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	Thinking Critically
	Believe everything you read? Well, you shouldn't. Use these worksheets to sharpen your critical thinking skills.
				Thinking Critically: Circumpolar Currents and Ocean Temperatures Use what you know about ocean water movement and plate tectonics to answer questions about changes in global ocean temperatures within the last 60 million years.
				Thinking Critically: Climate Clues Analyze a chart of climate statistics for 13 U.S. cities and then use the chart to answer questions.
				Thinking Critically: Depositional Environments Follow the clues provided to determine the geologic history of the rock represented in an outcrop.
				Thinking Critically: Dinosaur Breath? Analyze a short passage about the atmosphere 80 million years ago and then answer questions about changes in the earth’s atmosphere.
				Thinking Critically: Doomed Dunes? Analyze a short passage about the erosion of coastal sand dunes and the measures that coastal communities are taking to protect the dunes.
				Thinking Critically: Introduction to Earth Science Identify which of these students is the better earth scientist.
				Thinking Critically: Galaxy Down the Drain Analyze the accuracy of Angela’s model of the rotation of a spiral galaxy according to its strengths and weaknesses.
				Thinking Critically: Gathering Ocean Resources Read a short passage about mineral deposits in the deep ocean and then answer questions about the usefulness of these sediments as mineral resources.
				Thinking Critically: Hole in the Sky Use information from a reading passage and additional resources to analyze the destruction of the ozone layer.
				Thinking Critically: In Short Supply? Use what you know about mineral resources and mining practices to examine questions about energy resources.
				Thinking Critically: Made in Space Read a brief discussion of weightless environments and answer questions about the benefits and disadvantages to manufacturing products in a weightless environment.
				Thinking Critically: Minding Mount St. Helens Read a short passage about the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, analyze the information in the passage, and then answer questions about the eruption.
				Thinking Critically: Mixed-Up Minerals Use what you know about minerals and mineral-identification techniques to help a scientist determine the identities of five unlabeled minerals.
				Thinking Critically: Ordering Soils Read a description of 10 soil orders and then answer questions about the characteristics of the soils and their environments.
				Thinking Critically: Picking the Direction Read a discussion of map projections, analyze examples of each projection, and then answer four questions about the usefulness of various projections.
				Thinking Critically: Rocks in Your Head Rocks in Your Head! Use your knowledge of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks to answer seven questions.
				Thinking Critically: Testing the Weather Help Dr. Nguyen test his hypothesis about the interaction of high-pressure and low-pressure air masses.
				Thinking Critically: The Solar System Symphony Read a short passage about Gustav Holst’s orchestra The Planets and determine which planetary characteristics could have prompted the naming of the movements.
				Thinking Critically: Water, Water, In the Air Water, Water, In the Air: Use your knowledge of humidity and air movement to answer questions about air conditioning, fog, and precipitation.
				Thinking Critically: What About Whirlpools? Analyze a reading passage about famous whirlpools and then answer questions about these phenomena.
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