High Stakes

Designed specifically to help students succeed on the all-important high school exit level and proficiency exams.

Before You Get Started

v

Part I---Introduction

Alphabet City

2

(12)

Test-Taking Tips and Strategies

14

(8)

About the High-Stakes Science Exam

15

(1)

Your Study Plan

15

(1)

Your Test-Day Strategy

16

(2)

What's on the Test?

18

(4)

Part II--Science Review

Biology

22

(98)

The Cell Story

23

(19)

Pass the Genes, Please: Genetics Review

42

(9)

Forces Unseen: Bacteria and Viruses

51

(7)

The Keys to the Kingdoms

58

(22)

The Body Factory

80

(28)

Ecology

108

(12)

Chemistry

120

(74)

Know Your Measurements

121

(6)

Let's Get Physical About Matter

127

(4)

The Universe of the Atom

131

(10)

It's Elementary: Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures

141

(5)

Opposites Attract: Compounds and Bonds

146

(12)

Chemical Reactions: Chemical Math

158

(10)

Chemical Reactions: Gas Laws and Kinetic Theories

168

(9)

Water and Solutions

177

(9)

Acid, Bases, and Salts

186

(8)

Earth Science

194

(36)

Geology

195

(13)

Oceanography

208

(3)

Meteorology

211

(10)

Astronomy

221

(9)

Physics

230

(30)

Motion, Energy, and Work

231

(6)

Force and Laws of Motion

237

(3)

Heat It Up!

240

(3)

Waves, Magnetism, and Electricity

243

(11)

Simple Machines

254

(6)

Part III--Exercises

The Final Review

260

(66)

Biology

261

(15)

Chemistry

276

(13)

Earth Science

289

(12)

Physics

301

(8)

Answers and Explanations

309

(17)

Index

326

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