StudyWorks Science 3.0

Topics in StudyWorks! Science: Earth sciences: Earth's properties; Earth's core, mantle and crust; the rock cycle; water and erosion; glacier growth and movement; ocean depth, pressure, and currents; earthquakes and plate tectonics; geological age; weather and climate; and geography.

Biology: carbon and nitrogen cycles, fungi and decomposition, energy consumption, the food pyramid and diet, population growth dynamics, inheritance and genetics, the human body and its systems, and DNA and RNA.

Chemistry: The periodic table; solids, liquids, and gases; kinetic energy; the elements; atoms and molecules and their and its characteristics; ionic, covalent, and hydrogen bonds; the empirical formula; writing and balancing equations; titration, moles, and Avogadro's theory; molarity and molality; enthalpy and entropy; Fahrenheit and Celsius; freezing and boiling points; the ideal-gas law; properties of solutions; the pH factor, acids, and bases; organic chemistry; radioactive dating; and laboratory techniques.

Physics: Forces and Newton's laws of motion; mass, weight, and the law of gravity; velocity and acceleration; straight-line, projective, and circular motion; momentum, collision, and friction; work, energy, and power; thermal energy and dynamics; sound and its properties; light and optics; waves and their properties; electric fields and currents; magnetic fields; and flux and inductance.

Astronomy: Properties of the moon and sun, the solar system, planetary motion, star types and properties, galaxies, rockets and missiles, telescopes, formation of solar systems, and theories of the universe.

Statistics: Mean, median, and mode; standard deviation, sampling theory, randomness, types of distributions, probability, correlation and regression, and hypothesis testing.