Physical Science Review
1st semester
Newton’s 3 Laws of motion (change in motion)
Force (balanced/unbalanced)(special ones like gravity/friction)
Pushing cars / rolling cars
Speed/velocity ; Acceleration (constant/zero/positive/negative) (2 parts)
Using equations for speed/velocity & acceleration & force
Instantaneous/average
Graphing/reading d/v/a graphs
Free fall ; air resistance ; terminal velocity
Projectile motion (marble off table top)
Circular motion (cork on string)
Work and Energy and Power (=Fd ; =delta E; =mgh ; =1/2 mv2 ; =W/t)
(Mechanical (KE/PE), Thermal, Chemical, Electrical, Electromagnetic &
Nuclear)
LOCOE (rollercoaster example ; pendulum); LOCOM (scooter collisions)
Alternative Energy Basics (Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Biodiesel/Biomass, Hydropower,
Hydrogen/Fuel Cells, Ocean, Energy Efficiency/Audits , Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Nuclear)
Metric system units/prefixes & grammar ; estimate size
Temperature (C/F/K) & Thermal Energy
Absolute zero, freeze/melt point; condense/vaporize point; phase change
Conduction,convection,radiation, heat flow (Q)
Conductors, insulators, specific heat capacity (Q = mc deltaT)
Apple pie & firewalking
phase diagram (P vs T y graph) heating curves (T vs. Q ; 5 parts raise T, melt, raise T, vaporize, raise T)
Wave, (equation), vibration, medium, transverse, longitudinal, compression
rarefaction, peak , crest, trough, amplitude, wavelength frequency
reflect refract diffract, absorb, transmit ; opaque, transparent, translucent
interference (2 kinds) node antinode resonance,
sound, speed of sound, sound of instruments, sonar, doppler, echolocation,
hearing range, pitch, loudness, beats, infrasound, ultrasound
electromagnetic spectrum (radio, micro, infrared, light, UV,X, gamma)
(description, definition, applications, speed)
colors of light (mix & match) luminescence, phosphorescence and chemiluminescence.
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Physical Science Review
2nd semester
Atomic structure & history ; periodic table , metal, metalloid non-metal
proton, neutron, electron, quark, lepton, plum pudding (choc chip cookie)
model, planetary model, isotope, atomic number, atomic mass, ion,
valence, metal, metalloid, non-metal, solid, liquid, gas, Nobel, rows &
columns, dot diagram
Properties (color, texture, hardness, electrical conductivity, density,
malleability, ductility, viscosity, elasticity)
Plastics & polymers (putties, oobleck)
Chemical bonds (ionic & covalent) formulas for compounds
chemical reactions (types & evidence) ; reaction rates
Fireworks & color flames
Acids & Bases (household stuff, indicators, neutralization, pH)
Alfred Wegener, Continental drift, Supercontinent Pangaea , Laurasia
Gondwanaland
Harry Hess Sea floor spreading, Mid-ocean ridge , Challenger Deep
Plate tectonics Geodynamics metamorphism Ring of Fire
Earthquake causes Most recent earthquake Charles Richter
Giuseppe Mercalli seismograph
Volcanoes types eruptions most recent
Nuclear “stuff” , radioactivity, radiation, types, uses/applications
Fission, Manhattan Project, Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Fusion deuterium, tritium, tokamak, torus, JET, ITER, magnets
Global Warming (definition, causes, effects, solutions, locations)
Universe beginning ; stars life
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Things we did not get to in 2005-2006
ocean currents, oceans impact on climate hydrosphere hydrological (water) cycle
carbon cycle oceans role in Global Warming or Greenhouse Effect
Trade winds Westerlies Coriolis effect or force West Wind Current
El Nino, hurricanes
Cosmology, stars, geocentric, heliocentric, Keplers Laws, asteroids, comets, meteor
Nuclear subs, power, irradiation
Core, Mantle Crust Lithosphere
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