Thursday, October 1, 2009

Molecules Get Moving - Sublimation, Deposition, Diffusion, Osmosis...

Life Science
Passive Transport Lab - students are to complete their lab reports tonight for homework. The lab reports will be collected tomorrow. Coming Up! We will begin our discussion of photosynthesis and respiration.

Earth Science
Students are to review for the upcoming chemistry quiz on Monday. Please come to see me with any questions. Many of you have mentioned getting extra help, however, you have not come to see me before or after school. (You know who you are.) The study guide for the quiz is below:

  1. All vocabulary for 3.1 and 3.2
  2. Identify elements – forty elements and their symbols on the periodic table
  3. Determine the number of subatomic particles for a specific atom: protons, neutrons, electrons
  4. Determine the number of valence electrons
  5. Determine whether it is reactive
  6. Identify number of atoms of a specific element within a compound
  7. Explain the three types of chemical bonds
  8. Explain polar molecules
  9. Mixtures – heterogeneous, homogeneous (solutions)
  10. Acids and bases; pH scale