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Grade 9 Final Exam Review
Unit 1
-Define Diversity, variation
-Species, what is the criteria
-Speciation
-Structural vs Behavioural adaptation
-Diversity index, how to calculate
-Narrow niche vs Broad niche
-Specialists, specialization
-Symbiotic vs commensulism, parastitism
-Asexual vs Sexual reproduction
-Advantages and disadvantages of both
-Bacterial conjugation
-Punette Squares
-Continous variation vs discrete variation
-Dominant vs recessive alleles
-Nature vs Nurture
-Mutations and mutagens
-Structure of DNA
-Mitosis vs Meiosis
-Genetic engineering
-Artificial selection, selective breeding
-Natural Selection (pg 64)
-Human impact on environments (Topic 7)
-Seed banks and Global Treaties
Unit 2
-Define caustic and give examples
-Particle theory of matter, homogeneous vs heterogeneous mixtures
-Types of mixtures (pg 97)
-Physical vs Chemical changes (clues that a chemical change has taken place)
-Qualitative vs Quantitative
-Law of conservation of mass and Definite composition
-Dalton’s Atomic Theory (pg111)
-Element vs compound
-Types of models (pg 113)
-Electron vs Proton vs Neutron
-Periodic Table, 20 in order symbol and name
-3 types of elements (pg 118)
-Chemical Families
-Chemical formulas and balancing
-Diatomic molecules and binary compounds, how to name and write
-Ionic compounds, how to name and show bonding
-Chemical reactions, balancing equations
-Exothermic vs Endothermic
-Reaction rate and factors that affect it (catalyst, inhibitor, concentration, surface
area)
-Combustion equation
-How to draw molecules and electron drawings
Unit 3
Make sure you know all key terms and have read the unit.
Dietary nutrients in the body, organic and inorganic
Macrominerals vs trace minerals
Advantages and disadvantages of commercial fertilizers
Herbicides, pesticides, fungicides
DDT in food chain
Biomagnification
Acid and bases
- pH scale
- define each
- indicators
- acid precipitation
- acid base neutralization