PS PRACTICE CHART AND REVIEW GUIDE
March 8-12, 2021 (Week after VC)
“SPECIAL REVIEW WEEK”
LEARN
MASTER
RETAIN
This Weekly Review Guide is designed to lead you as a student in
review activities that will help them RETAIN old material.
Stay on the “Learn, Master, Retain” Cycle, and continue to
REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!
VERSE for this week…
Ephesians 3:20-21 — “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or
think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”
INSTRUCTIONS on how to use this practice chart:
• Put a check in the box every day that you practice.
• Turn this chart in every class period to have it signed by the teacher.
• A minimum of 3 days are required (you may integrate Science practice into your overall
Academic practice time).
• Every day you practice, you must accomplish at least 5 activities! (check 5 boxes)
• Turn in the answers to the review questions with this practice chart.
• Turn the chart in on quiz day!
NEW MASTERY OBJECTIVES:
✓
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
NONE
OBJECTIVES:
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Old Objectives: Take time to review a few that you
cannot remember, or cannot remember how to do. Use
flashcards (see above).
READING:
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Read new material: NONE
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Make it a habit to read — going back through old material.
COMPUTATIONS and REVIEW PROBLEMS:
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Practice the 9 computations given (see next page)
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Practice the 11 review questions given (see next page)
FOLLOW UP:
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Compile questions to ask in class (things not understood)
Project Step: Science Fair Project Step #2: Background Research
and Draft Rationale
Teacher Signature:
Weekly Computations (SHOW YOUR WORK!):
1. A golf ball has a mass of 0.0455 kg and a volume of 40.7 cm3. Determine the density of the golf ball,
and state your result in g/cm3. (Answer: 1.12 g/cm3)
2. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second. Convert this value to cm/s. (Answer: 29,927,400,000 cm/s)
3. A rectangular swimming pool is 25 ft wide, 70 ft long, and 4.5 ft deep. Determine the volume of this
swimming pool, and state your answer in cubic meters. (Answer: 222.8 m3)
4. Bill walked at a constant speed for 4.5 miles. The walk took him 87 minutes. Determine Bill’s velocity
during the walk, and state your result in m/s. (Answer: 1.39 m/s)
5. Pete is biking down Harvard Avenue. He bikes 150 meters in 18 seconds. Assuming he does not
speed up or slow down, what is his velocity in meters per second? (Answer: 8.3 m/s)
6. A bicyclist is covering 27 km every 55 min. Calculate the bicyclist’s speed, and state your result in m/
s. (Answer: 8.18 m/s)
7. A car is moving at a constant speed of 25 mph. How many inches per second is this? (Answer: 440 in/
s)
8. A certain log is almost a perfect cylinder. The log is 10.5 inches in diameter and 32 inches long. The
log has a mass of 26.1 kg. Determine the density of the wood in the log and state your result in kg/m3.
(Answer: 575 kg/m3)
Review Problems:
1. Distinguish between truth and scientific theories.
2. State the law of conservation of energy.
3. Briefly explain two different ways atoms join together to form compounds, and give an example of
each.
4. What is the difference between evaporation and sublimation?
5. Describe what electrons are, what kind of charge they have, how much they weigh in comparison to
the other subatomic particles, and where they are located in the atom.
6. Define kinetic energy.
7. What is a plasma?
8. Explain what work is and give an example of a person or machine doing work.
9. Describe three ways heat transfer occurs.
10.What is the heat of vaporization?
11.Give an example of a physical property and a chemical property. What is the difference between a
physical property and a chemical property?