Monday, 13 January 2014

Jan. 13 – Lab Exam Review

Hi Everyone,

Now that the term is drawing to a close, it's time to review and prepare for your exams.

  • Lab Exam: Friday, Jan. 17
Here's the first page of the exam with instructions and rules: Lab Exam Page 1

Here are some review notes we discussed in class...

Format
  • One full period (75 minutes).
  • Complete 5 activities.
  • Work individually.
  • Bring only a pencil, eraser and calculator.
  • Worth 10% of your final mark.

REVIEW


Previous Labs
 - Density
 - Physical and Chemical Change
 - Charging Objects
 - Building Circuits
 - Ohm's Law

Dry Labs (Space and Ecology)
 - You will be provided with data.
 - You will do an analysis by answering questions.

Review Density



Definition:  mass divided by volume.

D = m / V            m = D x V            V = m / D

How did you measure density in your lab?

We measured D for water.
   - graduated cylinder measures V in  mL.
   - scale measures m in g.

Example:
A block of wood has volume 36 cm^3 an weighs 22 g.  What is the density?  Will it float?

Given: V = 36 cm^3, m = 22 g
Required: D = ?
Analyze: D = m / V
Solve: D = 22 g / 36 cm^3
              = 0.61 g/cm^3
Statement: The Density is 0.61 g/cm^3, it will float.

**The Density of water is 1 g/cm^3.

Example: 
Mercury (the element, not the planet) has a density of 7.6 g/cm^3.  If you want to measure out 1 kg of it, how big of a container do you need?

Need volume, V.    1 cm^3 = 1 mL
1 kg = 1000 g

V = m / D

V = (1000 g) / (7.6 g/cm^3)
   = 131.578 mL
   = 130 mL

Review Significant Digits
- Any non-zero is significant
  2913 four sig. digs.
  2900 two sig. digs.

- Zeroes in-between digs are significant.
  2014 four sig. digs.

With a decimal…
- Zeroes on the left are NOT significant
  0.0025 two sig. digs.

- Zeroes on the right ARE significant
  0.250 three sig. digs.
  100.0 four sig digs.

HOMEWORK

Read and Review the following.  This will help you prepare for the dry labs.
  • P. 43-44 (Food Webs), 
  • P. 45 (Ecological Pyramid),
  • P. 111 #13 (Changing food web)





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