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APES HOMEWORK <p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><strong></strong></p> <span style="color: #008000"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><strong></strong></p> </span> <p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; color: #008000; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " class="MsoNormal"><strong></strong></p> <p style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 12pt; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; " class="MsoNormal"><u> </u></p> <div align="left" style="text-align: left; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; "><u><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; "></font></u></div> <span style="color: #ff0000; "> <div align="left" style="text-align: left; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; "><u><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; "></font></u></div> </span> <div align="left" style="text-align: center; "> <div align="left" style="font-weight: bold; color: #ff0000; font-size: 19px; text-align: center; "></div> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 19px; color: #0000ff; "> <div align="left" style="text-align: center; "></div> </span> <div align="left" style="text-align: left;font-weight: bold; color: #ff0000; font-size: 19px; "></div> <h1 style="text-align: left; "><div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium; "></div><div><div><u style="color: #006600; font-size: 12pt; "> STUDYBYAPP,</u><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 12pt; "> title AP Environmental, i think it cost 3.99 at the Iphone App store....it has 7 topic sections of MC, and shows you stats on time and accuracy...you can also have it retest you with the questions you get wrong...check it out...<br /><span style="color: #ff0000; ">Go to this website to lobby the administration for higher CAFE standards. Your choice of course :-)</span><br /><a href="https://secure.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=7601">https://secure.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=7601</a> <br /><span style="color: #ff0000; ">Go to this website to lobby against shooting wolves from aircraft in Idaho.<br /><a href="http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9453">http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9453</a> <br /></span><br /><u>WEEK FOUR: FEB. 13 - 16 (No School on Friday) Article due on Monday if not turned in Friday, Feb. 10.</u><br />MON. Study for a quiz on criteria pollutants on Wednesday. The criteria power point has been uploaded to APES LINKS<br />AND<br /> Read the Washington Post Article "Obama administration slows environmental rules as it weighs political cost". Make 3 columns titled: issue, pro and against. List the issues and both sides. Write a short summary that illustrates your opinion on these issues.<br /><br />WED. Study for a quiz on ozone equations.<br /> Complete reading chapter. Test Chapter 18 next Tuesday.<br /><u><br />WEEK THREE: FEB. 6 - 10</u><br />TUES. Use the uploaded power points on Air and Climate to study for the test on chapter 17.<br /><br />WED. Read 398 - 403. Define the bold-faced words. <br /><br />THURS. Read p. 412 from Air pollution control - p. 417 up to Current conditions and future prospects & answer the following questions:<br />1. Explain how particulates are removed from stacks.<br />2. Explain how sulfur can be removed. There are numerous ways to do this.<br />3. How is Nitrogen oxide controlled?<br />4. What does a modern car contain to limit air pollutants?<br />5. Contrast primary and secondary standards.<br /><br />Article due either tomorrow or Monday.<br /><br /><br /><br /><u>WEEK TWO: JAN. 30 - FEB. 3</u><br />MON. Read p. 389 from "Winners and Losers" - end of the chapter. Summarize the sections & read the "what do you think" about reasoned judgement & scientific uncertainty. <br /><u><br />MEET IN ROOM 136 ON WEDNESDAY 2/1</u><br /><u>DUE FRI.</u> Read p. 386 about El Nino/Southern Oscillations. Answer the following questions:<br />1. What occurs in the Pacific Ocean to trigger an El Nino?<br />2. How does El Nino affect us in the U.S.?<br />3. Are El Nino events becoming stronger because of climate change?<br />Click on the Last Link in APES LINKS under Air & Climate: Alternately click on each of the 3 animations. Describe briefly what occurred during each. <br /><u></u><br /><br /><u></u></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #008000; "><u>WEEK ONE MP3: JAN. 24 - 27 PERMISSION SLIPS & MONEY DUE BY FRIDAY!</u><br /><br />TUES. Read p. 376 beginning with The Great Weather Engine through p. 378 up to Weather. Spend some time studying figure 17.4. Answer the following:<br />1. Explain why is the sky blue?<br />2. Define: albedo. Which surface has the highest albedo? Why?<br />3. What is the net albedo of the earth?<br />4. Latent energy is the amount of energy required to change a substance from one phase to another without changing the temperature of the substance. Explain when latent heat is absorbed & when it is released.<br /><br />WED. Read p. 379 from Jet Streams through p. 382 up to Seasonal Winds. <br />1. Define: cold front & warm front.<br /> 2. Explain what causes intensification of convection in a cyclonic storm.<br />3. Explain what causes exceleration of violent updrafts in a tornado.<br />4. How is hail formed inside a supercell?<br /><br />FRI. Go to the following website: http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/ <br /> Read about the evidence for climate change and summarize each section. AND<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #008000; font-size: 12pt; ">Debunking Misconceptions in climate science: You will be given one of the topics in class. If you were absent on 1/27 please choose one of the topics.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #008000; "><br /> <p><a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/">http://www.skepticalscience.com/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/climate-change-little-ice-age-medieval-warm-period.htm">Climate's changed before</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/solar-activity-sunspots-global-warming.htm">It's the sun</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-positives-negatives.htm">It's not bad</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-scientific-consensus.htm">There is no consensus</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-cooling.htm">It's cooling</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/climate-models.htm">Models are unreliable</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/surface-temperature-measurements.htm">Temp record is unreliable</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/Can-animals-and-plants-adapt-to-global-warming.htm">Animals and plants can adapt</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-stopped-in-1998.htm">It hasn't warmed since 1998</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/antarctica-gaining-ice.htm">Antarctica is gaining ice</a></p> <p style="text-indent:-.25in;">1.<span style="Times New Roman""> </span>Summarize the misconception.</p> <p style="text-indent:-.25in;">2.<span style="Times New Roman""> </span>Write a paragraph providing evidence explaining why the statement is untrue. Use information from skepticalscience.com</p> <p style="text-indent:-.25in;">3.<span style="Times New Roman""> </span>Present both the misconception and the evidence to the class.</p><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></h1><div align="left" style="text-decoration: underline; text-align: left; "> <p style="font-weight: bold; "></p> </div> </div> Automatically clean input to optimize for the web. Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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