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Chemistry Unit:
1. Matter
2. Homogeneous vs. heterogeneous
3. Solutions vs. Compounds vs. Elements
4. The Atom: Parts of the atom, protons, neutrons,
electrons, nucleus, atomic number, atomic mass
5. How to draw Lewis Dot Diagrams and BohrRutherford Model diagrams
6. How to name compounds and write formulas
 Ionic
 Covalent/molecular
 Polyatomic Ions
 Transition metals
 Diatomic
7. What is an anion/cation? How are they formed?
8. Family/group names
9. Metals/Non-Metals/Metalloids
10.
Periodic Table Trends
 How many rows/periods?
 What do the rows/periods mean?
11.
Balancing Equations and Naming Reaction
Types
12.
Acids/Bases/pH Scale
13.
Isotopes!!!!! Have the same # of protons but
differ in the number of neutrons!!!!
Physics Unit:
1. Significant Figures
 How to tell how many there are
 Addition/Multiplication/Subtraction/Division
2. Scientific Notation
 How to convert to “normal notation” vs.
scientific notation
3. Slope = rise
run
4. Definitions of these terms and how to find them:
 Distance
 Displacement
 Velocity
 Speed
 Time
 Δt = tf - ti
 Δd = df - di
 Linear Motion
 Rate of change
5. Equations:
 Velocity= Δ displacement
Δ time
 Speed = distance
time
 Distance = speed x time
 Time = distance
Speed
6. Unit Conversions
7. Word Problems
8. Scalar vs. Vector
9. Interpreting Graphs: Velocity vs. Time
Position vs. Time
Sustainability of Ecosystems Unit:
1. What is an ecosystem?
2. What is a food chain/web?
3. Terms:
a) Herbivore
b) Omnivore
c) Carnivore
d) Detritivore
e) Scavenger
f) Decomposer
g) Trophic Level
h) Producer
i) Consumer (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary)
j) Interspecific Competition
k) Intraspecific Competition
l) Carrying Capacity
m) Density Dependent limiting factor
n) Density Independent limiting factor
o) Population
p) Pioneer Organism
q) Primary Succession
r) Secondary Succession
s) Climax Community
t) Ecosystem
u) Remediate
v) Reactant/Product
w) Fossil Fuel
x) Biological Magnification
4. How does removing or adding an organism in a
food web
affect the other organisms?
5. What is biological magnification? Know p.31 DDT
Story
6. What are the 3 kinds of pyramids: be able to
draw them
7. What is the difference between primary and
secondary succession?
8. How do fossil fuels form? Be sure to mention the
Carboniferous Period.
9. Carbon Cycle: Terrestrial vs. Aquatic p.50
10.
How does an ecosystem form from bare
rock? P. 82-83
11.
Balanced equations for photosynthesis and
cellular respiration. (know the products and
reactants of each equation)
12.
Why is Earth a closed system?
Weather Unit:
1. Land and Sea breezes
 What are they?
 What’s the difference?
2. The water cycle
 Be able to draw and explain it
3. Clouds
 How are they formed
 Different types of clouds
 The characteristics of each type
4. Condensation nuclei
5. How is air cooled?
6. Types of heat transfer
 Conduction
 Convection
 Radiation