NOTE: You will need to bring one Scantron Form 882-E, a number 2 pencil, and a calculator for the test. The calculator must be a traditional calculator, not a cell phone, Palm, PDA, laptop, computer, watch, or any other non-traditional calculator.
Know how to convert between metric units and from metric to English units (and vice versa), given a conversion chart.
Know how to solve problems involving the above conversions.
Know how to multiply and divide numbers written in scientific notation.
Know what latitude and longitude are and how to determine them for a point on a map and plot them.
Know what Jovian and terrestrial planets are and the characteristics for each group is.
Know the general characteristics of planetary mass, density, gravity, size, and spacing planets and whether Jovian or terrestrial planets have larger or smaller ones for each property.
Know the largest and smallest for the Jovian and terrestrial planet groups.
Know what the definition of revolution and rotation are for planets and whether Jovian or terrestrial planets have longer or shorter ones for each property.
Know the phases of the moon, in what order they occur, and be able to identify an image of the moon with the correct phase.
Know everything about lunar and solar eclipses that we learned in class.
Know what the angle of the Earth is on its axis and how this affects seasons.
Understand what tangent and vertical rays of the sun are and where they hit directly during summer and winter.
Know what the circle of illumination is, where the north and south poles are located, where the equator is located, where the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn are located, and where the Antarctic and Arctic Circles are located.
Know what factors can influence temperature patterns on Earth.
Know what the Mohs hardness scales and what the hardest and softest minerals on it are.
Know the definition of what a mineral is.
Understand mineral properties: luster, hardness, color, cleavage, streak.
Be prepared to identify the following minerals using the mineral identification chart: galena, graphite, hematite, biotite, muscovite, calcite, gypsum, halite, kaolinite, and potassium feldspar. Note: You will randomly get two of the ten to identify on the test.
Be able to use the mineral chart to find unique characteristics for minerals.
Be familiar with the Nature of Science tenets and be able to use them to explain a scientific concept.
