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Chemistry Unit
Midterm Exam Review
1. The basic unit of matter is ____________________________.
2. List three things that are not made up of matter and do not have mass:
3. What is the difference between a chemical change and a physical change?
4. Give one example of a chemical change.
5. Give one example of a physical change.
6. During the chemical reaction of baking soda and vinegar, bubbles appear.
What’s in the bubbles?
7. What is a reactant?
8. What is a product?
9. In a chemical reaction, what are the similarities between reactants and
products?
Fe2O3 is the chemical formula for iron oxide (rust). Answer the following questions
using this formula.
10. How many different elements are used to make iron oxide?
11. How many atoms are needed to make iron oxide?
12. How many molecules are represented by this formula?
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13. What does the Law of Conservation of Matter say?
Midterm Exam Review
14. What happens to the weight of a glass of cold lemonade when all of the ice
melts?
15. What are the chemical symbols for the following elements?
a. Hydrogen
b. Oxygen
c. Iron
d. Sodium
e. Copper
16. Describe the differences in the spacing of molecules in a cold liquid vs a hot
liquid.
17. What are three ways to calculate the volume of an object?
18. The Periodic table consists of 18 columns called ___________________ and 7
rows called _______________________.
19. Protons have a __________________ charge. Neutrons have a
_________________ charge. Electrons have a __________________ charge.
20. Most of the elements on the periodic table are ___________________.
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Dynamic Planet Unit
21. Define the following terms:
a. Convergent Plate Boundary:
b. Divergent Plate Boundary:
c. Transform Fault Boundary:
d. Subduction:
e. Refraction:
f.
P wave (compressional wave)
g. S Wave (shear wave)
h. Lithosphere
i.
Asthenosphere
j.
Convection:
k. Epicenter
l.
Focus
m. Trenches
n. Shadow Zones
22. List the Earth’s layers from the center to the surface.
Midterm Exam Review
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Midterm Exam Review
23. What is the difference between the inner core and the outer core?
24. What can an earthquake on the sea floor produce?
25. What was the name of Alfred Wegener’s theory of horizontal movement
of the Earth’s crust?
26. What were the key points of this theory? What evidence did he have?
27. What was the name of Wegener’s proposed single super continent?
28. The San Andreas fault is an example of what kind of plate boundary?
29. How fast do Earth’s lithospheric plates move in one year?
30. How are seismic waves on Earth detected?