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Tuesday 6 November 2018

Science Revision - 2018 - Miss Kuruvilla

Throughout this year I've learnt several things. Today I'll be listing those things that I've learnt with a small summary.


1. Lab Safety Rules:
  • Always put your bag under the desk
  • Listen to instructions before you start practicals
  • No eating or drinking in a science lab
  • Tie your long hair while doing practicals 
  • Wash your hands after practicals.
2. Lighting a Bunsen Burner:
  • Connect rubber tube to the gas tap
  • Close the air hole
  • Light match and bring it to the top of the barrel
  • Turn on gas tap
  • Open air hole

3. Third rock from the sun:
Layers of the earth:
  • Crust - Thinnest Layer & the Coldest (Solid)
  • Mantle - Thickest Layer and a Semi Solid (Half Liquid and Solid/Inbetween)
  • Inner Core - Second Hottest Layer (Liquid)
  • Outer Core - Hottest Layer (Solid) 

4.  Plate Tectonics
Plate Boundaries:

  • Convergent - Coming Together.
  • Divergent - Moving away
  • Transform - Sliding Past












5. Amoeba: Parts of a cell
Parts of a cell:
  • Nucleus
  • Cell Membrane
  • Cytoplasm
  • Mitochondria
  • Vacuole
  • chloroplast



6. Sound and Light
Sound: 
Sound waves
Sound can travel through Solid, Liquid and Gas
Sound can travel through Solid quicker while Liquid is Quite delayed and Gas takes a very long time for sound to travel through
Light: Light travels in straight lines & is made out of 7 colours.
Vibgyor
V: Violet
I: Indigo
B: Blue
G: Green
Y: Yellow
O: Orange
R: Red

Ear:
Ear parts:
  • Pinna
  • External Auditory Canal
  • Hammer
  • Incus
  • Stapes
  • Cochlea
  • Ear drum
  • Semi circular canal
  • Auditory Nerve.
  • Eustachilar Tube