Science 8:

Science Review Sheet

The student will be able to . . .

a. describe technologies used to study the ocean.
b. discuss how oceanographers use remote sensing to learn about the
ocean.
c. explain why it is important to protect the ocean.
d. describe how terrestrial and aquatic food webs are interconnected.
e. identify living and non living resources from the ocean.
f. identify the properties of ocean water.
g. describe the interactions between humans and the ocean.
h. identify characteristics of marine ecosystems.
i. explain how oceans impact our life here on Earth.
j. understand the importance of ocean life and the ocean environment.

The student will be able to . . .

a. Predict the solubility of a substance in water based on polarity.
b. Explain water’s unique ability as the universal solvent.
c. Predict whether a substance will float in water based on density.
d. Classify an object based on its density relative to that of water.
e. Determine if water is demonstrating cohesive or adhesive forces.
f. Analyze real-world situations that involve density and buoyancy.
g. Explain the unusual nature of ice’s density versus water’s density.
h. Describe the location of water on earth.
i. Understand that the water on earth is the same water that has been
here for billions of years.
j. Explain the processes by which water moves from one location to
another via the water cycle (processes include transpiration,
condensation, runoff, groundwater, and evaporation).
k. Describe, based on percentages, the amounts of water in each
location.
l. Describe types of technology or processes that can be used to convert
unusable water to usable resources.
m. Understand that water is a limited resource that needs to be
conserved.
n. Describe the structure of the hydrosphere including watersheds, river
basins, standing bodies of water (lakes and ponds), rivers and
streams, wetlands, and the ocean.
Describe technology used to study the hydrosphere

Absorbency – the ability to take in a material

Adhesion – the tendency of water to stick to other
substances
Buoyancy – the ability of a fluid to exert an upward force on
an object that is immersed in the fluid
Capillary Action – the process that moves water through a
narrow porous space
Cohesion – the attractive force between water molecules
Density – the measure of mass of a substance per unit
volume
Insoluble – not soluble
Man-made fibers – a man made object resembling a thread
Natural fibers – an object found in nature resembling a
thread
Polarity – uneven distribution of charges across a molecule
Soluble – having the ability to be dissolved in another
substance
Specific Heat – the amount of heat needed to raise the
temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree
Celsius
Surface Tension – the force that acts on the particles at the
surface of a material
Synthetic – prepared or created artificially; man-made not
found in nature
Universal Solvent – the quality of water that makes it able
to dissolve more substances that any other solvent can

Condensation – the process of warm air cooling as it rises

and releasing moisture in the form of a liquid
Evaporation – the process by which a liquid is changed into
a vapor
Fresh water – water on Earth that is used for human
consumption
Groundwater – water located below Earth’s surface
Human Consumption – the ability for humans to eat
Hydrosphere – the portion of the Earth that contains water
Impermeable – does not allow water to move through
Infiltration – water that seeps into rocks and between
particles of soil
Percolation – the downward movement of water through
pores and other spaces in soil due to gravity
Permeable – having pores or openings that allow water(or
other liquids) to flow through them
Precipitation – the rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls from
clouds onto the Earth’s land and oceans
Runoff – is precipitation that flows over land into streams
and rivers. This water later enters oceans.
Surface Water – water found on the surface of the Earth
Transpiration – water vapor given off by plant
photosynthesis
Water Cycle – the continuous movement of water from the
ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean

Aquifer – an underground layer of rock or soil that holds

water
Artesian Well – a well in which water rises because of
pressure within aquifer
Drought – a long period of scarce rainfall
Ecological Address –
Glaciers – a large mass of moving ice and snow on land
Hydrology – the study of water
Hydrosphere – the portion of Earth that contains water
Icecaps – a glacier forming on an extensive area of
relatively level land and flowing outward from its center
Icebergs – a large floating mass of ice detached from a
glacier
Reservoir – a lake that stores water for human use
River Basin – the region of land drained by a river and its
tributaries
Watershed – the land area that supplies water to a river
system
Wetland – a land area that is covered with a shallow layer of
water during some or all of the year
Absorbency – the ability to take in a material
Adhesion – the tendency of water to stick to other
substances
Buoyancy – the ability of a fluid to exert an upward force on
an object that is immersed in the fluid
Capillary Action – the process that moves water through a
narrow porous space
Cohesion – the attractive force between water molecules
Density – the measure of mass of a substance per unit
volume
Insoluble – not soluble
Man-made fibers – a man made object resembling a thread
Natural fibers – an object found in nature resembling a
thread
Polarity – uneven distribution of charges across a molecule
Soluble – having the ability to be dissolved in another
substance
Specific Heat – the amount of heat needed to raise the
temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree
Celsius
Surface Tension – the force that acts on the particles at the
surface of a material
Synthetic – prepared or created artificially; man-made not
found in nature
Universal Solvent – the quality of water that makes it able
to dissolve more substances that any other solvent can

Condensation – the process of warm air cooling as it rises

and releasing moisture in the form of a liquid
Evaporation – the process by which a liquid is changed into
a vapor
Fresh water – water on Earth that is used for human
consumption
Groundwater – water located below Earth’s surface
Human Consumption – the ability for humans to eat
Hydrosphere – the portion of the Earth that contains water
Impermeable – does not allow water to move through
Infiltration – water that seeps into rocks and between
particles of soil
Percolation – the downward movement of water through
pores and other spaces in soil due to gravity
Permeable – having pores or openings that allow water(or
other liquids) to flow through them
Precipitation – the rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls from
clouds onto the Earth’s land and oceans
Runoff – is precipitation that flows over land into streams
and rivers. This water later enters oceans.
Surface Water – water found on the surface of the Earth
Transpiration – water vapor given off by plant
photosynthesis
Water Cycle – the continuous movement of water from the
ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean