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Scientific Inquiry and Investigation

Light

Sources of Light

Luminous sources: Produce light

Non-luminous objects: Reflect light

Light is a type of radiation, or electromagnetic energy that travels in waves

White Light

Made up of a continuous sequence of colours

White light hits a prism at an angle the light disperses into its different wave lengths

Types of Light

Chemiluminescence

Light from chemical reactions

Glow Sticks

Bioluminescence

Light from living organisms

Fireflies

Phosphorescence

Substances that contain "phosphors" that absorb light

Light is emitted slowly

Glow in the dark stuff

Incandescence

Production of light by heating to high temperatures

Gas Stove, Torch

Electrical Discharge

Production of light when electricity passes through a gas

Gas atoms get excited and give off light

Lightning, Neon signs

Fluorescence

An object absorbs UV light & immediately releases visible light

Fluorescent dyes in detergent, highlighter

Electric current causes Hg to emit UV

UV hits fluorescent coating

Production of visible light

Tribolumiscence

Produced by scratching or rubbing certain crystals

Eye Anatomy

Lens

Clear disc which focuses the light onto the retina

Sclera

White, tough outer part of the eye that provides protection

Retina

Layer of light sensitive cells which send impulses to the optic nerve

Fovea

Small area of the retina which contains only cones

Optic Nerve

Responsible for sending information to the brain to be processed

Vitreous Humour

Jelly-like fluid which helps keep the shape of the eyeball.

Myopia

Near-sightedness

Lens type to fix: Diverging

Hyperopia

Far-sightedness

Lens type to fix: Converging

Iris

Coloured sheet of muscle which controls the amount of light that enters the eye

Cornea

Clear area of sclera that helps bend light into the retina

Pupil

The hole in the middle of the iris where light enters the eye

Rods

Responsible for the vision at low light

Cones

Active in high light levels. Able to see colour

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Curved Mirrors

Centre of Curvature

Centre of a sphere whose surface has been used as a mirror
C=2f

Principle Axis (P.A.)

The line through C that passes through the midpoint of the mirror (normal to the centre of the mirror

Focal Point (F)

Is halfway between the vertex and the centre of curvature. When parallel light rays are shone along the P.A., the reflected rays converge and cross at the focal point.

Focal Length (f)

The distance from the focal point to vertex

Rules for the construction of ray diagrams

Parallel rays are reflected through F

Rays passing through F are reflected parallel to the P.A.

Rays passing through C are reflected back along the same path

Rays striking V follow the laws of reflection (angle of incidence = angle of reflection)

Hint: If the reflected rays of diverge (reflect AWAY from each other)
Trace the back behind the mirror to find a virtual image.

Vertex

The point where the P.A. meets the mirror

Converge

To meet at a common point

Refraction

Snell's Law: The Law of Refraction

n1 sin θI = n2 sinθR

Index of refraction of the media in which the angle of incidence is

Index of refraction of the media in which the angle of refraction is

You can only have total internal reflection going from a high index of refraction to a low index of refraction

Types of Curved Mirrors

Concave Mirror

A mirror whose reflecting surface curves outward

Diverging mirror

Convex Mirror

A mirror whose reflecting surface curves inward

Converging mirrors

All images will be formed at the same place

Behind Mirror
Upright
Smaller
Virtual

Speed of Light

Reflections

Reflection of Light

Regular Reflection: of light from smooth shiny surfaces

Diffuse Reflections

Many surfaces appear smooth, but when viewed under a microscope they are not.

Because of the uneven surface, the light rays are scattered in many directions (diffused).

Something that is flat will reflect nicely, something that is not flat will reflected not so nicely. (random like a broken mirror)

They still obey the laws of reflection (Angle of incidence= angle of reflection)

Most objects are made of rough surfaces (and therefore scatter light); if this did not happen, indoor lighting would not be effective

Walls floors ceilings scatter light in all directions making them visible

Light Travels

In a straight line

This is known as Law of Rectilinear Propagatio

Plane Mirrors

Characteristics

Location: Behind the mirror the same distance from the mirror as the object

Orientation: Image is upright, and laterally inverted

Size: Same size object

Type: Virtual

Laws

The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection

The incident ray, reflected ray, and normal all lie on the same plane

Diagrams

Referred to as Ray Diagrams

A ray is a single path followed by light

A beam is a 'bundle' of light rays

Optical Images

An image is the representation of an object formed by the interaction of light rays.

Characteristics

Location: Behind or in front of the mirror

Orientation: Vertical (Upright or inverted) Lateral (Left to right)

Size: Bigger smaller, or same size as object

Type: Real or Virtual

You will have no trouble remembering this if you think about it in the right way: a real image has to be where the light is, which means in front of a mirror, or behind a lens.) Virtual images are formed by diverging lenses or by placing an object inside the focal length of a converging lens.

As light travels from one medium to another, the speed of light changes and the light bends accordingly.

Index of Refraction

Index of refraction = Speed of light in space
Speed of light in media

Cannot be less than 1.00
Air=1.00 Glass=1.5 Water= 1.33

Lenses

Convex

Is thicker at the center than at the edges

Often called a converging lens because when surrounded by material with a lower index of refraction, it refracts parallel light rays so that the rays meet at a point

A lens is a piece of transparent material, such as glass or plastic, that is used to focus light and form an image

Concave

Thinner in the middle than at the edges

Often called a diverging lens because when surrounded by material with a lower index of refraction, rays passing through it spread out

Cells

Vacuole

Holds Materials and waste.

Largest organelle in plant cells

Mitochondria

Breaks down nutrients and turns it into energy

Cellular Resperation

Chloroplast

Coverts light energy into sugars

Found in plants

Cytoplasm

Gives cell its shape. Keeps organelles in place

Ribosomes

Make proteins, crucial to cell devision

Golgi Apparatus

processes proteins

Lysosomes

contains digestive enzymes

Animal Cells

Round

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Nucleus

Stores cell DNA and controls cell

Nuclear Membrane

Separates nucleus contents from rest of cell

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

Folds proteins to correct shapes

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

Helps move lipids and steroids

Cell Wall

Provides protection to cell

Found in plant cells

Nucleolus

Makes RNA and Ribosomes

Cell Membrane

Regulates what enters and leaves the cell

Plant Cells

Square shaped

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Mitosis

Telophase

Cytoplasm and organelles duplicate in a process called cytokinesis

Cleavage furrow/cell plate closes off to create two identical sister cells

Interphase

Cells spend most of its life in this phase

Resting and normal cellular function

Consists of 3 part

Anaphase

Chromosomes are pulled apart "away" from sister chromatid

Cleavage furrow starts to form in animal cell and a cell plates forms in plant cells

Metaphase

Chromosomes migrate to the middle of the cell (equator)

Spindle fibers attach to the centromere

Prophase

Chromatin condenses into chromosomes

Nuclear membrane disappears

Spindle fibers being to appear

Circulatory

Blood Vessels

Arteries: Carry blood away from heart

Veins: Carry blood to heart

Capillaries: Allow exchange of nutrients, wastes, and gasses.

Three Main Features

Fluids- transports materials (blood)

Pump- pumps the fluid through vessels

Vessels- where blood flows through

Heart

Has 4 chambers

Has valves and veins

Muscular

Respiratory

Epiglottis covers esophagus when you swallow to prevent food from going down throat

Gas Exchange

Oxygen enters the bloodstream in the lungs by DIFFUSION

Carbon Dioxide leaves the blood by DIFFUSION

Occurs at the alveoli

Breathing

Inhale
Ribs expand
Diaphragm flattens muscles contract

Exhale
Ribs contract
Diaphragm dome-snapped (pushes up) muscles relax

Mouth/Nose
Larynx
Trachea
Left/right Bronchus
Bronchioles
Alveoli

Respiratory Epithelial Cells

Produce Mucus
Have Cilia

Helps move mucus and filter foreign particles

Digestive

Stages of Digestion

Ingestion- Mouth

Digestion-
Mechanical (mouth and stomach)
Chemical (mouth stomach small intestine)

Absorption- Small intestine for nutrients, large intestine for water

Elimination- Feces held in rectum until ready

Mouth

Physical and chemical breakdown

Teeth and tongue

Saliva –amylase (breaks down starch)

Esophagus

Flexible, muscular tube

Bolus

No digestive occurs

Moves food to stomach by peristalsis

Epiglottis

Covers passage to trachea

Stomach

Physical and Chemical digestion

Gastric Fluids
Water
Mucin
Pepsin (breaks down protein)
HCL

Lined with mucus

Food stays for 4-5 hours

Now called chyme

What are nutrients?

Amino acids, proteins

Fatty acids + glycerol, fats

Glucose, starch

Large Intestine

Reabsorption of water into the body

Production of vitamin K and biotin by bacteria

Small Intestine

Chemical digestion

Nutrient absorption

Bile added

Pancreatic fluids
Amylase
Lipase (breaks down fat)
Pepsin
Sodium bicarbonate
Other enzymes

Rectum

Holding area

Muscular tube

Air Pathway

Why We Breathe

Remove CO2 from cells.

Get oxygen to cells

Smooth

Not striped

Slower to respond slower to tire

Lining of digestive, urianary, and reproductive systems

Controlled by central nervous system and hormones

Contracts hollow organs

Skeletal

Triceps, Biceps, Quadriceps

Striped

attached to bones by tendons

Long muscle fibres

Non-branching

Moment is main function

quick to respond, quick to tire

Cardiac

attaches to other cardiac muscle cells

Striped

Found only in heart

Branching

Does not tire

Heart

Makes up heart which pumps blood

Climate Change

Climate change is the change of the Earth's or a regions weather patterns. (Extreme weather)

Activities that contribute to climate change

Burning of fossil fuels

Deforestation

Plastic

radioactive waste

Air pollution

Consequences of climate change

Extreme storms

Dying Crops

Climate refugees

Extreme cold

Heat

Melting ice caps

Rising oceans

How can we reduce climate change

Build up instead of out

Ride a bike/walk instead of drive

Not over farm

Recycle, Reuse, Reduce

Ban burning of carbon

Renewable Energy

Solar

Tidal

Hydro

Wind

Biomass

Geothermal

Diagrams

Bohr Diagram

A model of an atom with the nucleus at the center, and the electrons drawn around it on different energy levels or electron orbits

Draw Nucleus
Draw total number of electrons in correct orbit arrangement

Protons and Neutrons go in the nucleus

Orbit 1- 2 Electrons
Orbit 2- 8 Electrons
Orbit 3- 8 Electrons

Neutrons= atomic mass – # of Protons

Lewis Dot

Draw symbol and then the valence electron(s)

Skip transition metals they have weird rules

Draw chemical symbol
Determine valence electrons
Skip middle (transition metals) when counting groups
Draw valence electrons around symbol

Valence Electrons

Electrons in the outermost shell

Florine has 7 valence electrons

Valence electrons are determined by element group
Groups are the vertical columns on the table

Group 1 has 1 valence E and group 2 has 2 valence E and so on

Nomenclature

Naming/Prefixes

Mono
Di
Tri
Tetra
Penta
Hexa
Repta
Octa
Nona
Deca

Neutralization

Acid

Adds Hydrogen ions
H+

Hydrochloric acid
HCl ---> H+ + Cl-

Acid + Base =
H+ + OH- ---> H2O

HCl+ NaOH ---> H2O + NaCl + energy
Acid + base ---> water + salt + heat

NEUTRAL

Base

Adds Hydroxyl ions
OH-

Sodium Hydroxide
NaOH ---> Na+ + OH-

Addition of an acid or alkali (base) to a liquid to cause the pH of the liquid to move towards a neutral pH of 7

Chemical Reactions

Synthesis

A + B ---> AB
(element + element = compound)

Two or more chemicals bond together forming one new substance

Example: 2Na + Cl2 --> 2NaCl

Decomposition

AB -----> A + B
(Compound breaks to = two elements)

One substance breaks down into two or more substances

Example: 2H2O2 ----> 2H2O + O2

Double Displacement

AD + BC ---> BD + AC
(Compound swap partners)

Two compounds switch with each other

Example: BaCl2 + Na2SO4 ---> BaSO4 + 2NaCl

Single Displacement

A + BC -----> B + AC

(Elements switch partners to form new compounds {zinc bumps hydrogen out to form zinc chloride})

One element knocks another element out of a compound

Example: 2HCl + Zn ---> ZnCl2 + H2

Combustion

Usually a mix of Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, and energy (heat or light)

Example: CH4 + O2 ----> CO2 + H2O

Balancing Chemical Equations

Diatomic Elements

Always found in pairs when alone as an element

H O F Br I N Cl

Reactants and Products

Product

The new chemical (s) formed by the reaction

Right side of the equation

Reactant

The chemical (s) you start with before the reactions.

Written on the left side of equation

Chemical Equation

Describes a chemical change.

Parts of an equation

Reactant ---> product
Reactants react to produce the product

Tips

If the same polyatomic ion appears on both side of the equation, it's usually okay to treat it as one unit

There is no one way to do it properly.

Try balancing big things first, save free elements for last

Rules

Matter cannot be created or destroyed

You can only change coefficients

Coefficients can only go in front of chemical formulas...NEVER in the middle of a formula

Subscripts cannot be added, removed, or changed

Law Of Conservation of Mass

In a chemical reaction, matter is neither created nor destroyed

In other words, the number and type of atoms going INTO a reaction must be the same as the number and type of atoms coming out.

If an equation obeys the Law of Conservation it is balanced

Subscript

shows how many atoms of an element are in a molecule

Ex: H2O
2 atoms of hydrogen (H)
1 atom of oxygen (O

Coefficient

shows how may molecules there are of a particular chemical

EX: 3 H2O
Means there are 3 water molecules

Bonding

Binary Ionic

Occurs between metal and non-metal

Metal in bond becomes a positive ion (cations) loses electrons to non-meta

Lithium loses valence electron and becomes [Li]+
Magnesium loses two valence and becomes [Mg]2+

Non-metal becomes a negative ion (anion) gains electrons from metal

Chlorine gains electron to fill valence shell [Cl]-

Ion= when an element has more protons than electrons or vice versa

Covalent

Electrons are shared between non-metals

Neither takes a charge
Do not criss-cross
USE prefixes in name
Name tells formula
Cannot reduce

Most transition metals have multiple valences
Roman numerals are used in the name of transition metal in the compound to show the valence on the cation (metal)

Rules for writing ionic formulas

Write symbols of two elements
Write valence of each as superscripts
Drop positive and negative signs
Criss-cross the superscripts so they become subscripts
Reduce when possible

Acids and Bases

Properties of Bases

Taste bitter
Feels slippery
Are corrosive (break down proteins)
Release hydroxide ions (OH-) in solution

Naming Acids

(hydrogen + a single element) are called hydro__ic acids

Eg: H2S is Hydrosulphuric acid

Properties of Acids

Tastes sour
Are corrosive (reacts with metals to produce hydrogen gas)
Release hydrogen ions (H+) in solution

Indicators

It is possible to test the pH of a solution using indicators, eg: litmus paper

Blue litmus paper turns red in an acid and remains blue in neutral or alkaline solutions

Red litmus paper turns blue in a base and remains red in neutral or acidic solutions

Water is neutral (7)

Anything below 7 is an acid

The closer the pH is to 7, the weaker the acid

Anything above 7 is a base

The closer the pH is to 7 the weaker the base

Examples of Acids

Acetic Acid (in Vinegar)
HC2H3O2

Citric Acid (In citrus fruit)
H3C6H5O7

Carbonic Acid (In soft drinks)
H2CO3

Hydrochloric Acid (In your digestive system)
HCL

Examples of Bases

Sodium hydroxide
NaOH

Calcium Hydroxide
Ca(OH)2

Aluminum Hydroxide Al(OH)3

Sodium Bicarbonate
NaHCO3

Ammonia
NH3

Strong and Weak

Some acids and bases are much stronger (Have a high concentration of ions in solution than others)

Eg: Nitric acid is a strong acid; ammonia is a weak base

The pH scale measures how acidic or basic a solution is

The strength of an acid or base may be measured on the pH scale. The scale runs from 0-14

Example: an acid that is a pH 5 is 10 times stronger than an acid of pH 6 etc.

Safety

Hazardous Houshold Product Symbols

There are 12 HHPS representing different types and levels of hazard

Four types: There are 4 different types of hazards

Poisonous, Explosive, Corrosive, Flammable

Three levels: There are 3 levels of hazards, each more harmful than the previous

Caution: Yellow triangle Warning: Orange diamond Danger: Red Hexagon

Combining the type and level of hazards creates HHPS

Hazardous Safety Symbols

Safety Symbols: Have been developed to warn users of the hazards associated with different products.

Two types of safety symbols

HHPS

Hazardous Household Product Symbol
Found on household products-mostly cleaners

WHMIS

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
Found on workplace products-mostly clearers

There are 8 WHMIS symbols

Each WHMIS symbol has a circle for its border

Scientific Method

Conclusion

State whether your results are supported, partially supported, or rejected your hypothesis

Suggest possible sources of error
Suggest possible improvements

Discussion/Analysis

Identify patterns or trends in your data
Develop a possible explanation
Answer any questions with the lab

Steps of Inquiry

Question
Hypothesis
Variables
Procedure
Observations
Discussion/Analysis
Conclusion

Observations

Make careful notes of everything you observe during the experiment
Record data in graph, table or chart form

Procedure

Step by step description of how the experiment is conducted

Avoid the use of "he" or "she" or "I"
Number the steps 1 2 3
Can also use diagram of set-up

Variables

Variables
Types of Variables

Independent Variable (IV)

The Variable that you change-The cause

Dependent Variable (DV)

The variable that you measure-The effect

Controlled Variable (CV)

All the other things are kept the same

Independent: What I change
Dependent: What I observe
Controlled: What I keep the same

Example: Does the amount of caffeine ingested
affect a person's heart rate?
Hypothesis: If a person ingests more than
5MG of caffeine, then the heart rate will increase

Independent Variable: The amount of caffeine
Dependent Variable: The heart rate
Controlled variable: Time of day, watch, person measuring, age

Hypothesis

An educated guess about what you think will happen
Does not need to be correct

Example: If you exercise then your heart rate will increase
If I eat while I drive then my driving skills will become better

Format If_____ Then_____

Question

Ask a question about something that interests you
It must be simple, specific, and do-able, -comparing 2 things

Example: Does the amount of exercise affect the heart rate?
Does eating while driving affect your driving skills?

Rules

No unauthorized experiments

Read each activity thoroughly before completing, if you do not know how to do something consult with teacher

Contact lenses should not be worn

No loose hair or clothing

Do not taste any substance

Follow teacher's instruction thoroughly

Be careful when handling hot objects

Report any accident to the teacher

Do not return unused chemicals to bottles

Clean up all chemicals after activity

Do not mix concentrated acids or bases

Know where all safety equipment is and how to use it

Keep work area clean

Use a fume hood when instructed to do so

Begin experiment only when you are instructed to

Safety goggles must be worn at all times during experiments

Aim test tube mouths away from people

Rinse if a chemical comes in contact with your eyes or skin

Report any faulty equipment to the teacher

No eating

Dilute acid or base spills

Wash your hands before leaving