Study Guides
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6th, 7th, and 8th Grades.
6th Grade Science
Students hoping to do well on Monday's test on Chapter 21 should be able to do the following.
- State the 7 main sections of the EM spectrum from lowest frequency/longest wavelength to highest frequency/shortest wavelength.
- Identify the two main types of optical telescopes and name the primary feature each has for collecting and focusing light.
- Name at least two other types of telescopes that collect and focus parts of the EM spectrum other than visible light.
- Name 5 different characteristics used to classify stars.
- Indicate how a star's color and its surface temperature are related.
- State the two characteristics that determine a stars apparent brightness.
- Indicate the difference between apparent brightness and absolute brightness.
- Name and correctly locate the four main sections of the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram.
- Describe the life of a small to medium-sized star from its birth in a nebula to its end as a black dwarf.
- Describe the life of a high mass star from its birth in a nebula to its end as a neutron star or black hole.
- State the relation between a star's starting mass and its "lifespan."
- Identify the following objects or terms based on their descriptions: spectrograph, parallax, protostar, supernova, neutron star, pulsar, black hole, binary star, eclipsing binary star, open cluster, globular cluster, diffuse nebula, planetary nebula, spiral galaxy, elliptical galaxy, irregular galaxy, quasar.
- Give a basic description of the "big bang" theory, and two pieces of evidence that give support to the theory.
Official Disclaimer: As always, keep in mind that any material presented in class may also appear on the test, even if it is inadvertently left off of the study-guide. ☺
6th Grade Math
Students hoping to do well on Thursday's test on Chapter 4 should be able to do the following:
- Define the terms: prime number, composite number, even number, odd number, divisible, proper fraction, improper fraction.
- Identify the base, exponent, and power of a number written using exponents.
- Write a repeated multiplicaton of numbers and/or variables using exponents.
- Find the prime factorization of a number.
- Find the Greatest Common Factor of 2 or more numbers using prime factorization.
- Find the Least Common Multiple of 2 or more numbers using prime factorization.
- State at least two fractions that are equivalent to a given fraction.
- Simplify (reduce to lowest terms) a fraction by dividing the numerator and denominator by their GCF. Example: 15/20 can be simplified (reduced) to 3/4 by dividing both 15 and 20 by their GCF, which is 5.
- Convert mixed numbers into improper fractions and vice-versa.
- Convert fractions into decimals and vice-versa.
- Compare fractions and place them in order from least to greatest.
7th Grade Math
No test anticipated until after the Christmas break.
Official Disclaimer: As always, keep in mind that any material presented in class may also appear on the test, even if it is inadvertently left off of the study-guide. ☺
8th Grade Math
Period 3 students looking to do well on Friday's test on sections 3-5 and 3-6 should be able to do the following:
- Solve and graph compound inequalities of the form: a< x <b.
- Solve and graph compound inequalities of the form x < a or x > b.
- Solve and graph absolute value equations.
- Solve and graph inequalities containing absolute value functions.
Official Disclaimer: As always, keep in mind that any material presented in class may also appear on the test, even if it is inadvertently left off of the study-guide. ☺