HOLT CALIFORNIA
Physical Science
Study Guide
Study Guide B
B
with Directed Reading Worksheets
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ISBN 0-03-099398-9
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ISBN-13: 978-0-03099-398-5
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Contents
The Nature of Physical Science
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Data in Science
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Properties of Matter
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
States of Matter
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Introduction to Atoms
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
The Periodic Table
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Chemical Bonding
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Chemical Reactions
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Chemical Compounds
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
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The Chemistry of Living Things
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Matter in Motion
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Forces and Motion
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Forces in Fluids
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Our Solar System
Directed Reading B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Vocabulary and Section Summary B Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
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Skills Worksheet
Directed Reading B
Section: Science and Scientists (pp. 813)
1. What are two steps you can take to start being a scientist?
STARTING WITH A QUESTION
2. What is science?
3. Describe how you might practice science in your own neighborhood.
4. What are three different kinds of environments you might ask
questions about?
INVESTIGATION: THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
Match the correct definition with the correct term. Write the letter in the space
provided.
______ 5. carefully looking and recording what a. research
you see b. experimentation
______ 6. performing an activity to answer questions c. observation
______ 7. looking up information in books or on
the Internet
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