Model Citizen
Consisting of chemistry and physics, it is a field of natural science that studies matter and energy.
What is physical science? p. 5, 21, and glossary
Data that is based on numbers or quantities; includes a number and a unit; also known as quantitative data
What are measurements? p. 14
Anything that occupies space and has mass.
What is matter? p. 26
Examples: metal, wood, air
Examples of non-matter: light, sound, warmth
The four most common states of matter.
What are solid, liquid, gas, and plasma? p. 35-37
This Greek philosopher who used the word atomos to describe indivisible particles of matter.
Who is Democritus? p. 50 and 64
The branch of physics that explores the behavior of matter and energy at the atomic and subatomic level.
What is quantum mechanics? p. 54 and glossary
The result of Fred Johnston not thinking safe while he was checking the alcohol cannon.
What is the cannon exploded in his face while he was checking the igniter? SLM p. 1-2
A system of moral values; a theory of proper conduct.
What is ethics? p. 9
A workable explanation or description of a phenomenon. It may be physical, conceptual, or mathematical.
What is a model? p. 11, 21, and glossary
A standardized system of measurement units used for science.
What is SI? p. 14
The building block of all matter.
What is an atom? p. 29
It consists of protons, electrons, and neutrons.
What is kinetic energy? p. 36
In 1803, this English schoolteacher's model described atoms as hard spheres of different sizes and weights, surrounded by heat envelopes. He also suggested several properties of atoms.
Who is John Dalton? p. 51 and 64
The basis upon which a model is assessed, taking into account how well it explains or describes a set of observations and how well the model makes predictions.
What is workability? p. 55, 64, and glossary
The high school science classes grade level where more laboratory accidents occur.
What is ninth grade? p. 3
T or F - Science can answer ethical questions.
F - p.9
Name 3 scientific models.
What are hypotheses, theories, and laws? p. 11 and 21
Name 3 SI Fundamental Units.
What are meter (length), kilogram (mass), second (time), kelvin (temperature), mole (amount of a substance), and candela (intensity of a light source)? p. 15
The two most basic measurable properties of matter.
What are mass and volume? p. 29
Mass - the amount of matter in an object
Volume - the space enclosed or occupied by an object
Anything about a substance that can be observed or measured without altering the substance's chemical composition.
What are physical properties? p. 39-40
ex: ductility, malleability, conductivity, luster p. 40
In 1897, this professor and physicist discovered electrons. In 1904 he suggested a new atomic model that resembled a traditional English Christmas pudding and it became known as the plum pudding model.
Who is J. J. Thomson? p. 52 and 64
The three basic subatomic particles and their charges.
What are protons (positive), neutrons (electrically neutral), and electrons (negative)? p. 56-57 ,64
The number of basic laboratory rules found in your BJU SLM.
What is twenty? p. 4-5
The procedure for evaluating the ethics of issues in physical science.
What is the strategy on p. 66-67?
A set of beliefs, assumptions, and values that arises from a big story about the world that affect how a person sees the world.
The worldview we have.
What is a worldview? p. 7, 21, and glossary
What is a biblical worldview?
A unit that is a mathematical combination of fundamental SI units.
What is a derived unit? p. 15
What is density? p. 29
The formula for density is d=m/v
A property of a substance that describes how its chemical identity changes in the presence of another substance or under certain conditions.
What is a chemical property? p. 41 and Glossary
ex: reactivity and flammability p. 41
The same year as the plum pudding model, 1904, this Japanese physicist countered with his Saturnian model where electrons orbited around a positively charged center.
Who is Hantaro Nagaoka? p. 53
Atoms of the same element with differing numbers of neutrons.
What are isotopes? p. 58, 64, and glossary
Name three pieces of laboratory safety equipment.
What are eyewash station, first aid kit, fire blanket, fire extinguisher, and/or shower? p. 5
The number of steps in the evaluating the ethics of issues in physical science.
T or F - Science is not about discovering truth about the world; it is rather about modeling - explaining and describing - the world.
True (p. 5 TE)
Name 3 metric prefixes.
What are giga-, mega-, kilo-, deci-, centi-, milli-, micro-, nano-? (p. 16)
Scientists base the broadest classification of matter on these two categories.
What are pure substance and mixture? p. 32-34
The fundamental natural law that states that matter can neither be created or destroyed, but can only change forms.
What is the law of conservation of matter? p. 43
This Nobel Prize winner and professor from New Zealand directed two of his students to conduct experiments that confirmed the existence of a nucleus, a name coined by him.
Who is Ernest Rutherford? p. 53 and 64
A symbol that distinguishes between different isotopes.
What is isotope notation? p. 59 and glossary
Name three injuries/accidents that can happen in a science lab?
What are chemical in the eyes, minor heat burn, chemical burn, cut, inhalation of dust or vapor, swallowing a chemical, chemical spill, fire, and/or broken glass? p. 6
The three-element foundation Christian ethics should be based on?
What are biblical principles, biblical outcomes, and biblical motivations? p. 9
T or F - Repeated experiments prove a theory and should never be disputed.
False - all theories can be proven to be incorrect should even just one experiment provide a different outcome
The two ways scientists compare a measurement to assess how good a measurement is.
What are accuracy and precision? p. 17
Remember that we calculated percent error in Lab 2A when we estimated the mass of an actual vehicle from a model one. Percent error is used to quantify accuracy.
The term significant figures, p. 18, should be connected with precision.
The two different types of mixtures.
What are heterogeneous and homogeneous? p. 34
Name one change of state and describe what takes place.
What are melting (solid to liquid), freezing (liquid to solid), vaporization (liquid to a vapor), condensation (vapor to liquid), sublimation (solid to vapor), or deposition (vapor to solid) p. 42-43
This Danish physicist, another Nobel Prize winner, created an atomic model that placed electrons in orbit at specific distances from the nucleus.
Who is Niels Bohr? p. 54 and 64
Part 1 - A charged atom or group of atoms that has gained or lost electrons, producing an unequal number of protons and electrons.
Part 2 - The two types of ions and their charges.
What are ions? p. 60, 64, and glossary
What are anions (negative) and cations (positive)? p. 60, 64, and glossary
SDS, or MSDS, stands for this.
GHS stands for this.
What is Safety Data Sheet, or Material Safety Data Sheet? p. 6-7
What is the Globally Harmonized System? p. 6
The six steps of the strategy for evaluating the ethics of issues in physical science.
What are information, Bible, options, consequences, motivations, action? p. 66
An ongoing, orderly, cyclical approach used to investigate the world.
What is scientific inquiry? p. 12-13
Two quantities with different units that are equivalent to each other and that are written as a fraction.
What is a conversion factor? p. 18
The very workable model which states that all physical matter exists in the form of particles (atoms or molecules) in constant motion.
What is the particle model of matter? OR What is the kinetic model of matter? p. 28
The states of matter are determined by the relationship between these two properties of matter.
What are kinetic energy (or particle motion) and the attractive forces between particles? p. 36-37, p. 37 TE
The currently accepted atomic model in which electrons are found in orbitals that are positioned around a nucleus containing protons and (usually) neutrons.
What is the quantum-mechanical model? p. 55, 64, and glossary
The weighted average of the masses of all the naturally occurring isotopes of that element.
What is atomic mass? p. 61, 64, and glossary
The number of parts on the GHS label and what they are.
What are six and what are product information, signal word, hazard statements, precautionary statements, supplier information, and pictograms? p. 7
T or F - Scientists work in isolation and the science they do doesn't affect others.
What is false? p. 9