Student have been working on Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources for the past 6 weeks. Students have been working very hard and will be asked to show their learning in two ways.
1. Quiz: Below is a study guide for the quiz on Friday. Students will go over the answers in class and will be expected to study in class (time will be given) and at home if they are wanting to be successful.
2. Project: Students will be doing a project on one natural resource of their choice. Students have the opportunity to create a poster, provide a presentation (either on the movie camera or live), or can talk to the teacher if they have another way they would like to present their learning (example: powerpoint). Criteria for the project will be given on Tuesday.
Study Guide- Science Test on Natural
Resources
1. The students will be
expected to give the definition of renewable and non-renewable resources.
Renewable resources can replace themselves.
Non-renewable resources cannot reproduce or renew themselves.
Once they are used they are considered gone forever.
2. The students will be asked
questions regarding all the resources we have studied; salmon, forestry, water,
minerals and fossil fuels.
a) The different ways salmon
is preserved.
b) What type of salmon is
usually farmed in BC?
c) What are the traditional
Aboriginal methods of conserving Cedar trees and salmon?
d) What are the methods used
to log in BC?
e) Describe the advantages
and disadvantages of hydroelectricity.
f) What minerals are found in
BC?
g) What are the different
methods that we use to extract minerals in BC and what are the advantages and
disadvantages of each?
h) Be able to rank the fossil
fuels in terms of cleanliness.
i) Be able to define what ore
is and
j) Describe why cedar trees
don’t rot after cutting them
Questions
will be fill in the blank (20 marks) and True/False (5 marks)
If parents have any questions or concerns, please contact Mr. Blick
(Agenda, phone: 250-428-2051, or emai: mblick@sd8.bc.ca
