Science 8 Final exam review guide
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Heterogeneous
Homogeneous
Concentration
Solution
Colloid
Mixture
Pure substance
Solute
Solvent
Suspension
Buoyancy
Density
Fluid
Hydraulic
Pneumatic
Viscosity
Flow rate
Pressure
Pascal
Insoluble
Soluble
Saturation point
Mitochondria
Chloroplasts
Excretory system
Digestive system
Integumentary system
Circulatory system
Urine
Xylem
Phloem
Cell membrane
Cell wall
Vacuole
Neurons
Unicellular
Multicellular
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Amoeba
Osmosis
Diffusion
Active transport
Passive transport
Light
Electromagnetic radiation
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Non-luminous
Optical
Reflection
Refraction
Incidence
Normal
Concave
Convex
Lens
Rods
Cones
Rays
Retina
Pupil
Aperture
Iris
Cornea
Telescope
Camera
Chemical energy
Thermal energy
Electrical energy
Light energy
Chemiluminescence
Bioluminescence
Incandescence
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78. Photoreceptor
79. Shutter
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81. Lever
82. Wheel and axle
83. Inclined plane
84. Wedge
85. Pulley
86. Force
87. Distance
88. Gears
89. System
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91. Transmission
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95. Friction
96. Work
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Aesthetics
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Complex machines
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Potable
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Fresh water
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Salt water
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Salinity
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Adaptations
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Atmosphere
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Climate
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Currents
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Ground water
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Surface water
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Oceanic zone
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Continental shelf
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Intertidal zone
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Estuary
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Moraines
Eskers
Kettle lakes
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Agriculture
Industry
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Tides
Gravity
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Evaporation
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Deposition
Weathering
Microscope
Final Exam Concepts:
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types of mixtures
Concentration and how to calculate it and
compare
Solutions and their characteristics
WHMIS labels
The particle model of matter
How temperature affects density and
buoyancy
Viscosity and how to calculate it and the
factors that influence it
Calculating density
Factors affecting buoyancy
How submarines work
How to calculate pressure
Being able to label a microscope, and
knowing how to handle a microscope
Know the differences between plan and
animal cells
Knowing the body systems and their main
parts and things that can have negative
affects on them
a. Circulatory system
b. Excretory system
c. Respiratory system
d. Digestive system
The characteristics of living things
What is xylem and phloem and what do
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Unicellular vs multicellular organisms
The parts of a cell and what they do
Diffusion and osmosis
Properties of light
How reflection and refraction work.
How concave and convex mirrors and lenses
work, and the images that they produce
What rods and cones do
How using the concept of light rays explains
the affect distance has on light intensity
Farsighted vs near sighted
Parts of the human eye and what they do
Parts of a camera and what parts of the eye
they are like
How colour works
29. Know your simple machines and be able to
identify the type of machine
30. An understanding that a simple machine
requires less force over a greater distance
31. How gears work, what they do, and how
they turn together
32. Systems vs subsystems
33. What is mechanical advantage and how to
calculate it
34. What is speed ratio and how to calculate it
35. What work is, how to calculate eit, and to
know if and when it occurs
36. Know how hydraulics work
37. Friction and how it affects mechanical
advantage and speed ratio
38. Complex vs simple machines
39. Fresh vs salt water
40. how currents affect the earth
41. the parts of the ocean and what they look
like and what I could find there
42. what a glacier is and what it can leave
behind
43. how to tell if a glacier is advancing or
receding
44. knowing where freshwater is used
45. knowing what potable water is
46. tides and how they work
47. controlled, manipulating and responding
variables,
48. how to create a slide, and work a
microscope
49. knowing how to focus light with mirrors and
lenses
50. proper calculations PKDFSA
51. how to obtain potable water with limited
resources
52. negative affects that humans have on water
systems