Study Guide Unit 1 Write this in your notebook on pages 28,29,and30 Name: ____________________________________ Date: _________________________ Period: ________________

___ To prepare for your test do the following items: (1) Study your vocabulary: You will have to apply your knowledge of your vocabulary to answer questions. (2) Study your notes, this includes worksheets and quizzes: anything that is in your notes. (3) Know your Safety Symbols for: washing hands, using sharp objects, disposing of waste, use gloves, prepare to touch very hot or very cold items, working with electricity, protect your clothing, protect your eyes, and poison (4) Know your Safety Procedures: Example questions may be/but not limited to: When and why should we use goggles? What should we do with long hair in the lab? How are you suppose to cut something? When can you begin an activity? What do you do if something goes wrong in the lab? (5) Know the International System of Units: What is the base unit to measure mass? What is the base unit to measure solid volume? What is the base unit to measure liquid volume? What is the base unit to measure length(distance)? What is the best piece of equipment used to measure the length of the room? What unit would you use to measure your book? What unit you use to measure your fingernail? (6) Know how to convert one unit to another:

38cL = ______________ mL 31.25 dL = ________________ daL 27 kg = 270,000 _________ (7) know the abbreviations for your units of measure.

0.0007892hg = __________________mg 34 kg = ___________________ mg 50 cm = 0.005 _________

(8) Be able to classify Qualitative and Quantitative Observations.

What is a Quantitative Observation? _________________________________________________________ What is a Qualitative Observation? __________________________________________________________ It is 4 PM ____________ The clock is round _____________ We spent $78.92 ________ (9) Be able to classify Observations and Inferences. What is an Observation? ____________________________________________________________________ What is an Inference? ______________________________________________________________________ I saw the blue car ____________ It must be summertime ____________ (10) Be able to classify Theory and Law. What is the difference in a theory and a law? _____________________________________________________ the sun sets in the west every day ______________ The sun sets in the west because of the gravitational pull the sun has on the earth _____________________

(11) Know the correct order of the scientific method (lab report). (1) _________________ (2) ________________________ (4) ________________ (5) ________________________

(3) _______________ (6) _______________

Know the two main areas of Physical Science ____________________________________________ Know the main types of Science _______________________________________________________ (12) Know how to read charts and graphs. In an experiment I am determining how temperature affects the growth of plants. In the experiment I only change the temperature and do not change anything else. Is temperature the_____________________ variable Number of Trains in Use in the US, 2900 and 1960 Type 1900 1960 Steam Trains 37,463 374 Electric 200 498 Trains Diesel Trains 0 30,240 What kinds of trains existed in 1900? 1960? How much did the steam trains increase or decrease from 1900 to 1960? How much did the electric train increase or decrease from 1900 to 1960? Be able to explain your answers. (13) Be able to distinguish between independent and dependednt variables. What is the independent and dependent variables in the following: Does Rogaine really improve hair growth? Rogaine ________ Percent of hair growth _______

(13) Know how to design an experiment and how to utilize the scientific method Below are some example questions: Describe an experiment thatWhat would be the best way to tell which brand of paper towels is the strongest when wet? The school system wants to build a new school. Please list all the steps that the system must take to complete a new school. (14) Be able to describe how something can have a positive or a negative effect on something.