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What is volume?
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Volume is the amount of space taken up by an object
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What are graduations?
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Graduations are the lines or markings on a ruler
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What are scales?
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Scales are markings of a line or number on instruments used for measuring.
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What are the parts of a thermometer?
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The bulb stem and the mercury
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Where is the mercury in the thermometer found?
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In the bottom.
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What is the formula from converting from degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit?
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9/5 × °C + 32
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State some important units for mass.
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kg mg g and tonne
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What is volume measured in?
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units cubed
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What is the curve of the water called?
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meniscus
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How do you find the volume of an object?
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l×w×h
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How do you find the volume of an irregular object?
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Find the volume of the liquid place the item in the liquid and find the difference. (using a measuring cylinder)
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How do you calculate volume?
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Add the final and initial volume.
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How do you find the area of a regular shape?
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l×w
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How do you find the area of a triangle?
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1/2 b×h OR b×h÷2
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What is the formula for converting Fahrenheit to Celsius?
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5/9×F-32
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Name the instruments used to measure time.
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clocks stopwatches and watches
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What is the instrument used for measuring mass?
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a beam balance
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What is the instrument used for measuring force?
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a spring balance
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What is an ammeter used to measure?
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The amount of electricity in a circuit
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What is a voltmeter used for?
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To measure voltage in a circuit
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What is the boiling point of water?
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212° F or 100° C or 373 K
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What is the freezing point of water?
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32 ° F or 0° C or 273 K
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What is the average temperature of the human body?
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98.6 F
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What is the name for lack of taste called?
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ageusia
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Why can humans only experience the four tastes?
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Because of the four taste buds found on the tongue
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What is volume measured with?
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A measuring cylinder
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What is energy?
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the ability to do work
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State 3 forms of energy and give 3 examples.
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light energy - sun , candles , street lights.
potential parked car, water at the top of a waterfall, stretched rubber band. Chemical energy - food , fossil fuels , batteries. |
pgs. 118 - 119 of Integrated Science text book.
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What form of energy do these photos show?
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Nuclear energy.
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List the energy conversion in a blender.
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electricity - sound - kinetic - heat
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What is energy and work measured in?
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joules.
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What is the law of the CONSERVATION OF ENERGY?
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" Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but it can be changed from one form to another."
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When energy is converted from one form to another, some energy is wasted. This wasted energy is usually found in which forms of energy?
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heat, light or sound energy
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What is kinetic energy?
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The energy of movement/ motion.
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Give an example of kinetic energy.
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A spinning windmill.
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What is potential energy?
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Energy that is stored in an object usually above ground due to its position or shape.
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Give an example of potential energy.
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a stretched rubber band.
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What is electrical energy?
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electricity
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What is chemical energy?
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Energy stored in chemicals.
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What is chemical energy?
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Energy stored in chemicals.
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Give examples of electrical energy.
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cell or battery
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What is solar energy?
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energy from the sun.
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Give examples of solar energy.
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the sun.
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What is nuclear energy?
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energy stored in the nucleus of an atom.
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Give examples of nuclear energy.
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atomic bomb , sun, radioactive material.
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What is light energy?
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waves of a certain kind that we can see.
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What is a rainbow?
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The light called (white light) is a mixture of all the colours we can see.
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What is heat energy?
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the energy of moving molecules.
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Define sound energy.
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moving sound waves.
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Please refer to December 7 of Science notebook.
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Please refer to December 7 of Science notebook.
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State some reasons why energy conversion is important.
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to keep us alive
to make food to make life easier to do work |
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Why is it better to eat green plants?
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Because they give us chlorophyll.
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Complete the following food chain.
Sun- ______- herbivores-______and omnivores |
plants and carnivores.
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Name the processes that take place in the food chain(1,2,3)
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photosynthesis, feeding and eating.
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sun-plants-herbivores-carnivores and omnivores.
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What is a fuel?
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a substance that releases energy when burned.
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Give the definition of crude oil
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Crude oil is a mixture and contains hydrogen and carbon
and this is called hydrocarbon. |
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Which countries in the Caribbean have crude oil?
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Trinidad, Guyana and Barbados.
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What is fractional distillation?
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Fractional distillation is the removing of salt from water.
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What is simple distillation?
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Simple distillation is a procedure by which two liquids with a different boiling point can be separated.
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What is a fossil fuel ?
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A fossil fuel is what was formed from plants plants on land or from sea organisms long ago.
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Give examples of fossil fuels.
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Peat, crude oil, natural gas and coal.
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What is the boiling point of these names respectively.
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