Physical Science Mid-Term Exam Review
Energy and Energy Transformation
1. Recognize the method of generating electricity that has grown most rapidly in Ohio during the past five years
2. Recognize the method of generating electricity that accounted for over 60% of electricity generated in Ohio
during the past decade.
3. Recognize the names of 2 nuclear power plants located in Ohio
4. Classify methods of electrical power generation as renewable or nonrenewable.
5. Recognize advantages and disadvantages of each method of generating electricity
6. Recognize the type of rock associated with fossil fuel production
7. Recognize the activities that occurred or are occurring in the following locations. Columbia River Basin, Northern
Quebec, Power River Basin (Wyoming), Oakridge (Tennessee), and Hanford (Washington).
8. Recognize examples of biomass fuel production
9. Recognize chemical formulas of methane, ethane, propane, butane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and
sulfur dioxide
10. Recognize vocabulary words ( Electric Nation Packet)
11. Recognize where the prevailing winds usually carry pollutants released into the air over Ohio.
12. Recognize daily peak demand periods and seasonal demand periods for electrical demand in Ohio
13. Classify methods of generating electricity as having a large carbon footprint, a medium carbon footprint, or a
small carbon footprint
Matter (Chapter 2)
1. Identify between physical and chemical properties
2. Identify between physical and chemical changes
3. Explain what matter is.
4. Recognize vocabulary.
5. Recognize the difference between an element and a compound
6. Recognize the difference between a pure substance and a mixture (heterogeneous/homogenous)
7. Identify the density formulas
Density= Mass/Volume
Volume= Mass/Density
Mass= Density x Volume
States of Matter
1. Identify the 3 states of Matter (Solid, Liquid, Gas, and Plasma)
2. Recognize the Kinetic Theory
3. Identify the difference between condensation, evaporation, and sublimation
4. Recognize vocabulary from chapter
5. Recognize what happens to the particles in a solid, liquid, and gas
6. Recognize if particle get larger or smaller. What would happen to the speed?
7. Recognize which states of matter require the use of energy. Which states of matter release energy
8. Identify the changes of state and explain how the particles move (Freezing, Boiling, Sublimation, and Melting)
9. Recognize the law of conservation of energy
Atoms (Chapter 4)
1. Identify the different theories and experiments
 Democritus
 Dalton
 Rutherford
 Thomson
2. Identify the difference between a proton, neutron, and electron
3. Identify what an isotope is
4. Recognize the difference between atomic mass and atomic number
5. Recognize the difference between ground state and excited state
6. Identify all vocabulary terms from chapter
7. Recognize how energy levels are filled (2, 8, 18, 32)
8. Identify where the valence electrons are located
9. Recognize Bohr’s Model (pg. 128)
10. Recognize how orbitals and energy levels are the same
Vocabulary
Chapter 2
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Matter
Element
Atom
Molecule
Compound
Pure Substance
Mixture
Melting Point
Boiling Point
Density
Reactivity
Chapter 3
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Fluid
Plasma
Energy
Temperature
Thermal Energy
Evaporation
Sublimation
Condensation
Law of Conservation of Mass
Law of Conservation of Energy
Chapter 4
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Electron
Nucleus
Proton
Neutron
Atomic Number
Atomic Mass (Mass Number)
Isotope
Orbital
Valence Electrons
Photon