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Lab Exam Practice Stations 2013-14: Student Worksheet

Date: Thursday, January 16th, 2014, in class individual summative evaluation.

This is worth 10% of your final mark. Make sure you practice before the lab exam.

1. a.) For the resistor at this station, make measurements of the current at five different voltages.
b.) Record the information in a suitable data table with correct units.
c.) Show the best way to calculate resistance using all the data in the above table.

2. a.) Plot a properly labelled graph for the data collected at station 1.
b.) Show how the slope of the graph can be used to determine resistance.
c.) Determine if the resistor is ohmic. What does this term mean?

3. Put on safety goggles. Mix each of the following pairs of substances together in a spot plate
and state whether a physical or chemical process has occurred.
a.) 3 drops of A + 3 drops of B
b.) 8 drops of C +a small amount of solid D, then mix
c.) 3 drops of E + 1 drop of F
Wash and dry the spot plate, and clean up any spills when you are finished.

4. Review the tests for three gases, hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide.

5. Determine the density of one of the following objects. Record all measurements that you make.
Show all calculations including formulas and units.

6. Determine the density of one of the following liquids. **Note** You may not remove the liquid
from the cylinder! They have plastic covers that should not be taken off. Show all calculations
including formulas.
Is the liquid more or less dense than water? Will it float or sink in water?

7. Review the Carbon Cycle.

a.) What process is the plant doing at this moment? Write the equation for this process.
b.) What opposite process is happening in your body at this moment? Write the equation for
this process.
c.) Why are these processes complementary?
d.) How are humans impacting the carbon cycle?
e.) What are the long term processes in the carbon cycle?
f.) Know the reservoirs for inorganic carbon.

8. Using the food web at this station, identify and understand all of the following:
a.) producers, consumers (primary, secondary, etc.), carnivores, herbivores, omnivores,
autotrophs, heterotroph
b.) trophic levels and the amount of energy at each
c.) draw a pyramid of energy for a food chain in this food web
d.) how abiotic and biotic factors affect this food web
e.) how excess levels of nitrogen from pollution might affect this food web
f.) Identify different relationships on this food web. Describe a predator-prey relationship by
sketching a population graph for the 2 organisms involved.
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Lab Exam Practice Stations 2013-14: Student Worksheet

9. a.) Draw schematic diagram of the circuit at this station. DO NOT DISCONNECT OR ADJUST
THE CIRCUIT.
b.) Is the circuit connected in parallel or in series?
c.) Review what happens with current in series and parallel circuits and explain why.
d.) Review what happens with voltage in series and parallel circuits and explain why.
e.) Check your series and parallel circuit lab activities to review these concepts.

10. a.) Measure both lengths and masses of the different pieces of wooden trim. Record the
information in a suitable table.
b.) Plot a graph of mass vs. length for the wooden trim. Label the graph properly.
c.) How much mass would a 38 cm long piece have? Show your calculations.

11. Determine the density of the following irregular object. Record all measurements that you make.
Show all calculations including formulas.

12. A king, wanting to ensure his new crown was pure gold, asked his wizard to determine its
density. The wizard found the following:
a.) The crown displaced 879 mL of water.
b.) The crown had a mass of 15 kg.
Was it pure gold? (The density of gold is 19.3 g/cm3.) Show all calculations including formulas.

13. Review the differences between chemical and physical changes. What are 5 observations that
indicate a chemical change has occurred?
Give two examples of chemical reactions.
Give two examples of physical processes.

14. Build a series circuit with a power supply, two light bulbs and an ammeter. DO NOT TURN THE
POWER SUPPLY ON! Properly connect a voltmeter across the second light bulb.
a.) Draw the circuit. Indicate the direction of electron flow.
b.) If two more light bulbs were added to the circuit in series, would the brightness of the light
bulbs change? Explain why.
c.) Does the location of the ammeter in the circuit matter for taking current readings? Why?

15. Review 3 methods of charging with static electricity. Practice with the equipment provided.
Make diagrams of the movement of charges and the resulting charges on objects.

16. Review the classification of matter. Give examples of homogeneous and heterogeneous
mixtures of different types. Give examples of pure substances.

17. Review the Scientific Method. Know how to write a hypothesis, procedure, and conclusion.
Know how to organize observations. Review the meaning of independent, dependent and
controlled variables and how to graph them.

18. Observe the samples at this station.

a) Describe at least 3 physical properties of each sample.
b) Use the equipment provided, describe 3 chemical properties of each sample.
c) Review the differences between physical and chemical properties. Provide examples of
each.