Science: 8th Grade Study Guide

Chapter 1 Experiment: this is how you can solve a problem Hypothesis: a guess Variable: what you use to test your hypothesis to see if it holds true Trial: to try Materials: what you need Data Tables: charts, tables, graphs/anything you use to organize data(into a table) Safety: to prevent accidents Science: trying to understand the world around you Chapter 8 Neutron: *think*: neutron/neutral (no charge) Proton: positive charge *think*proton/positive Electron: Negative …

…form over tropical areas. Form when several small thunderstorms come together. Heat form tropical water increase speed. They go at least 120 km. Five climate types: Tropical (near equator), Mild (Between poles and tropics), Temperate, sub arctic, Polar (near poles). To determine climate... adv. Temp., precipitation, air pressire, humidity, # of days of sunshine. Global warming- Burning of fossil fuels and cutting down trees, increase in carbon dioxide atmosphere, carbon dioxide traps heat, increase in worldwide temperature.