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On-Line
Practice Tests


(1) Type in your name at the top of the "form"

(2) Take the "test"

(3) Click on "Check Your Work" at the bottom and the practice test will be automatically scored.  

(4) Take the test as many times as  you like for practice.


(5) Your scores are NOT emailed to the teacher, so you are free to use the on-line test as  a study guide and take it as many times as you need to in order to master the material.
 

Can I Look at or Download Items Ahead of Time?


Yes, if you would like to work ahead, it is perfectly OK to look at or download items before we cover those subjects in class.
 


      Science Study Guides & Downloads  [ ]

Web Site Scavenger Hunt

Learn your way around the Science web site! These will be assigned for homework during the first week of the new school year. They are listed here in case you loose your copy and need another one.
 
                              Scavenger Hunt #1, #2, #3, #4
 




1st Semester (1st & 2nd Quarter)

Physics Overview

     -- How to Study Physics
     -- Word Problem Template

Labs

Activities

Formulas*
& Concepts

Bottle Rocket Lab
Inclined Plane Lab
Levers Lab
Pulleys Lab
Friction Lab
Ball Drop Lab #1
Ball Drop Lab #2
Low Friction Cart Lab
Projectile Lab

 

Collision Tracks
Gyroscopes
Toys in Space
(video)
Cartoon Physics
(clips)
CD Glider
Hoop Dreams

Speed & Velocity*
Acceleration*
Force*
Momentum*
Work*
Power*
Potential Energy*
Kinetic Energy*
Efficiency*
=======================
Gravity
Balanced & unbalanced
      Forces
Newton's 1st Law
Newton's 2nd Law
Newton's 3rd Law
Circular Motion
Mechanical Advantage

Physics Chapter 11 -- Motion (Speed & Acceleration)

LEARN

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(Login: hammondschool -- Password: skyhawks)

Web Page Library

Read -- Holt Physical Science

Quiz Questions

1. pp. 363 - 369             (speed)
2. pp. 370 - 371           (graphs)
3. pp. 372 - 379    (acceleration)
4. pp. 380 - 382             (forces)
5. pp. 382 - 387            (friction)
6. p. 389                 (Summary)
7. pp. 363 - 421 (All Questions)

1.  Speed
2.  Graphing Motion
3.  Acceleration
4.  Forces
5.  Friction
6.  Summary
7.  Quiz Questions (#1 - #6)


PRACTICE

Study Guides for Chapter 11 -- Motion (Speed & Acceleration)
         - Formula Practice  
(word problems for each formula -- you solve them)
         - Units of Measurement Practice
(you match them up with formulas)
         - Vocabulary Practice (you find the definitions)
         - Picture Problems (you figure out the solutions)


Flash Card Sets for Chapter 11 -- Motion (Speed & Acceleration)

         - Paper Flash Cards
 (Quiz Questions #1 - #6 + answers ; ready-made=print, fold, cut apart)
            - Internet Flash Cards (Quiz Questions #1 - #6 + answers )
         - Picture Problems
(sample problems  to consider -- with solutions)
         - Sample Word Problems + Solutions (Roll cursor over answer box for solution)
 

TEST YOURSELF

  Physics Chapter #11 -- Practice Tests:

 

 

 

Chapter #11
(multiple choice)

Chapter #11
(completion)

Chapter 11
mixed word problems with explanations

coming soon

coming soon

(1) Click on a  test number.
(2) Type in your name at the top.
(3) Take the test.
(4) Click on "Check Your Work" at the bottom and the practice test will be automatically scored.  Take the test as many times as  you like for practice.

 

 

 

 

Speed
Problems

 Acceleration
Problems

 Momentum
Problems

web page

Physics Chapter 12 -- Forces (Newton's Laws & Momentum)

LEARN

BrainPop - Animations
(Login: hammondschool -- Password: skyhawks)

Web Page Library

Read -- Holt Physical Science

Quiz Questions

1. pp. 397 - 399          (1st Law)
2. pp. 400 - 402         (2nd Law)
3. pp. 403 - 406            (gravity)
4. pp. 407 - 411           (free fall)
5. pp. 412 - 413          (3rd Law)
6. pp. 414 - 418     (momentum)
7. p. 389                 (Summary)
8. pp. 347 - 389  (All Questions)


PRACTICE

Study Guides for Chapter 12 -- Newton's Laws of Motion
         - Formula Practice  
(word problems for each formula -- you solve them)
         - Units of Measurement Practice
(you match up with formulas)
         - Vocabulary Practice (you find the definitions)
         - Picture Problems 
(you figure out the solutions)
         - Study Guide & Vocabulary Lists for Chapter 12  (overview)

Flash Card Sets for Chapter 12 -- Newton's Laws of Motion

         - Paper Flash Cards
 (Quiz Questions #1-#7 + answers ; ready-made=print, fold, cut apart)
            - Internet Flash Cards (Quiz Questions #1 - #7 + answers )
         - Old Flash Cards on Newton's Laws
(2005)
         - Picture Problems
(sample problems  to consider -- with solutions)
           - Sample Word Problems + Solutions (Roll cursor over answer box for solution)
 

TEST YOURSELF

Physics Chapter #12 -- Practice Tests:

 

 

 

Chapter #12
Concepts
(Multiple Choice)  

Identifying
Vectors  of
Force

Identifying
Examples  of
Newton's Laws

Physics  Puzzlers:
Figuring out WHAT HAPPENS & WHY according to Newton's Laws of Motion

What's happening in these pictures? Can you identify concepts, motion, correct Law?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter #12
Concepts
(Completion)
 

Coming Soon
Chapter #12
Formulas with explanations

 

 

 


 

Physics Chapter 13 -- Work, Energy, & Simple Machines

LEARN

BrainPop - Animations
(Login: hammondschool -- Password: skyhawks)

Web Page Library

Read -- Holt Physical Science

Quiz Questions (77)

1. pp. 431 - 432                       (work)
2. pp. 433 - 434                     (power)
3. pp. 434 - 437                        (MA)
4. pp. 438 - 443     (simple machines)
5. pp. 444 - 452                    (energy)
6. pp. 453 - 457            (conservation)
7. pp. 459 - 461                (efficiency)

8. p. 465                          (Summary)
9. pp. 429 - 465          (All Questions)


PRACTICE

Study Guides for Chapter 13 -- Work, Energy, & Simple Machines
         - Formula Practice  
(one word problem for each of the 7 formulas -- you solve them)
         - Units of Measurement Practice
(8 units listed -- you match up with formulas)
         - Vocabulary Practice (13 words listed -- you find the definitions)
         Picture Problems (you figure out the solutions)
         

Flash Card Sets for Chapter 13 -- Work, Energy, & Simple Machines

         - Paper Flash Cards
 (Quiz Questions #1-#8 + answers ; ready-made=print, fold, cut apart)
            - Internet Flash Cards (Quiz Questions #1 - #8 + answers )
         - Identify Levers Flash Cards
(10 pictures - you identify which class of lever)
         - Picture Problems
(sample problems  to consider -- with solutions)
            - Sample Word Problems + Solutions (Roll cursor over answer box for solution)
 

TEST YOURSELF

Physics Chapter #13 -- Practice Tests:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter #13
44 Concepts  
(multiple choice)

Chapter #13
22 Word
Problems
with explanations

Chapter 13
66 Concepts
(Completion)

 

 

 

Physics Final Exam

Concepts

Vocabulary

Mixed Word Problems

Work & Energy
  (short answer)
Vectors


 


Work & Energy
- Ch13
Forces - Ch 12
Motion - Ch 11

 

Lab Review

Picture Problems

All Formulas

Bottle Rockets
Inclined Plane
Levers
Ball Drop #1
Ball Drop #2
Low Friction Cart


     Formula Review
           
(11 formulas)

 

2nd Semester (3rd & 4th Quarter)

FORMAT

Chemistry Labs

  Practice Tests / Study Guides for Chemistry Labs:

 

Chemistry Concepts

MS Word

Chemistry: Paper Flash Cards -- Vocabulary & Concepts
 Cut & Paste Version:  print, cutout, & paste onto 3" x 5" index cards

MS Word

Chemistry Practice Tests:

Element Symbols

Element Names

Electron
Shells

Valence
Electrons

Balancing
Equations

Chapter 1
Concepts

      
(1) Click on #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 , or #6 above
(2) Type in your first and last name at the top of the "form"
(3) Take the "test"
(4) Click on "Check Your Work" at the bottom and the practice test will be automatically scored.  Take the test as many times as you like for practice..

web page

 


  Multi-Media Unit (Mr. C's favorite low-cost or free applications)

OpenOffice.org (Version 3.1) (free)
This  link will take you to the web page for
OpenOffice.org. We are now  using this as an Open Source alternative to Microsoft Word, Excel, and POWERPOINT. This software is OPEN SOURCE -- meaning that it is FREE to the public -- no charge. The word processor will read Microsoft Word files and the presentation package, called "IMPRESS," will read Microsoft PowerPoint files. All of the computers in the 7th grade HAG science classroom are now  running OpenOffice.org software. We are no longer using Microsoft Office for word processing or for 'Powerpoint' style presentations. .

 
.exe format

PowerPoint Viewer 2007 (free)  
Hyperstudio v. 5 ($89.95 Mac OS & Windows)  
Audacity -- Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor (free)  
Acoustica MP3 Audio Mixer ($24.95)
This multi-track audio program lets you mix, cross-fade, and overdub audio files. A must for podcasting!
 

Old Labs

Practice Tests / Study Guides for Labs done in previous years:
Type in your name at the top of the "form." Take the test & then click on "Check Your Work" at the bottom
and the practice test will be automatically scored.  Be sure to read the NOTES for each question. NOTES
will explain the science behind the question. Take the test as many times as  you like for practice.

 

The study guide items listed below are for a marine biology field trip to Newfound Harbor Marine Institute on Big Pine Key, Florida (aka, "Sea Camp") and 5-week study unit that Mr. Clauset used to sponsor (1992-2009).

 Marine Biology - Practice Tests:

 

 

 

Fish ID
Quiz

Fish ID
Flash Cards
(on-line)

Phylum ID
Flash Cards
(on-line)

50 Critter
Pictures
to Identify  (Quiz)

50 Phylum  Identification Pictures   (Quiz)

(1) Click on #1, #2, #3, #4, or #5
(2) Type in your name at the top of the "form"
(3) Take the "test"
(4) Click on "Check Your Work" at the bottom and the practice test will be automatically scored.  Take the test as many times as  you like for practice.

Keys Fish
Videos

(Probably best viewed with
a broadband connection.)

Keys
Fish
IDs

#1:  
Why is the Ocean Salty?
Study Guide

#2:  
Estuaries & Salt Marshes
Study Guide

#3:  Mangroves & Intertidal Zones
Study Guide

#4: Nightwade & Sea Grasses
Study Guide

#5a:
Coral 
Reefs
Study Guide

#5b:  
Life
Cycles
Study Guide

   
NEW: Over 135 Video Clips on Ecosystems, Everglades, Keys Fish, Algae & Arthropods, Cnidarians & Annelids, Echinoderms & Molluscs, Porifera & Plankton, Marine "Critters," & Adaptations
 

#6:  Everglades & Hyperiod Ecology
Study Guide


Everglades Video Clips
(4)

#7:
Fish
Study Guide


Fish
Video Clips

(46)
 

#8:
Algae & Arthropods
Study Guide


Arthropod Video Clips
(4)

 

#9:
Cnidaria & Annelids
Study Guide


Annelid & Cnidaria Video Clips
(15)

#10: Echinodermata & Molluscs
Study Guide


Echinoderm & Mollusc
Video Clips

(16)

#11: Porifera & 
Plankton
Study Guide


Porifera & Plankton Video Clips
(7)
 

Fish Body
Parts ID Flash Cards

Algae ID
Flash Cards

Cnidaria ID
Flash Cards

Echinoderm ID
Flash Cards

Porifera ID
Flash Cards

Tropical
Fish ID
Flash Cards

Arthropod
ID
Flash Cards

 

Mollusc ID
Flash Cards

Plankton ID
Flash Cards

  
Final Exams

#1: Fish ID

#2: Vocabulary

#3: Phylum ID & Characteristics

Keys Fish
Videos





 

Fish ID
Quiz

Keys
Fish
IDs




Fish ID
Flash Cards
(on-line)

You'll have to look up the answers to these words yourself. Do a little research and fill in the definitions on page 61 & 62 of your study guide.

The test on this vocabulary list includes ALL of the words listed and NO there aren't any  practice tests for this one. And... there is NO word bank. Get busy!

Phylum ID
Flash Cards
(on-line)


50 Critter
Pictures
to Identify  (Quiz)

50 Phylum Identification Pictures (Quiz)

Phylum ID (MS Word doc. -- no answers, just puzzles!)

Critter IDs
(MS Word Doc. -- no answers, just puzzles!)

#4: Cassiopeia, Blue Crab, & Hermit Crab Body Parts

Cassiopeia
Page
  Blue Crab
Page
Hermit
Crab
Page
Blue Crab
& Hermit
Crab ID
Practice