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Senior Academic Super Bowl
SCIENCE
Final Study Guide
“French Revolution”
I.
Physics - 33%
A. Electrostatics
1.
Coulomb’s Law
2.
Force experienced by charge in a Uniform Electric Field
3. Relationship between electric potential difference and electric field intensity
4.
Basic units of charge, energy, potential difference, electric field intensity
B.Batteries
1.
Voltage and power capacity
2.
Reasons for connecting battery cells in series or in parallel
3.
Determine effective voltage and power capacity for combinations of
multiple battery cells
C.Capacitors
1.
Basic relationship of Capacitance, Charge, and Voltage
2.
Physical factors that determine capacitance
a.
plate area, plate separation, dielectric constant of medium between plates
3.
Reasons for connecting capacitors in series or in parallel
4. Determine effective capacitance of combinations of multiple capacitors
II.
Chemistry - 33%
A.
Oxygen and its Chemical and Physical Properties
B.
Gas Laws
1.
Charles/Boyles/Combined Gas Laws
2.
Ideal Gas Law (PV = nRT)
3.
Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures
4.
Avogadro’s Law
III. Earth Science/Biology - 33%
A.
Paleontology and Biology
1.
Early Development, especially during the era and after
2.
Determining time scales
a.
Relative Dating
i.Law of Superposition
ii.
Fossil Formation and their use in relative dating
b.
Absolute dating
i.
Radiometric dating methods and their time scales
see page 2
3.
The Geologic Timeline
a.
Major Geological Time Divisions
b.
Major events/times
4.
Fossils of Importance; especially common or important fossils in and around Indiana
a.
Crinoids
b.
Brachiopods
c.
Nautiloids
d.
Corals
e.
Trilobites
f.
Pliocene and Pleistocene fossils in Indiana
B.
Scientific Development - The People
1.
Georges Louis Leclerc, Compte du Buffon
a.
Basic Biography
b.
Achievements, Major Works, Influence and thoughts on these sciences
2.
Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet de Lamarck (b Aug 1, 1744)
a.
Basic Biography
b.
Biological Ideas
i.classification schemes
ii.
inheritance of acquired characteristics
a.
including contrast with contemporaries, Darwin and modern views
c.
Major works and accomplishments
3.
Georges Cuvier,(b. Aug 23, 1769)
a.
Basic Biography
b.
Biological Ideas and Achievements (Father of Paleontology)
c.
Major Works
4.
Women in Science during the period
a.
Maria Sibylla Merian (b. 1647)
b.
Caroline Herschel (b. 1750)
c.
Mary Somerville (b. 1780)
Resources:
High school and/or AP/college textbooks
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writers.