Test # 1 will be on 10/ 17/17

Exam # 1 - Ch. 2-on Energy and Energy Resources

It will cover:
- Pages 42- 63

- What is Energy
- Definitions
Energy, Kinetic energy, potential energy, thermal energy, chemical energy, radiant/light energy, electrical energy, and nuclear energy, Law of
conservation of energy, generator, turbine, nonrenewable resource, renewable resource, alternative resource, inexhaustible resource, photovaltic.
- Know how to explain and give examples of all the different types of energy.
- Energy Transformations
What does all energy produce
Law of Conservation of Energy
- How energy can change from one form to another.
- How we generate electrical energy.
- Sources of Energy
- Fossil Fuels, Nuclear energy, Hydroelectricity,
- Alternative Sources of energy: Solar, Geothermal Energy from (water) oceans and Wind
- Conserving energy

- All vocabulary in book and notebook glossary
- All H.W.
- All class notes
- All handouts
- Brain Pop Videos



Test # 2- IS ON Tuesday DEC. 19TH

It will cover: CH. 4 & 5
  • Chapter 4 pages 104-125
  • All Homework’s
  • All Handouts given in class
  • All vocabulary (Spelling Counts)
  • All Classwork and Class Notes

Section 1 – Matter
What is matter?
Know how to identify the different states of matter:
- Shape and Volume
- Arrangement of particles
- Movement of particles
- Phase changes i.e. Freezing, melting, evaporation, condensation, sublimation
- Heat absorbed and heat released
- What is plasma and an example of where we can see it of find it.
- Viscosity and examples of what has the highest and lowest viscosity.
Section 2 – Change of State
-Describe thermal energy & temperature-(know how they are different), and heat
-What are melting and freezing and the temperature that they occur at (their
points)
- Sublimation
Section 3 – Behavior of Fluids
- Buoyancy
- Buoyant Force
- Density – What is it, Formula used, Units of measurement
- Volume of a solid, liquid, irregularly shaped objects. Instrument used to measure
it and formula’s if they apply, and unit of measurements.
- Mass – How to calculate it, instrument used for it, units of measurement

Chapter 5 – Thermal Energy
Section 1 – Temperature & Thermal Energy
-What is temperature and know the different temperature scales- Celsius,
Fahrenheit, and Kelvin. Know freezing and melting points for each and Absolute
Zero for Kelvin


Test # 3- IS ON Wednesday Feb. 28TH


It will cover: CH.6

The following are review sheets for Ch. 6

- Section 1

- Section 2

- Section 3




Test # 4- IS ON Friday April 13TH

It will cover: CH. 7
  • Chapter 7 pages 190-194, 196-
  • All Homework’s
  • All Handouts given in class
  • All vocabulary (Spelling Counts)
  • All Classwork and Class Notes




Section 1 – What is Weather P. 190-194 & 196-208
  • Instruments- What they measure, What They look like (shown in class)
  • What causes weather?
  • Factors – Temperature, wind, humidity, relative humidity, Dew Point & Precipitation.

Section 2 – Weather Patterns P. 198-205
  • Air Masses
  • Highs & Lows
  • Fronts – Definition? What causes them? What they look like on a map?
Ex) Warm, Cold, Occluded and Stationary
  • Severe Weather – Causes & Damages they cause
Thunderstorms, Lightning & Thunder, Tornadoes, Hurricanes & Blizzards
  • Severe Weather Safety

Section 3 – Weather Forecasts P. 206-208
  • Meteorologist
  • Forecasting Weather
  • Station Models
  • Temperature & Pressure – isotherms and isobars
  • Weather Maps
Air Masses Fronts
- Maritime Tropical - Warm
- Maritime Polar - Cold
- Continental Polar - Occluded
- Continental Tropical - Stationary

  • Isolines



Exam # 5 will be on Wednesday May 23rd

It will cover: CH. 8

  • Chapter 8 pages 222 - 238
  • All Homework’s
  • All Handouts given in class
  • All vocabulary (Spelling Counts)
  • All Classwork and Class Notes

Section 1 (222-225)
What are living things?
How are they organized?
How do they grow and develop?
How do they respond?
How do they maintain homeostasis?
How do they use energy?
How do they reproduce?
What do they need?

Section 2 (226 - 228)

Binomial Nomenclature
Uses of scientific names
Modern classifications
Tools used to identify organisms
Dichotomous keys

Section 3 (229 - 238)

Development of the cell theory

Know which scientist contributed what

Organization of the cell - know functions and what each organelle looks like

Many-celled organisms