Thursday, December 8, 2011

Physical Science Honors Mid-term exams

Please post your questions here.  I'll check periodically to see if I can help.  Others can respond as well to any posts.  Please limit your postings to issues regarding mid-term exams.

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    1. Hi, Emma, glad you found this! They should be on the Intro to Science PowerPoint. You can look in the book. I think most of them will be there.

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    2. If you list what you need here, someone will help.

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  3. Is the unit on energy going to be on the exam

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  5. Do we need to know the stuff on the article "Nature's Coast Guard"?

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  6. No energy or coast guard on exam!

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  7. is the exam going to be on moodle or on paper??

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  8. By energy, do you mean that the new PP you posted on Moodle under mid-term will not be on the exam?

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    1. The new PP is on direct and inverse relationships. It is on the exam. There is a section on the review sheet on Energy. At the point that I posted it I wasn't sure we'd get to it. We did not. It is not on the exam.

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  9. Men who become bald at a younger age also develop gray hair at a younger age.
    • IV: being bald at a young age
    • DV: having gray hair at a young age

    Is this an acceptable answer????

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    1. Those would be OK. Age when becoming bald and age when getting gray hair would be better.

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  10. what is a conclusion in your words????

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    1. A statement that reflects the hypothesis in the light of whether the data supported or refuted it. For example, if your hypothesis is that a new drug will reduce symptoms more than an older one and your data shows that people who take the new drug have fewer symptoms, your conclusion would be that the new drug reduces symptoms. If you data does not support it, the conclusion would be that the drug does not reduce symptoms.

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  11. Are we going to have to know how to tell if it is correlation or causation by looking at a graph?

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    1. You will need to be able to tell if it is a correlation but only if I give you the r2 value. If it is close to 1, there is a correlation.

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  12. Will we have to write out any definitions if you give us the word or will it mostly be matching, multiple choice, and fill in the blank?

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  13. for the r2 problems would you consider anything above 6.5 close to one?

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  14. What is the formula for acceleration?

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