Physical Science - Topics to Study for Test #1

Date of Test: ___________________

1. Classroom Safety

2. Classroom Rules and Procedures

3. Metric System (know how to convert between units, know what each base unit represents and what each prefix represents)

4. Know how to read a graduated cylinder

5. Know how to read a triple beam balance

6. Know how to read a thermometer

7. Significant Figures (determine the number of significant figures)

8. Scientific Notation (convert between standard and scientific notation)

9. Know the difference between accuracy and precision

10. Know the difference between qualitative and quantitative observations

11. Know what every graph should have

12. Be able to graph

13. Know what physics is

14. Know and be able to explain the evidence that supports the Big Bang (text pages 718-720)