Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Science Test tomorrow!

YAYYY! Science test! Haha, I know that you all are not as excited as I am about the Science test, but you should be excited about all that your students are learning! We have covered mass, matter, density, weight, gravity, transparency, translucency, and opaqueness. WHEW! It's been a lot, but I am so proud of my kiddos and how much they know!

Just in case someone has forgotten their study guide, here is another copy!



Chapter 6 Science Study Guide

         Light travels in a straight path.
         A pan balance is used to measure mass.
         All substances are made of matter.
         Matter is made up of particles that cannot be seen.
         In a liquid, the particles of matter can move more than they can in a solid.
         A solid has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space.
         A liquid does not have a definite shape but takes up a definite amount of space.
         A gas does not have a definite shape nor does it take up a definite amount of space. A gas does have volume and mass. 
         An object that absorbs all light that strikes it looks black.
         Density can be found when you divide the mass of an object by its volume.
         Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.
         Weight measures the amount of gravity between an object and a planet.
         Light is not considered matter because it does not take up space.
         Volume is how much space a substance takes up.
         The metric unit for weight is the newton (N).
         The metric unit to measure mass is a gram.
         A kilogram is the same as 1,000 grams.
         A marble has more mass than a piece of popcorn (even theough they are similar in size) because the particles inside a marble are packed together more tightly than the particles in a piece of popcorn.
         Objects weigh less on the Moon thean they do on Earth because the pull of gravity on the Moon is much less that the pull of gravity on the Earth.
         An object's length is the number of units that fit from one end to the other.
         All matter has mass, volume, and state.
         An object will float when its density is less than the density of the liquid or gas in which it is placed.
         The pull of gravity is stronger the more mass it has.
         A physical change begins and ends with the same type of matter.
         A change of  state does not affect an object's mass.
         When any liquid (EXCEPT water) is cooled, the particles move closer together.
         Boiling is a change of state from a liquid to a gas.
         A change of state is a physical change in which one state of matter changes to another.
         Boiling and evaporation cause liquids to turn into gases.
         Cutting, crushig, tearing, bending, and stretching matter are all physical changes.
         If you add heat to a solid, its particles move faster.
         Nuclear energy comes from the tiniest particles of matter.
         Radiant energy can move through both air and space.
         A concave lens causes light to bend outward from the center so light rays spread out.
         A convex lens bends light rays toward the center.
         White light is made up of every color of light.
         Glasses and a hand lens have convex lenses.
         A lens refracts light.
         Light bounces off an object in reflection.
         Glasses with concave lenses will help you to see objects that are far away.
         Light travels through the eye from the cornea to the pupil to the iris to the retina.

BE FAMILIAR WITH THESE VOCABULARY WORDS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS

         absorption
         change of state
         convex lens
         density
         length
         mass
         matter
         opaque
         physical change
         radiant energy
         reflection
         refraction
         solar energy
         states of matter
         weight

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