Thursday, March 31, 2011

Life Science Joints Worksheet

Name:_________________________


Joints

There are 2 main types of joints in the body.
Complete the table below.

Type
Definition
Example of Joint in Body








Physical Science Electromagnetic Worksheet


Physical Science Electromagnetic Chart

High Frequency
Type of Wave
Description of Wave
Possible Uses of Wave
Gamma

































Low Frequency
Radio






Physical Science Chapter 15 Section 1

1. What do electromagnetic waves consist of?
2. Describe one behavior that shows that light is a set of particles.
3. Describe one behavior that shows that light is a wave.
4. How are light and sound alike? How are they different?

Physical Science Chapter 14 Section 2 Questions

1. What makes some sounds louder than others?
2. Explain the relationship between frequency and pitch.
3. How can you change the pitch produced by a vibrating string?
4. Explain how resonance can cause a crystal glass to shatter.
5. What is the Doppler Effect?
6. If you are riding in a fire truck with the siren blaring, you do not hear the Doppler effect. Explain.

Life Science Unit 8 Study Guide

Unit 8 Study Guide
Name:_________________________________                                                     Date:_______________
1.       Review your Diagrams (Digestive System, Heart, Respiratory)
2.       List the five functions of the skeletal system.
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8.       What is connected in some way to all of the bones of the body?
9.       What are the 3 different types of muscle tissue?
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14.   Give an example of each type of muscle tissue.
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18.   What are the 3 functions of the digestive system?
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23.   What are the functions of the esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine?
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31.   What digestion is when food is crushed or smashed?
32.   What digestion is when chemical reactions help to process food?
33.   What does the heart do?
34.   List the chambers of the heart.
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39.   Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
40.   Tiny vessels that exchange substances between blood and bloody cells.
41.   Vessels that carry blood back to the heart.
42.   What are the functions of the respiratory system?
43.   What do the following do, think about where they are: Pharynx, Trachea, Bronchi, Lungs.
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48.   What does the excretory system do?
49.   What is used to eliminate waste materials?
50.   This system receives information about what is happening inside and outside the body, then directs the body what to do with the information.
51.   The 2 divisions of the Nervous System.
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57.   Where is the peripheral nervous system located in the body?
58.   What regulates, coordinates and controls many body functions?
59.   What phenomena during the early teenage years is associated with the endocrine system?

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Physical Science Study Guide 3/30

Unit 7 Study Guide
Name:__________________________
Answer or Separate Sheet of Paper
1.       All electromagnetic waves travel at the same________ but they have different ____________ and different frequencies.
2.       The name for the range of electromagnetic waves when they are placed in order of increasing frequency.
3.       What are Gamma Rays?  Do they have the longest or shortest wavelength?  Do they have the highest or lowest frequency?
4.       What are X-rays?
5.       What are Ultraviolet Rays?  What can they cause?
6.       What is the range of visible light? (Colors) Why are they different?
7.       What can infrared be used for? (2 examples)
8.       What can microwaves be used for?
9.       What are radio waves?  Do they have the longest or shortest wavelength?  Do they have the highest or lowest frequency?
10.   True or False: Light can travel through empty space.
11.   True or False: Sound can travel through empty space.
12.   What color absorbs most light?  How does that affect temperature?
13.   What is the bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface that it can not pass through.
14.    What is it called when light rays enter a new medium at an angle, the change in speed causes them to bend or change direction.
15.   Light moves fastest through air, water, or glass?
16.   What is the number of times a wave passes a set point.
17.   On the electromagnetic spectrum the greater the wavelength the lower the ________.
18.   How is pitch related to frequency?
19.   What causes a rainbow?
20.    Sound begins with a _________________ or a disturbance.
21.   True or false: Sound can travel through solids and liquids.
22.   The tighter and shorter the string,  ________________ the pitch.
23.   When placed in water, a pencil will appear
24.   What is a convex lens?  Concave?