Sciences Test Prep

By now you should have seen 2 pages of review notes taken by your child. The Science concepts included in the notes are as follows:

• Physical Science
• There are 3 states of matter:
• solid
• liquid 
• gas
• In order for matter to change states heat must either be added or removed.
• Earth Science
• There are 3 main elements of weather
• heat
• air
• water
• Geography is also highly influential on the weather.
• There are many types of storms.
• Examples of meteorological (weather) tools are:
• anemometer-wind speed
• wind sock-wind speed and direction
• weather vane-wind direction
• rain gauge-amount of rain
• barometer-air pressure
• thermometer-temperature
• Biological Science
• There are many parts of a plant; we have observed:
• stem
• seed
• roots
• seed leaves
• leaves 
• flowers
• fruit
• Plants need sun, soil, water, and air in order to grow.
• Each living thing has a life cycle.

The Social Science Concepts are as follows:

• Humans need basic things in order to survive in a specific hierarchical order:
• air
• water
• food
• shelter
• clothing
• love
• Life in the past was different in many ways to life in the present.
• In the past, modes of transportation relied on human/animal energy.
• Modern transportation largely relies on fuel energy and modern roads are paved.
• The construction of homes in different locations reflect their local environment and available materials.
• There are many recognizable symbols which are particular to the United States, namely:
• The U.S. flag
• The Great Seal of the United States of America
• The Statue of Liberty
• The Capital Building (Most U.S. capital buildings have a distinctive dome in the their architecture.)
• The cardinal directions are:
• north
• east
• south
• west
• The ordinal (primary intercardinal) directions are:
• north east
• southeast
• southwest
• northwest

There will likely be a test next week.