A Free Tutoring Service: Preparing For the Future

  Lesson Review C-28    February 25, 2003

          Hey! Carson students: Brittany Medano and Glenn of Del Amo (Carson): Cassandra and Charity from Centerview (Carson)...just be patient!

  "You'd better do something about the plastic sheeting that shields the students from the wind and rain on your front porch. Go out and find a carpenter to enclose the front porch. I don't care about the $5000-$6000 cost of enclosing the front porch. And no, I will not rob a bank again. You'd better ask for donations from somebody. Parents should be the first to donate, if they can afford it! Cities are invited to do the same!"  This is a Nonprofit Corporation, ain't it?              

      "My Time!" is a 20-minute period set aside to lecture the students on what I deem necessary. "Your Time!" is set aside for homework and homework assistance. The examination below will test the effectiveness of my lectures during....My Time.  Another Exam: A previous time  Try it, if you dare!

Examination Time! (8th-10th grade level) Algebra, Biology, Fractions, Chemistry..... Time limit...25 minutes   All students must take the examination, regardless of age and grade. See Mr. McAlpin for assistance only after the 1st  5-minutes ( below 9th grades only)...A passing score is 17 out of 20. Use graph paper provided. No talking during the exam!

1. Write the formula for the general equation of a straight line.

2. Given the equation: y = 2x^2 + 2x + 3; Is this a straight line equation?

3. Given P1 (3,6) and P2 (8, 10): What is the slope "m" ?

4. Plot the following points: P1 (6, -2);     P2 (-3, -4);      P3 (5, -4)

5. Given the point P1 (5, 6): and the slope "m" of 2/3:

a. Draw the graph of the straight line. You have 12 seconds to accomplish this!

b. Find "b" in the equation, y = mx + b, from the point and slope above.

6. Draw the lines:

a. y = 2/3 x + 2

b. y= 2/3 x + 6

c. What can you say about these two lines?

7. Draw the lines:

a. y = 3/5 x +8

b. y = -5/3 x -2

c. What can you say about these two lines?

8. a. What are Noble Gases? What is the atomic number of helium? Of Argon? Of krypton? Of uranium?

    b. What is the atomic weight of uranium? Of hydrogen? What gas is used in children's balloons and why?

    c. What happened to the Hindenburg Blimp? What happened to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the 1940's? What is the Enola Gay?

    d. Explain how oxygen combines with hydrogen to form water. Show electron configurations. Draw the electron configuration for helium, argon and krypton. What do they have in common? How many elements are there in nature?

     e. What are the Halogens on the Periodic Table of the Elements and what do they have in common?

9. What is a cell? How many different cells do the human body contain? How is the A.I.D.S. virus transmitted? What are T-cells? What is mononucleosis? What is the hardest substance in the human body and how can you protect it?

10. What is the Cell Theory? Who was the pioneer who made us aware of cells and how did he do it? When? Give 3 characteristics of the Cell Theory. What is cilia and flagella? What is homeostasis? What cells in the human body fight off a cut in the skin? What cells in the human body carry oxygen? What is the danger in smoking as related to oxygen?

11. Solve:

a.   4 1/2 divided by 3 1/3

b.   19123  1/9  -   889  2/5

c.   5 3/8    x    6  1/5

12. Factor:   

a.  (x^2  -  9)

13. Multiply:

a.   ( x - 3) ( x + 3)

b.  ( 2x ^ 2 + 3x - 3) ( x ^2 - 2x - 4)

13. Name all nine planets. Which planets have rings? Which have moons? Name some of the moons of one planet. How many days are there in year? How many weeks and months? How many hours are there in a day? In a month? In a year? What are time zones?

!4. What is the speed of light? Of sound? How long does it take light to reach the earth from the sun? What is a light-year? What is a galaxy? A constellation? What is the "Evening Star"? What are the brightest objects in our sky at night? What is the Milky Way Galaxy? How big is the Universe?

15. Are we faced with an impending war? With what Nation? What is a weapon of mass destruction? Name a chemical that might be used in a poison gas attack.

16. Describe your favorite hobby. How do you spend your leisure time? How many hours do you study each night? How many hours do you spend on the telephone each day?

17. Write down your expected grades on the 6-week progress report (March 15th, or thereabouts). What are you doing to make sure your grades are the very best?

18. What are your expectations of us in the Tutoring Service? What do you think we expect of you?

19. Can you use the digital camera yet to shoot photos and input them into this website? Why or why not?

20. Where will you be in 5- years? In 10- years? In 20-years?