Name _________________________
Period _______
IPC Semester Final Review
Complete this review on your own paper and staple your answers to this review. Each
completed section is worth 3 points on your semester exam. You must complete all the
questions in that section in order to receive points! DUE ON YOUR FINAL EXAM DAY!!!
Graphing and Virus Unit
1. Compare and contrast independent, dependent, and controlled variables. Be able to read an
experiment and determine each variable.
2. Which axis is the independent variable located on a graph? Dependent variable?
3. Make a Venn diagram explaining the differences and the similarity between a virus and a living
cell. Make sure to include if it is living or nonliving, it’s mode of replication, if it has a genetic
code (DNA or RNA), whether it can be prevented with a vaccine or cured with an antibiotic, and
examples of each.
4. Be able to read and interpret information on a graph.
Distance, Displacement, Speed, Acceleration, Velocity, Work, Power
1. What are the formulas used to calculate speed, velocity, acceleration, work, and power? Be
able to manipulate and change all formulas.
2. Compare and contrast speed and velocity.
3. If an individual walked 5 meters to the east, then walked 5 meters to the west, and finally ran 3
meters back to the east what was the individual’s displacement? What was the individual’s
distance travelled?
4. What are the functions of the muscular system, excretory system, digestive system, skeletal
system, circulatory system, endocrine system, reproductive system, immune/lymphatic system,
nervous system, integumentary system, , and respiratory system?
5. How does the circulatory and respiratory system work together?
6. Your mom slams on the brakes to avoid hitting a squirrel in the road. She slows from 12.00 m/s
to 0.00 m/s in 4 seconds. What was her acceleration? Is it positive or negative?
7. If you drive for 2 hours at 60 km/h and for 2 hours at 100 km/h, what is your average speed?
8. A bus is traveling at 79.7 kilometers per hour east. How far does the bus travel 1.45 hours?
9. A bulldozer does 30,000 J of work to push another boulder a distance of 20 m. Calculate the
force is applied?
10. A 100 N load is lifted to a height of 5 m in 30 seconds. Calculate the power.
Force, Momentum, and Newton’s Laws of Motion
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Compare and contrast Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion. Give an example of each law.
Compare and contrast balanced and unbalanced forces.
If a box was being pushed forward with 20 N and the friction was 5 N what is the net force?
Compare and contrast weight verses mass. If a human was on Earth and had a mass of 20 kg
what is his weight?
The momentum of an object depends on what two factors?
An object accelerates from 10 m/s to 50 m/s in 2 seconds. What is the acceleration of the
object?
What is the momentum of a 0.15 kg basketball moving at 20 m/s?
A truck pulls a 2,000 kg boat with a net force of 4,000N. What is the acceleration of the truck?
A 20 kg penguin on ice skates is accelerating at 2 m/s2. What is the net force on the penguin?
Be able to use and manipulate the formulas for weight, force, and momentum.
Electricity and Magnetism
1. Compare and contrast permanent and temporary magnets.
2. Fill in the chart below.
Unit of Measure
Definition
Symbol
Current
Voltage
Resistance
3. A 8.2 volt battery sends a 0.55 A current through a miniature light bulb. Calculate the
resistance for the light bulb.
4. Contrast series and parallel circuits. How are each affected by adding or removing light bulbs?
Why aren’t series used in homes?
5. Define static electricity and answer the following: If you rub an air-filled balloon on your hair,
you can make it stick to a wall. When the balloon and your hair are rubbed together, electrons
are transferred from your hair to the balloon.
a. What is the net charge on the balloon after it is rubbed on your hair? Is it positive,
negative, or zero?
b. What do you think happens to the atoms near the wall’s surface when the balloon is
brought near the wall? Your hair might stand up. Why?
6. Compare and contrast conductors and insulators, closed and open circuits, and series vs.
parallel circuits.
7. If a small appliance is rated at a current of 10 amps and a voltage of 120 volts, the power rating
would be ______ Watts.
(P = IV)
8. If a toaster oven draws 6 amps of current when plugged into a 120 volt outlet, what is the
power rating of the appliance?
9. What happens to the current if a circuit’s resistance increases? Voltage increases?
10. Why is the nervous system like electricity?
Waves
Label the parts of this wave.
1. Name the characteristics of all waves.
2. What do waves transport? Give an example.
3. Compare and contrast transverse waves and longitudinal waves.
A) A ____________________wave is a wave in which particles of the medium move in a
direction perpendicular to the direction that the wave moves. Give an example.
B) A ____________________ wave is a wave in which particles of the medium move in a
direction parallel to the direction that the wave moves. Give an example.
4. Name the 6 wave interactions and give an example of each.
5. What is a sound wave? How are sound waves different from other types of waves?
Give an example of how humans create sound.
6. Can sound travel through the vacuum of space? Why or why not?
7. Which is first, the thunder or the lightning? Explain why.
7. What are Electromagnetic Waves? Give some examples of EM waves.
8. How do mechanical and electromagnetic waves differ?
9. What is the EM Spectrum and what is the range of wavelengths of visible light?
10. What is WHITE? What is BLACK? How do we see color?
11. What color of visible light is the hottest? Why? What color of visible light is the coolest?
Why?
12. What is chlorophyll and why is it green? What are the reactants and products of
photosynthesis?
13. What are surface waves? Give some examples of different kinds of surface waves.
14. What kind of waves cause earthquakes? Which type is the most destructive?
Be able to use and manipulate the formulas for period, frequency, and wave speed. Know their
units!
Energy and Ecology
1. What are the differences and similarities between potential and kinetic energy? Be sure to
include the definition, transferability, examples, and units.
2. State the Law of Conservation of Energy.
3. Describe energy transformations occurring during the process of photosynthesis.
4. What is the function of xylem and phloem in a plant?
5. Fill in the missing information in the diagram below using the word bank.
Sunlight energy
Word Bank
C6H12O6
H2O
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ATP
CO2
O2
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6. How much energy can be passed on from one trophic level to the next? What happens to the
rest of the energy?
7. Using the food web below, label the following as a producer, primary, secondary, or tertiary
consumer. Some organisms in the food web below can be more than one.
Phytoplankton_______________________
Zooplankton _______________________
Mussels _______________________
Gull _______________________
8. Describe and give an example for each type of relationship: mutualism, commensalism,
parasitism, and predation.
9. Which type of succession starts with a bare rock?
10. Which type of succession starts with soil?
11. What is a fission nuclear reaction?
12. What is a fusion nuclear reaction?