INSTITUTO EVANGÉLICO VIRGINIA SAPP

Science 9th Grade Study Guide

1.Introduction to Matter.
1. Describe each of the properties of matter that can be determined through measurement.
2. Explain the principal difference between mass and weight.
3. Explain what is density and how to calculate.
4. What is the density of and object with a mass of 35g and a volume of 7cm3.
5. Explain the relationship between density and temperature and how this rule is different in water
and why.
6. What is the maas of a sample of a substance with a volume of 120 mL and a density of
0.75g/mL?

2.Solids Liquids and Gases

7. Complete the next comparative chat with information about the states of matter.

Solid Liquid Gas

Description

Physical Properties

Particles (Do a
drawing of how are
the particles of each
state)

8. Describe the different types of change of matter between a Solid and Liquid , a Liquid and a
Gass, and Solid to Gass.
9. Explain, what cause matter to change from one state to another?

3.Energy
10. What is energy?
11. Describe the relationship between energy, motion, force and work.
12. Draw and explain 2 examples for a push and 2 example for a pull.
13. How you calculate work and what units do you need?
14. Calculate work when you have a force of 300 newtons and the distance as 1.5 m.
15. How work is related to power?
16. Do a comparative chart between kinetic energy and potential energy.
17. Complete the chart with the other forms of energy

Type of Energy Description with an example and a drawing.

Mechanical Energy

Nuclear Energy

Thermal Energy

Chemical Energy

Electrical Energy
 Electromagnetic
Radiation

4. Thermal Energy Heat, and Temperature

18. Explain the difference between thermal energy, heat, and temperature.

19. How the total thermal energy of a system depends on the types, states, and amounts of matter
present?

20. How adding and removing heat energy affects the kinetic and thermal energy of matter.

21. How changes in temperature can cause a change in state.

22. Describe the 3 types of heat transfer with an example of each.

5. Waves and Electromagnetic radiation

23. Explain the characteristics of an electromagnetic wave.

25. Light is a particle or a wave? Explain the wave model and the particle model and explain a
comparison.

26. What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency of an electromagnetic wave?
 27. Complete the diagram with each type of electromagnetic wave, and a description below of each
picture.

6. Electricity and Magnetism

28. What causes electric field and electric forces?

29.Explain how works an electric current and what is a voltage?

30. How can you detect and describe a magnetic field?

31. Explain an compare the magnetic force and the electrical force.

7. Information Technologies
32. Why are digital signals a reliable way to produce store and transmit information?

33. Explain the difference between a software and a hardware?

8. Atoms and the periodic table

34. What are the part that make up an atom?

35. What evidence supports the modern model of the atoms?

36. What can atoms tell us about elements?

37. What is atomic mass?

38. Draw a diagram with the information that is in each cell of the periodic table, describe atomic
number, atomic mass and chemical symbol.

39. Describe each group in the periodic table, with the principal characteristics and 3 examples
(Elements) of each.

40. Draw an electron dot diagram for Nitrogen, Carbon and Gold.

9. Modeling Chemical Reactions

41. Explain what is a chemical formula and write an example indicating the parts.

42. Explain how is the structure of an equation.

43. How can a chemical equation be used to model the conservation of mass?

44. Explain the 3 types of chemical reactions with an example of each.

10. Forces and Motion

45. Do a comparative chart between Speed, Velocity and acceleration, including the formulas and units.

46. A girl travels 20 miles on her bicycle. The trip takes 2 hours. Express her speed in miles/hr

47. A car starts from a stoplight and is traveling with a velocity of 10 m/sec east in 20 seconds. What is
the acceleration of the car?

48. Do a comparative chart with the 3 newtons laws of motion, with a description, and example and a
drawing, for each.