The following rules are to be followed as you copy and answer your "daily drill." 1. Number, date and copy entire drill from the front board in blue ink only. 2. Answer each and every part of the drill in pencil. 3. Odd numbered drills on front of the notebook paper. 4. Even numbered drills on the back of the notebook paper. 5. When drill packet (which includes 10 drills) is collected, it should be stapled together and numbered in numerical order.

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 Drill # 1                                 10/22/09

1.  The smallest particle of an element is the _______. A _______ is the combination of two or more atoms.

2.  The force that holds atoms together is called a ________  ________.

Drill # 2                                  10/23/09

1.  When naming a compound that contains only two elements, write the name of the ______ first folowed by the name of the ________ which ends in "ide."

2.  Name the following binary compounds: MgO, NaCl, KN

Drill # 3                               10/26/09

1.  What would the formula and name be for the following ionic compounds? (a) Ca  +  CO₃, H  +  H  +  SO₄,   and   NH₄   +   Br

Drill # 4                      10/27/09

1.  Is dust matter?  Explain your response.

2.  Phillip wants to determine the mass and volume of his pencil. How would he do that?

3.  Describe what an atom of bohrium would look like under the electron microscope.  Be specific.

Drill # 5                         10/28/09

1. _________ is the amount of mass a substance contains per one unit of volume.

2.  Density in ________ is equal to its mass in _________ divided by its volume in ________ if the substance is a solid or a gas and _______ if the substance is a liquid.

3.  A block of wood has a mass of 15 grams and a volume of 25 cubic centimeters. What is the density of this block of wood? Show the formula, substitution of values with their correct metric units, and your final answer with its correct metric units. Will this block of wood have a positive, negative or neutral buoyancy and how do you know?

Drill # 6                         10/29/09

1.  If the formula for density is density equals mass divided by volume, what is the formula for mass and volume when using this formula?

A.  mass =

B.  volume =

Drill # 7                                           10/30/09

1.  Many of the elements have been named of one of three things. What are they?

A.  famous s__________

B.  geographical l__________

C.  celestial (space) b__________

Drill # 8                                                 11/2/09

1.  All solutions have two parts. Name and define each part.

A.

B.

Drill # 9                                                 11/3/09

1. Weak tea is a DILUTE solution, whereas strong tea is a more CONCENTRATED solution. What is the DIFFERENCE bewteen the two?

Drill # 10                                                 11/4/09

1.  ____________ is a measure of how well a solute can dissolve in a solvent at a given temperature.

2.  Solubility changes with t_________, p_________ and type of s__________________.

Drills # 1 - 10 are to be stapled together in numerical order and be ready to turn in on Monday, November 9, 2009 during science class for assessment. If the drill set is not passing, it will be torn in half and returned to the student to be redone at Monday afternoon's coach class. All late Drill packets receive a 10 point penalty for each and every day it is submitted late.

Drill # 11                                                                                    1.  1.  List and define five vocabulary words you should have mastered for this unit.

Drill # 12                                                          11/9/09

1.  An acid is a substance that tastes s______, reacts with m_____ and c_________, and turns blue litmus paper r______.

2.  A base is a substance that tastes b_______, feels s_________ and turns red litmus paper b_______.

Drill # 13                               11/10/09

1.  Joan is given three beakers. One is labeled "A", one is labeled "B", and one is labeled "C". All three beakers have an odorless, colorless liquid in them. Joan's instructor tells her that one beaker contains NaOH, one contains H₂O, and one contains HCl. Explain how Joan would determine the correct contents of each beaker.

Drill # 14                                        11/12/09

1.  When calcium oxide (CaO) dissolves in water (H₂O), it reacts as shown below. Is calcium oxide an acid, a base or a neutral substance in this reaction and how do you know?

                     CaO     +     H₂O      yields       Ca       +     OH

Drill # 15                                     11/13/09

1.  An acid is any substance that when dissolved in water forms ______  _______ (H).

2.  A base is any substance that when dissolved in water forms _______  _______ (OH).

Drill # 16                                        11/16/09

BCR:  Julia has collected data over a three month period on the height of 30 tomato plants in three different types of soil. What might be the : (a) TITLE for this experiemnt?, (b) two topics for her RESEARCH, (c) a possible PURPOSE, (d) a plausible HYPOTHESIS, (e) the INDEPENDENT variable, (f) the DEPENDENT variable, and (g) the type of GRAPH she should use to display her data.

Drill # 17                                        11/17/09

1.  Julia has been collecting data for her Science Fair Project for the past three months. List three text features she should have used in her data collection and how they may have been helpful to her.

Drill # 18                                        11/19/09

1.  When deciding on the validity of a scientific claim, what are four things you should ask yourself BEFORE you accept that claim as being truthful?

Drill # 19                                        11/20/09

1.  What do scientists call the "spinning" of the Earth?

2.  What two things does the rotation of the Earth affect in our daily living?