, October 20
1. What are the 5 components to a microscope
drawing?
2. Draw an example:
WEDNESDAY, October 21
1. What are organelles?
2. What is the function of the cell
membrane?
THURSDAY, October 22
1. Name as many organelles as you can and the
function of each.
FRIDAY, October 23
1. What is cell specialization?
2. Give an example.
MONDAY, October 26
1. Name 10 organelles.
TUESDAY, October 27
1.What is the difference between the
endoplasmic reticulum (smooth and rough) and
the Golgi apparatus?
WEDNESDAY, October 28
1. What is the difference between a nucleus and
a nucleolus?
2. What is a nuclear envelope?
THURSDAY, October 29
No school Friday, October 30
1. How are a vacuole and a lysosome similar?
2. How are a vacuole and a lysosome different?
MONDAY, November 2
1. Describe the structure and function of
the cell membrane.
2. Describe the structure and function of
the cell wall.
TUESDAY, November 3
1. What is the purpose of the carbohydrates and
proteins embedded in the cell membrane?
2. What is a concentration gradient?
WEDNESDAY, November 4
1. Identify the solute and the solvent in the
following solutions:
1. Lemonade
2. Seawater
2. What is the difference between a protein
channel and a carrier protein?
THURSDAY, November 5
1. Explain diffusion by using the word
concentration in your response.
2. Give an example of diffusion.
FRIDAY, November 6
1. How do the terms diffusion, facilitated diffusion,
osmosis and passive transport relate?
2. What is active transport and give an example?
MONDAY, November 9
1. Differentiate between hypertonic, hypotonic,
and isotonic.
TUESDAY, November 10
1. Differentiate between passive transport and
active transport.
WEDNESDAY, November 11
1. What is the function of the respiratory
system?
2. What is the function of the circulatory
system?
THURSDAY, November 12
What happens when we breathe?
FRIDAY, November 13
Why is the respiratory system important to the
other body systems?
MONDAY, November 16
1. Name the structures of the respiratory
system in order from first to last.
2. What is respiration?
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, 17
1. What is cellular respiration?
2. How is cellular respiration similar to and
different from breathing (respiration)?
WEDNESDAY, November 18
1.What is the formula for cellular respiration?
2. Label the reactants and products.
THURSDAY, November 19
1. Where does the glucose for cellular
respiration come from?
2. What is the form of energy made in
cellular respiration that cell use?
FRIDAY, November 20
1. Name the parts of the Circulatory
System.
2. How does it work with the Respiratory
System?