PSAE Science Review
Standard 11A – Scientific Inquiry
1. What is the definition for hypothesis?
2. What is a variable in an experiment?
3. When reporting data that shows changes in
related variables, would you use a line
graph, circle graph, or bar graph
4. When reporting data that shows
measurements, amounts or changes, would
you use a line graph, circle graph, or bar
graph.
Standard 11A – Scientific Inquiry
5. When reporting data that shows
measurements, amounts or changes, would
you use a line graph, circle graph, or bar
graph.
6. A controlled experiment involves only ___
variable.
7. The group in an experiment that gets
changes or also called the test group is
called the ____.
Standard 11A – Scientific Inquiry
8.
The condition being tested is called the
independent or dependent variable?
9.
A ______ is the part of an experiment that is
the standard against which results are
compared.
10.
List three possible sources of error in an
experiment:
A.
B.
C.
Standard 12B – Living Things
11.
Name the 6 Kingdom system.
12.
Identify the parts of an animal cell and know
their functions:
13. What 2 structures are only in plant cells?
Standard 12B – Living Things
14. Perform the following Punnett square:
Hh X HH (H=attached earlobes h=unattached)
15. What type of cells are made in meiosis and
how many chromosomes are there in these
cells?
Standard 12B – Living Things
16.
Label the DNA ladder:
17. What are autosomes and sex chromosomes?
Standard 12B – Living Things
18.
What are a females sex chromosomes?
Males?
19.
Explain the difference between prokaryotes
and eukaryotes.
20.
Explain what is made in each process:
1.
2.
3.
Replication –
Transcription –
Translation (protein synthesis)-
Standard 12B – Environment &
Interaction of Living Things
21.
What is the problem with introducing
nonnative species to an area?
22.
What is a primary succession?
23.
Explain how a food chain represents.
24.
Explain how a pollutant can get in the
drinking water.
Standard 12B – Environment &
Interaction of Living Things
25.
Explain the three types of symbiosis:
mutualism –
commensalisms –
parasitism –
Standard 12 C - Matter
26.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
Which property of
matter relates to the
element listed:
Electrical conductivity
Heat conductivity
Density
Melting/Boiling point
Index of Refraction
Malleability
Ductility
Cu = copper
Al = aluminum
Pb = lead
H2O = water
Ag = silver
Ta = Tantalum
Standard 12 C - Matter
27.
What type of charge does the following have:
proton
neutron
electron
28.
What does an element’s atomic number tell
you?
29.
What does an element’s mass number tell
you?
Standard 12 C - Matter
30. Charles’ Law states that as temperature
______ the volume will _______.
31.
Boyle’s Law states that as pressure
________ the volume will _________.
32.
Explain a chemical change.
33.
An atom that has a net positive or negative
charge is called an ______.
Standard 12 C - Matter
34.
Explain the difference between a cation and
an anion.
35.
Balance the following equation:
36.
When bonds are formed by the attraction of
oppositely charge ions it is called a:
ionic bond or covalent bond
Standard 12 C - Matter
37.
In a periodic table, identify the following:
a group
a period
noble gases
alkali metals
alkaline earth metals
high reactivity to low reactivity
Standard 12 C - Matter
28. One of two or more atoms having the
same number of protons but different
numbers of neutrons is called a ______.
29.
Discuss the volume and shape of the
following: solids, liquids, gases.
30.
Temperature is a measure of the average
_________ of random motion of the
particles in a substance.
Standard 12 C - Matter
31. Phase change diagram
32.
Explain the difference between exothermic
and endothermic.
33.
In a pH scale, which end is the acid, the
base, neutral?
Standard 12 C - Matter
34.
Acids are defined as proton (donors or
acceptors).
Bases are defined as proton (donors or
acceptors).
35.
Explain the difference between a
Compound
Solution
Mixture
Standard 12 C - Matter
36.
Explain the difference between kinetic
energy and potential energy.
37.
Define the 3 laws of thermodynamics:
#1
#2
#3
38. In magnetic fields,
like charges _______
opposite charges ______
Standard 12 C - Matter
39. In light and sound, describe the difference
between wavelength and frequency.
40.
In sound, describe the difference between
intensity, loudness, pitch, and quality.
41.
Sound waves move slowest in gases. Will
they move faster or slower than gases in
liquids and solids.
Standard 12 C - Matter
42.
43.
Describe Newton’s 3 Laws
1st
2nd
3rd
Which principle relates to a boat floating on
water?
44. Which principle relates to an airplane
flying?
45. As an apple falls to the ground what are
the two forces acting on it?
Standard 12E – Earth Science
46.
What is the name of the substance that is
made of molten rock and gases below
Earth’s crust?
47.
Which type forms molten material cools and
solidifies either inside Earth or at the
surface? (Igneous rocks or Sedimentary
rock or Metamorphic rock)
48.
Our solar system is dated at ___ billion
years old from radioactive dating.
Standard 12E – Earth Science
49. A seismograph measures the time and
amplitudes of seismic waves to determine the
location of the ____ of the earthquake.
50. The process in which gases hold heat in the
air is called the __________ effect.
51. Describe the three major types of volcanoes:
shield volcanoes
cinder volcanoes
composite volcanoes
Standard 12E – Earth Science
52.
Winds are caused by the difference in
_____________. Warm air will _____ and cold air
will ______.
53.
Explain the difference between weather and
climate.
54.
55.
What caused the seasons on Earth?
When it is summer in the Northern hemisphere, the
hemisphere is tilted (towards or away) from the
sun. What would the southern hemisphere be
doing?
Standard 12E – Earth Science
56. Which gas is the most abundant in the
atmosphere?
57. When the ground is saturated, what does
that mean in term of groundwater?
58.
Explain flood plains.
59.
Explain how sediments are affects by a
river’s shape.
Standard 12F - Astronomy
60.
What is a star made of?
61.
What is the difference between a comet and an
asteroid?
62.
63.
64.
What is a nebulae?
Scientist theorize that over 10 billion years ago, the
universe began in a huge expansion called the Bing
Bang. Explain the Big BangTheory.
What cause tides?
Standard 13A - Practice of Science
65.Why is it important to replicate
experiments?
66. Define accuracy.
67.Define precision.
68. Explain what is meant by finding mean,
median, and mode.
Standard 13A - Practice of Science
69. What type of device would you use to
measure the following:
length –
mass –
volume –
time –
temperature –
70. Explain the difference between quantitative
data and qualitative data.
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