1. Essential Science Standards Let’s get essential! -or- Essentially, the most fun science!

2. ? The sun is composed primarily of ____________ and ____________

3. Hydrogen and Helium

4. ? What are the nine planets of our solar system?

5. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto Let’s just include Pluto for the fun of it.

6. ? Our solar system includes the nine planets as well as their ____________.

7. satellites

8. ? Our solar system includes the nine planets and their satellites as well as the ____________ and ____________ that orbit the sun. HINT: A___ and C____

9. Asteroids and comets

10. ? Path of a planet around the sun is due to the ____________ attraction between the sun and the planet HINT: G ____________

11. Gravitational

12. ? Most of Earth’s water is ____________ water in the ____________. HINT: S ___________ ; O ___________

13. Salt Oceans

14. ? Does the amount of water on planet Earth change?

15. No

16. ? ___________ or decreasing water ___________ can extend the availability of water here on Earth HINT: R ___________; U ___________

17. Recycling Usage

18. ? Wind is caused by the uneven ___________ of the Earth’s ___________. HINT: H ___________ ; S ___________

19. Heating Surface

20. ? Earth’s atmosphere exerts a ___________ that decreases with distance above the Earth’s ___________ HINT: P ___________; S ___________

21. Pressure Surface

22. ? Earth’s atmosphere exerts a pressure that is exerted equally in all ___________ at a given point HINT: D ___________

23. Directions

24. ? Atoms in reactants rearrange to form ___________ with different properties during a ___________ reaction HINT: P ___________; C ___________

25. Products Chemical

26. ? All matter is made of ___________ which may combine to form ___________ HINT: A ___________; M ___________

27. Atoms Molecules

28. ? Chemical Symbol of Al = _________

29. Aluminum

30. ? Chemical symbol of Fe =

31. Iron

32. ? Chemical symbol of Cu = _________

33. Copper

34. ? Chemical symbol of Ag = _________

35. Silver

36. ? Chemical Symbol of Ag = _________

37. Gold

38. ? Chemical symbol of Ni = _________

39. Nickel

40. Examples of metals that are pure substances: –_________(Al) –_________ (Fe) –_________ (Ni) –_________ (Cu) –_________ (Ag) –_________ (Au)

41. Aluminum Iron Nickel Copper Silver Gold

42. ? Examples of compounds that are metals: _________ and _________ HINT: S _________ and B _________

43. Steel Brass

44. ? Periodic Table arranges elements by their _________ properties HINT: C _________

45. Chemical

46. ? Periodic Table arranges elements by their chemical properties such as the _________ number HINT: A_________

47. ? Periodic Table arranges elements by their chemical properties. Those include the element’s _________ number HINT: A _________

48. Atomic

49. ? Periodic Table arranges elements by their chemical properties. Those include the element’s atomic number and whether the element is a _________ or a _________ HINT: M _________; N _________

50. Metal Nonmetal

51. ? Differences in chemical and physical _________ of substances are used to separate _________ and identify _________ HINT: P _________; M _________; C _________

52. Properties Mixtures Compounds

53. Identify the following compounds:

54. ? CH O 6 12 6 HINT: S _________

55. Sugar

56. ? HO 2

57. Water

58. ? He

59. Helium

60. ? O 2

61. Oxygen

62. ? N 2

63. nitrogen

64. ? C O 2

65. Carbon Dioxide

66. ? NaCl

67. Sodium Chloride

68. ? Another word for sodium chloride is _________ HINT: S_________

69. Salt

70. ? Living organisms are composed of just a few _________ E_________

71. Elements

72. ? _________ circulates through the heart chambers, lungs and body HINT: B _________

73. Blood

74. ? Blood circulates through the _________ chambers, _________ and body HINT: H _________, L _________

75. Heart Lungs

76. ? Carbon Dioxide and _________ are exchanged in the lungs and _________ HINT: O _________; T _________

77. Oxygen Tissue

78. ? Digestion has _________ steps. In other words, it progresses through defined steps beginning with insertion of food into your mouth. HINT: S _________

79. Sequential

80. ? Steps of digestion: 1._________ and mouth 2._________ 3.Stomach 4.Small _________ 5.Large Intestine 6. _________ HINT: T _________; E _________; I _________; C _________

81. 1.Teeth 2.Esophagus 3.Intestine 4.Colon

82. ? Function of the Kidneys: –remove cellular _________ from blood –Convert waste to _________ –Store urine in the _________ –HINT: W _________; U _________; B_________

83. Waste Urine Bladder

84. ? Sugar, water and minerals are transported in _________ plants HINT: V _________

85. Vascular

86. ? Vascular plants transport _________, water and _________ HINT: S _________; M _________

87. Sugar Minerals

88. ? Plants use carbon dioxide and energy from _________ to build molecules of _________ and release _________ HINT: S _________; S _________; O_________

89. Sunlight Sugar Oxygen

90. ? Plant and animal _________ break down _________ to obtain energy HINT: C _________; S _________

91. Cells Sugar

92. Thunderstorms? A thunderstorm forms when a mass of _________ air overtakes a mass of warm air The warm, _________ air rises quickly As it rises, it cools and _________, forming _________ HINT: Co_________; H _________; Con_________; Cl _________

93. Cold Humid Condenses Cloud

94. Thunderstorms? Cont… As warm, humid air rises, cools and condenses into clouds, the _________ of the condensed air falls back to the ground which pulls the cold air high up in the _________ back to the Earth’s surface This builds _________ charges in the cloud which build and escape. HINT: W _________; A _________; E_________

95. Weight Atmosphere Electric

96. ? The air along a bolt of _________ exceeds 28,000 Celsius. This heat makes the _________ expand so fast it breaks the _________ barrier HINT: L _________; A _________; S_________

97. Lightning Air Sound

98. ? Hurricanes start as _________- _________ areas over an _________ –Also known as a tropical _________ HINT: L _________-P _________; O_________; D _________

99. Low-pressure Oxygen Depression

100. ? As winds blow into a low pressure zone (tropical depression), the _________ of the Earth causes the wind to _________ If the winds reach a constant speed of 63 Kk/hr, it is a tropical _________ If winds reach 119 Km/hr, it is a _________ HINT: R _________; S _________; S_________; H _________

101. Rotation Spiral Storm Hurricane

102. ? 2 Functions of the Digestive System: 1.Breaks food down into _________ 2.Gets nutrients to the _________ HINT: N _________; B _________

103. Nutrients Blood

104. ? Digestion (STEP 1) begins as you _________ food –_________ moistens food and begins to break it down HINT: C _________; S _________

105. Chew Saliva

106. ? Digestion (STEP 2): Swallowed food travels down the _________ –_________ juice breaks food down further HINT: E _________; G _________

107. Esophagus Juice

108. The end.