Date: ________________________________________ Time: _______________ Room: _______________
Length: 1.5 hours
St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic High School
SNC2D1 – Grade 10 Academic Science Exam – Outline
Materials Permitted
 Pen, pencil, eraser, ruler, protractor, non-programmable calculator and correction tape.
 Students are provided: Periodic Table of Elements, Ion Chart and Formula Reference Sheet.
 Borrowing equipment is not permitted
 You must come in PROPER uniform or you will not be permitted to write your exam.
Exam Breakdown – 115 total marks
 Knowledge – Multiple Choice and Diagrams
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Thinking – Short Answer
Communication – Short Answer
 Application – Short Answer and Calculations
35 marks
30 marks
15 marks
35 marks
Sections to Review
CLIMATE CHANGE
 Weather vs. Climate
 Factors Affecting Climate
 Effect of Air / Ocean Currents on Cimate
 Importance of Phytoplankton in Environment
 Greenhouse Effect (natural vs. anthropogenic) and Greenhouse Gases
 Evidence of Climate Change
BIOLOGY
 Microscope Calculations
 Structure and Function of Parts (organelles) of Plant and Animal Cells
 Cell Cycle and Mitosis
 Cell Cycle and Cancer
 Digestive System (parts and functions)
 Circulatory System (parts and functions)
 Respiratory System (parts and functions)
 Diagrams (cell, digestive tract, heart, respiratory tract)
CHEMISTRY
 Elements and the Periodic Table
 Different Types of Bonds (ionic and covalent) – how they are formed
 Binary Ionic Compounds (naming and writing formulae)
 Polyatomic Compounds (naming and writing formulae)
 Binary Acids and Oxyacids (naming and writing formulae)
 Molecular Compounds (naming and writing formulae)
 Word Equations (reactants, products, writing word equations)
 Conservation of Mass (total mass of reactants = total mass of products)
 Writing Skeleton and Balanced Chemical Equations
 Types of Reactions (combustion, synthesis, decomposition, single-displacement, double-displacement)
 Acids and Bases (naming, writing formulae, properties and indicators)
 pH Scale
 Reactions with acids and bases (neutralization)

OPTICS
 Significant Digits
 Light (properties, electromagnetic spectrum, ROY G BIV)
 Production of Light (incandescence, electric discharge, phosphorescence, fluorescence, chemiluminescence and bioluminescence)
 The Ray Model of Light (transparent, translucent, opaque, flat mirrors, terminology of reflection)
 The Laws of Reflection (drawing and labeling ray diagrams, specular and diffuse reflection)
 Images in Plane Mirrors (drawing and labeling diagrams, describing the image using SALT)
 Images in Curved Mirrors (drawing and labeling ray diagrams, describing the image using SALT)
 Refraction (definition, rules for refraction, partial reflection and refraction)
 Calculating the Index of Refraction
 Total Internal Reflection (conditions, critical angle)
 Phenomena Related to Refraction (apparent depth, mirages, rainbows – prisms and dispersion)
 Lenses (converging and diverging)
 Images in Lenses (drawing and labeling ray diagrams, describing the image using SALT)
 The Lens Equations
 The Human Eye