Name _________________________________________________________________ Date ________________Period _________
Chapter 1 The World of Physical Science
Georgia Performance Standard: (read and highlight the standard)
SPSCS2: Students will use standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations.
SPSCS4: Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating scientific equipment and materials.
SPSCS5: Students will demonstrate the computation and estimation skills necessary for analyzing data and developing reasonable
scientific explanations.
Directions: As we go through the content, your job is to check off each concept as you learn it, indicate how you learned it and check
it off again as you study for the chapter test. How you learn a concept can include reading the text, taking notes, class lessons,
worksheets, and lab experiences. You can check more than one method of learning for a concept.
Content: Concept to be learned
(Put a check in the box when you learn the concept)
Section 1 Exploring Physical Science
What is science?
What is often the first step in gathering knowledge?
What is physical science?
What are the two branches of physical science?
What is chemistry?
What is physics?
Section 2 Scientific Methods
What is the scientific method?
How are scientific methods used to answer questions?
What is an observation?
What is a hypothesis?
How are hypotheses formed and tested?
What are controlled experiments?
What is data?
What are the methods used to analyze data?
How does a conclusion support or refute a hypothesis
Why is it so important for scientists to communicate results?
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Content: Concept to be learned
(Check when and how you learned each concept)
Section 3 Scientific Models
What is a model?
What are the three types of models?
What is a physical model?
What is a mathematical model?
What is a conceptual model?
What is a scientific theory?
How do scientific theories differ from everyday theories?
What would prompt a scientist to change an accepted theory?
What is a scientific law?
Section 4 Tools, Measurement, and Safety
What are the tools used to collect and analyze data?
What is the importance of the International System of Units?
What are the safety symbols significant to physical science?
What are the appropriate units used for particular measurements?
What tools are used for particular measurements?
Why is lab safety important?
What is the difference between accuracy and precision?
How are significant figures used to demonstrate precision and accuracy?
Why do we use scientific notation?
How does scientific notation relate to significant figures?
What is volume?
What is density?
What is temperature?
Reading
Note
text
taking
Class
lessons
Labs/
Demos
Work Studied
sheets for test
KEC14
Flash
Cards