StudyWorks Science 3.0

Description

.com StudyWorks! covers the widest range of concepts from the core science curriculum. And StudyWorks!' award-winning, three-step approach guarantees success or your money back. With StudyWorks! you start with detailed, engaging presentations of each science concept. Then move through guided, step-by-step examples and self-test practice problems at your own pace. They're all in an interactive, highly visual format that makes it fun to learn. 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.