Abridged science for high school students . Volume I / / by the Nuclear Research Foundation School Certificate Integrated ; under the chairmanship of H. Messel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480278603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Pergamon Press, , 1966; ©1966
• ISBN: 1-4831-8606-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 507.12
• Soggetti: Science - Study and teaching (Secondary); Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Abridged Science for High School Students; Copyright Page; THE NUCLEAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION SCHOOL CERTIFICATE INTEGRATED SCIENCE TEXTBOOK GROUP; EDITORS AND AUTHORS; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; THANK YOU; INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION II; Chapter 1. THE UNIVERSE - LOOKING OUTWARDS AND INWARDS; THE SOLAR SYSTEM; GALAXIES; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; THE ATOM UNIVERSE; SOLIDS, LIQUIDS AND GASES; ELECTRICITY; THE PLANET EARTH; SCIENCE AND ITS APPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC METHOD; SUMMARY; Chapter 2. MATTER AND HEAT; THE EFFECTS OF HEATING MATTER; COMPRESSING MATTER; PARTICLES OF MATTER; DIFFUSIONWHAT HAPPENS DURING CHANGE OF STATE?; PARTICLE MOTION AND TEMPERATURE; THE SIZES OF PARTICLES; THE KINETIC THEORY OF MATTER; SUMMARY; Chapter 3. THE SOUTHERN SKY; THE SOUTHERN CROSS; STAR TRAILS; THE SOLAR SYSTEM; THE SUN; THE PLANETS; THE SIZE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM; TIME; SUMMARY; Chapter 4. TIME; TIME ON EARTH; MAN ON THE EARTH; LIFE ON EARTH; PAST GEOGRAPHY OF THE EARTH; THE AGE OF THE CONTINENTS; THE AGE OF THE OCEANS; THE AGE OF THE EARTH; THE AGE OF THE UNIVERSE; SUMMARY; Chapter 5. SEPARATION OF USEFUL MATERIALS; The importance of separation of materials.; Sedimentation and filtrationSolution; Distillation; Diffusion; Adsorption; ; OTHER INDUSTRIAL SEPARATIONS; SUMMARY; PURE SUBSTANCES; Chapter 6. MORE ABOUT HEAT; CONDUCTION OF HEAT; CONVECTION CURRENTS; RADIATION OF HEAT ENERGY; THE VACUUM FLASK; HIDDEN HEAT; EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION; THERMOMETERS AND TEMPERATURE SCALES; HEAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN GEOLOGY; HEAT IS IMPORTANT IN AGRICULTURE; HEAT ENERGY IN THE KITCHEN; SUMMARY; Chapter 7. WEATHER; SOLAR ENERGY; AIR PRESSURE; CONVECTION IN THE AIR; FORMATION OF CLOUD AND RAIN; THE WEATHER MAP; THINGS TO DO; SUMMARY; Chapter 8. THE LIVING WORLD; LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGSTHE PLANT BODY; THE ANIMAL BODY; VARIATIONS ON A PLAN; CELLS AND ORGANISMS; THE CELL-THE UNIT OF STRUCTURE; THE CELL-THE UNIT OF FUNCTION; UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS AND MICRO-ORGANISMS; THE CELL AND THE MULTI-CELLULAR ORGANISM; LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE; LIFE'S HOME ON EARTH; SUMMARY; Chapter 9. ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRIC CHARGES; THE ELECTROPHORUS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; CONDUCTORS AND RESISTORS; VOLTAGE, CURRENT AND RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS THROUGH LIQUIDS; THE VOLTAIC CELL; MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC CURRENTS IN NERVES; SUMMARY; Chapter 10. WAVES-CARRIERS OF ENERGYWATER WAVES; LIGHT AS A WAVE MOTION; SOUND AS A WAVE MOTION; SUMMARY; Chapter 11. HEAT AND CHEMICAL CHANGE. ELEMENTS; SUMMARY; Chapter 12. HEAT IN THE EARTH-IGNEOUS ROCKS AND MINERALS; VOLCANOES; IGNEOUS ROCKS; VOLCANIC LANDFORMS; MINERALS; THINGS TO DO; SUMMARY; Chapter 13. FORMS OF ENERGY AND MACHINES; MOTION; PARTICLE MOVEMENT; ENERGY DUE TO POSITION; ENERGY OF STRAIN; FORMS OF ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONS; THE SIMPLE MACHINES; WHAT MACHINES DO FOR US; SUMMARY; Chapter 14. GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION; WHAT IS A FORCE?; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; MOTION UNDER THE ACTION OF THE WEIGHT-FORCE
• Sommario/riassunto: Abridged Science for High School Students, Volume I is a general science book that provides a concise discussion of wide array of scientific topics. The book is designed to supplement integrated science courses. <br>The contents of the text cover a wide variety of scientific disciplines and are not structured in any way. The coverage of the book includes discussions on matter, heat, weather, gravity, time, and evolution. <br>The book will be of great interest to anyone who wants to have access to a wide variety of scientific disciplines in one publication.