Second Quarter

Open Note Quiz - Atmosphere #1

• Date: Nov. 18 (D & E)
• Details: Students may utilize all notes from their binder and notebook while taking the quiz

Take Home Quiz - Weather Quiz #2

• Date: Nov. 28 (D); Nov. 29 (E)
• Details: Students must return quiz during thenext class

Second Quarter HCPSS Assessment

• Date: Jan. 18 (D); Jan. 19 (E)
• Details: Heat transfer; layers of the atmosphere; water/hydrologic cycle; effects of topography, ocean temperatures, latitude, and jet streams on climate; El Nino; cloud type and cover; elements of weather: air temperature, air pressure, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, wind direction, wind speed, cloud type, and cloud cover; high and low pressure systems; weather collection equipment: thermometer, barometer, anemometer, psychrometer, and rain guage

Third Quarter

Our Earth Quiz

• Date: Feb. 8 (D & E)
• Details: Continental drift, plate tectonics, sea-floor spreading, Pangaea, Alfred Wegener, Henry Hess, convergent boundary, divergent boundary, transform boundary, mid-ocean ridge, oceanic trench, rift valley, convection currents in the mantle

Minerals Quiz

• Date: Feb 27 (D); Feb. 28 (E)
• Details: Definition of a mineral; characteristics of minerals; properties of minerals; Mohs' Scale of Hardness; how minerals form

Sedimentary Rock Open-NOTE Quiz

• Date: March 10 (D & E)
• Details: Definition of sedimentary rocks; steps leading to the formation of sedimentary rock; process of compaction; clastic, organic, and chemical types of sedimentary rock

Rocks Open-NOTE Quiz

• Date: March 13 (D); March 14 (E)
• Details: Igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks, and sedimentary rocks

Fourth Quarter

Sun & Gravity Quiz

• Date: TBA
• Details: Interior of the Sun, Atmosphere of the Sun, Sun features (solar flares & sun spots); Gravity

The Nine Planets - Take Home

• Date: May 10 (D); May 11 (E)
• Details: Students may use both their notes and their textbooks to complete this quiz

The Moon & Sun Quiz

• Date: May 17 (D & E)
• Details: Groups will work together to complete the quiz; the class will review the answers as a means of reviewing concepts - scores will be counted as a "minor quiz" (not as important as individual quizzes, but still a quiz)

Fourth Quarter Assessment

• Date: May 30 (D & E)
• Details: Gravity; features of the Sun including its interior, atmosphere, and external features; inner planets and their main features; outer planets and their main features; our moon: phases, eclipses, tides; current information on NASA's exploration of our solar system