Science_Study

Health and Disease- • How do the body systems provide the needs of the cells' • What are the main organs of each system' • What do these organs do' • What are some risk factors for various types of cancer' • How do cancerous cells differ from normal cells' • What procedure did you follow in the various practical activities' • What do we mean by "homeostasis"' • How does diabetes affect a person's metabolism' • What is the difference between infectious and non-infectious diseases' State some examples of each. • List the main types of pathogen. Science of Disasters- • What is the internal structure of Earth' • What is the theory of plate tectonics' • What is the evidence for it' • What causes the plates to move' • Which direction is Australia moving' • What type of movements occur at plate boundaries' • What are some consequences of these movements' • How do cyclones, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions impact on the hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and biosphere' Waves and Communication- • How can we demonstrate that waves carry energy' • What is the difference between transverse and compression waves' • Define frequency, wavelength and amplitude and be able to use them to label diagrams. • What are the main bands of the electromagnetic spectrum' • Define and give examples of reflection, refraction, and absorbtion. • What procedures were used to perform experiments on reflection and refraction' • How is the electromagnetic spectrum used in communication' Current Electricity- • what particles make up atoms' • How are they arranged' • What are their charges' • Which of these particles makes up electric currents' • How do you draw circuit diagrams' • What are the symbols for common electrical components' • What is the difference between series and parallel circuits' • What are the advantages and disadvantages of each' • How do you calculate the energy used and the cost when using appliances' • How do we produce electricity' • What are some of the environmental impacts of this' Atoms and Elements- • Draw diagrams to show the basic structure of simple atoms. • What are the electron structures of the first twenty elements' • How did the work of Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford and Bohr contribute to our current model of the atom' • Where are metals, non-metals and metalloids located on the periodic table' • Give examples of compounds forming to the elements involved achieved full outer shells. • What is radioactivity' • Where in the atom does it come from' • What is the difference between fission and fusion' • What procedure did you use to model radioactive decay' • What are some of the uses of radioactivity' • What are radioisotopes'