Prepared by Leah Socorro L.

Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

SCIENCE JOURNALS FOR 3RD 6 WEEKS

1ST 6W Average: ______ 2nd 6W Average: _______
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CBA 1____

Journal Topic/Question
1a. Did you do better this 2nd 6 Weeks in terms of class performance,
submission of homework and assignments and classroom behavior?
1b. Did you pass or fail the CBA? Did you have a good grade? Could you have done
better? What could you have done to do better in CBAs and quizzes?
2. When you go home after school, what do you do? Do you make it a point to study,
do your homework or review your lessons? Does your parent monitor whether you are
studying or not?
3. Why is Earth the best place for life to exist? And why would there be NO LIFE in
Mercury or in Neptune?
4. If you were a scientist looking for life in other planets, what would you look for to
know for sure that there is life?
5. Are ALL STARS part of our SOLAR SYSTEM? Justify your answer.
6. Pick one of the statements below and explain whether you agree or not. Justify
your answer:
a. There is NO gravity in the moon.
b. Mass and weight are the same.
c. Living in space has no effect on the human body.
7. How does Earths atmosphere makes life on Earth possible?
8. Why do astronauts have to wear a space suit and helmet when performing space
tasks?
9a. Based on the videoconference, write what is microgravity and how does it affect
the human body? Write other things you learned during VC.
9b. Based on the videoconference, how do astronauts live in space (eating, sleeping,
drinking, exercising, waste removal, etc)? Write other things you learned during VC.
10. How are the needs of astronauts living in space different from their needs when
they live on Earth?
11. What is biodiversity? Which biome has greater biodiversity desert or rainforest?
Explain your answer.
12. How does loss of habitat threaten biodiversity?
13. How is primary succession different from secondary succession? Make a sketch
with your explanation comparing the two types of succession.
14a. What are the causes/factors that can change an ecosystem? Predict what will
happen to that ecosystem as time goes by?
14b. If a volcano erupts, describe the events that follow and the type of succession
that occurs. Explain your answer.

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DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

1A.
Did you do better this 2nd 6 Weeks in terms of class performance, submission of homework and
assignments and classroom behavior?
1B.
Did you pass or fail the CBA? Did you have a good grade? Could you have done better? What could you have
done to do better in CBAs and quizzes?

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal 2. When you go home after school, what do you do? Do you make it a point to study, do your homework or
review your lessons? Does your parent monitor whether you are studying or not?

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal 3. Why is Earth the best place for life to exist? And why would there be NO LIFE in Mercury or in Neptune?

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal 4. If you were a scientist looking for life in other planets, what would you look for to know for sure that there is
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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal 5. Are ALL STARS part of our SOLAR SYSTEM? Justify your answer. What, then, is the solar system? Do you think
there are other solar systems in the universe?

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal 6. Pick one of the statements below and explain whether you agree or not. Justify your answer:
a. There is NO gravity in the moon.
b. Mass and weight are the same.
c. Living in space has no effect on the human body.

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal 7. How does Earths atmosphere makes life on Earth possible?

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal 8. Why do astronauts have to wear a space suit and helmet when performing space tasks?

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal (Choose one)

9a. Based on the videoconference, write what is microgravity and how does it affect the human body? Write other
things you learned during VC.
9b. Based on the videoconference, how do astronauts live in space (eating, sleeping, drinking, exercising, waste
removal, etc)? Write other things you learned during VC.

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal 10. How are the needs of astronauts living in space different from their needs when they live on Earth?

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal 11. What is biodiversity? Which biome has greater biodiversity desert or rainforest? Explain your answer.

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal 12. How does loss of habitat threaten biodiversity?

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal 13. How is primary succession different from secondary succession? Make a sketch with your explanation
comparing the two types of succession.

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal (Choose one)

14a. What are the causes/factors that can change an ecosystem? Predict what will happen to that ecosystem as time
goes by?
14b. If a volcano erupts, describe the events that follow and the type of succession that occurs. Explain your answer.

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: ___________________ SCORE: __________

Journal 15. Describe the water cycle (ETCPR) and how does throwing of waste in the Rio Grande affect the groundwater?
NOTE: The groundwater is the primary source of drinking water.

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Prepared by Leah Socorro L. Cayanan * Cigarroa Middle School