- End of Trimester Notebook Check tomorrow! See the updated Table of Contents.
Science - Some concepts to know for the unit test tomorrow: (will cover chapters 4-6)
Definitions ---
fluid
thermometer
energy
molecules
atoms
gas
liquid
solid
thermal
density
conduction
convection
radiation
thermohaline
kinetic energy
volume
mass
weight
gyre
evaporation
condensation
radiant energy
relative humidity
convection cells
revolution
rotation
Concepts ---
- the difference in atom movement in gases, liquids, and solids
- the difference in atom speed in warm and cool objects
- cause of seasons
- difference between mass and weight and how gravity affects them
- role of greenhouse effects in the Earth's atmosphere
- cause of surface ocean currents & deep ocean currents
- what factors affect the density of an object and how you can increase or decrease the density of an object
- know the difference between conduction, convection, and radiation and how they apply in real life (for example, when you cook marshmallows by the fire, that's through radiation)
- how energy affects the speed of atoms and the temperature of objects
- how much water vapor warm air/cold air can hold
- factors that affect weather
- source of Earth's surface temperature
- types of energy produced by light bulb
- cause of gyre/wind curving as they flow
- cause of wind
- direction of gyres in the northern and southern hemisphere
- what happens to the density of a substance if you add more of the SAME substance to it (this is tricky so think carefully about it!)
- units used in expressing mass, volume, and density
- why Earth's heat/water temperature is good for living things
- how Earth's atmosphere, rotation, distance from the sun, and revolution around the sun keep the Earth "just right" (this is an essay question on the test, and you must be able to explain them in detail!)
- cause of convection currents
- why the northern hemisphere has warmer temperatures in the summer and cooler temperatures in the winter
- how heat energy is spread by radiation, conduction, and convection in a city
- final temperature after mixing two liquids with different temperatures
- volume of an object (know how to calculate it for solids and when it's immersed in water)
- density
