Questions?

If you have any questions about material we’ve covered in class, you can post a question by leaving a “comment.” Be sure to include what class this is for. I will try to post a reply to you as soon as possible.

PLEASE do not wait until the night you have a unit test to post your questions because I might not get to them in time (you can try).

29 Responses to Questions?

  1. Mandy Lam says:

    To Ms. Lo
    I am Mandy from Block B and i was wondering if we could switch our topic from deep sea to space.

  2. fergusonscience says:

    yes you can change to deep space but you need to talk about the sickness that you get due to the pressure, otherwise you will find it hard to talk about they symptoms and the treatment part of the project. please come see me about it next class.

  3. Mandy Lam says:

    To Ms. Lo,

    I am Mandy from Block B Science 8. HI!
    I just wanted to ask what is actually used to measure mass?
    In the States of matter KMT notes, you’ve written that we use grams.
    But in the Pressure I worksheet, you’ve written that we use kilograms.
    In the textbook, it said that we can use both (beginning of chapter 7)
    Which one do we use exactly?
    Because from the last quiz, you said we were suppose to know which units we use, but there are three different sources to refer to, which one is correct?
    Thankyou!

  4. fergusonscience says:

    Mandy, we use grams or kilograms, since a kilogram is really just 1000 grams. When you have to calculate weight, remember that gravity is 9.8 N/kg.

  5. Jackie Zhou says:

    what is the password for the science nine e-book

  6. fergusonscience says:

    Science 9 and 10 E-Book Login Info

    Username: WN39
    Pass: LB39

  7. Alisa Brandt says:

    Hi Mr. Ferguson, this is Alisa from Block D,

    Just to make sure, about the onion root lab report, are the observations ONLY the drawings, chart, and graph, or do we need to write observations too? I think you said only the drawings, chart, and graph, but just in case.

    Thank you!

  8. Alexa Engh says:

    Hi Mr. Ferguson I just had a quick question, were we meant to do number 2 for conclude and apply and number 4 for analyze? Thank you.

    (sorry if i posted this more than once!)

    • fergusonscience says:

      Alexa,
      I know you handed it in already, but you were supposed to do all the analyze questions, and none of the conclude and apply.

  9. Shirley Xie says:

    Hi Mr. Ferguson,

    I have a question: During mitosis, if plant cells dont have centrioles, then how are spindle fibres held at each ends?
    I read some stuff on the internet, and it says that they’re held by the nuclear membrane. But I thought the nuclear membrane was supposed to disappear during prophase.

    Thanks.

    Shirley Xie

  10. Audrey Tung says:

    I was wondering if we needed to know the notes we took about mendelion’s theory for the midyear?

    Thanks,
    Audrey

    • fergusonscience says:

      No, that was an additional lesson that I thought would be interesting. Mendel’s genetics will not be on the midyear.

  11. Jackie Zhou says:

    Hi, for 8-1C fruit battery lab, were we supposed to write an observation?

    • fergusonscience says:

      The data that you recorded in your table are your observations. You can title the section Data/Observations. If you want to note anything else in that section, feel free.

  12. Chenoa Liu says:

    Hi Mr. Ferguson,

    Just wondering, do we have a test on Tuesday? Lots of people are unsure, because the sub didn’t say anything. Also, are we to write a formal write-up for the lab we did in class?

    Thanks,
    Chenoa (blk G)

    • fergusonscience says:

      No, We’ll probably have the quiz on Thursday, then a Unit Test the week after. Just fill in the data table and answer the Analyze and the Conclude and Apply questions for the Lab that you did with the Subb.

  13. Mandy says:

    Hi Mr. Ferguson !
    This is Mandy from Block D Science and I’m not really sure how to draw the diagrams (Ex. Page338 Question 41) showing “charging by conduction” and “charging by induction”. For “charging by conduction” with a positive rod, the negative charges in the electroscope will be near the rod and the positive charges will be further away.. is that right? Will there will be less charges in total because the textbook says that the negative charges are transferred to the positive rod.

    And if what I said above was right, “charging by conduction” with a negative rod would basically be the same thing but with the positive charges in the electroscope near the rod and the negative charges further back? Will there be more charges in total since the negative rod is transferring electrons to the electroscope?

    I know this is a handful of questions but I didn’t get a chance to ask you today during class due to the HCE assembly.
    Thanks so much!

  14. fergusonscience says:

    The diagram in #41 should show the negative charges move to the right, as they are induced by the positive rod. I think it illustrates the point better to leave the positive charges in place, since the nuclei of the atoms that contain those positive charges do not move.
    Once the object touches the rod, the negative charges will move over to the positive rod, making the total number of charges on the neutral object lower.
    With a negative rod, the electrons will be induced to move away from the rod, and when the rod actually touches the electrons would move off of the negative rod on to the neutral object. The positives stay in place in both cases.

  15. Shay says:

    Blk E (w/ fredy)
    Not science related:

    dude, I still need those dvds by the end of the year, so burn rubber man.
    Hopefully I won’t have to come looking for you.!]

    sorry, couldn’t find your email address

    • fergusonscience says:

      Not to worry Shay, I’ll be back on Monday. I’ll make sure that I have made some copies, and hopefully I’ll get a chance to watch them!!
      Thanks again for lending them to me.

  16. Ria Tinney says:

    Hi Mr. Ferguson!

  17. Ria Tinney says:

    Sorry about the previous message I hit enter and didn’t mean to! Anyways I was wondering where the science exam is. I know that it is on Thursday 11th at 1:45 but I was wondering where in the school it is! Thanks!

  18. steven says:

    Hi Mr. Furguson… i’m steven.. I was wondering that if both speed and velosity are about the distance an object travels during a given time interval divided by the time interval. so what is actually the difference between these two terms?

    • fergusonscience says:

      Velocity must always include the direction, such as;
      3 km/h [E]. Velocity is a vector quantity, speed is a scalar quantity.

  19. ashley says:

    hello, how many multipliable choose and written questions are there on the exam?

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