Student Name ______Midterm Exam Review

Chemistry Unit

  1. The basic unit of matter is ______.
  1. List three things that are not made up of matter and do not have mass:
  1. What is the difference between a chemical change and a physical change?
  1. Give one example of a chemical change.
  1. Give one example of a physical change.
  1. During the chemical reaction of baking soda and vinegar, bubbles appear. What’s in the bubbles?
  1. What is a reactant?
  1. What is a product?
  1. In a chemical reaction, what are the similarities between reactants and products?
  1. Balance the following equation:

CH4 + O2 ------ CO2 + H2O

Fe2O3 is the chemical formula for iron oxide (rust). Answer the following questions using this formula.

  1. How many different elements are used to make iron oxide?
  1. How many atoms are needed to make iron oxide?
  1. How many molecules are represented by this formula?
  1. What does the Law of Conservation of Matter say?
  1. What happened when we put steel wool into a flask and put a balloon over it?
  1. What happens to the weight of a glass of cold lemonade when all of the ice melts?
  1. What are the chemical symbols for the following elements?
  2. Hydrogen
  3. Oxygen
  4. Iron
  5. Sodium
  6. Copper

You observe two beakers of water that each have 100 ml of water in them. One contains very hot water and the other contains very cold water.

  1. Which beaker has the greater mass? Why?
  1. Which beaker has the greater volume, or are they the same? Why?
  1. Which beaker has the greater density? Why?
  1. The Periodic table consists of 18 columns called ______and 7 rows called ______.
  1. Protons have a ______charge. Neutrons have a ______charge. Electrons have a ______charge.
  1. Most of the elements on the periodic table are ______.
  1. This group of elements got its name because it almost never reacts with other elements. ______
  1. How do you calculate volume?
  1. How do you calculate density?
  1. A glass marble has a volume of 5 cm3 and a mass of 13 g. What is the density of the glass?

Dynamic Planet Unit

  1. Define the following terms:
  2. Convergent Plate Boundary:
  1. Divergent Plate Boundary:
  1. Transform Fault Boundary:
  1. Subduction:
  1. Refraction:
  1. Physical Model:
  1. Conceptual Model:
  1. Mathematical Model:
  1. Numerical Model:
  1. P wave (compressional wave)
  1. S Wave (shear wave)
  1. Lithosphere
  1. Asthenosphere
  1. Convection:
  1. Epicenter
  1. Focus
  1. Magma
  1. Trenches
  1. Shadow Zones
  1. Continent-Continent collision zone
  1. What is the difference between oceanic crust and continental crust?
  1. What is the difference between the Earth’s crust and mantle? What are the similarities?
  1. List the Earth’s layers from the center to the surface.
  1. What is the difference between the inner core and the outer core?
  1. What can an earthquake on the sea floor produce?
  1. What was the name of Alfred Wegener’s theory of horizontal movement of the Earth’s crust?
  1. What were the key points of this theory? What evidence did he have?
  1. What was the name of Wegener’s proposed single super continent?
  1. Why did scientists reject his theory?
  1. The San Andreas fault is an example of what kind of plate boundary?
  1. How fast do Earth’s lithospheric plates move in one year?
  1. How are seismic waves on Earth detected?