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Nelson Science Perspectives 10 - Student Textbook
Model: 9780176118877
The Nelson Science Perspectives 10 - Student Textbook supports the Ontario Ministry of Education course: Science, Grade 10, Academic, Course Code: SNC2D
It has these units and chapters:
Unit A: Introduction to Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration
Chapter 1 Living and Working with Science
1.1 Skills of Scientific Investigation
1.2 Scientific LIteracy for Living and Working in Canada
Unit B: Tissues, Organs, and Systems of Living Things
Chapter 2 Cells, Cell Division, and Cell Specialization
2.1 Plant and Animal Cells
2.2 "Perform an Activity on" Observing Plant and Animal Cells
2.3 The Importance of Cell Division
2.4 "Conduct and Investigation on" What Limits Cell Size?
2.5 The Cell Cycle
2.6 "Perform an Activity on" Observing Cell Division
2.7 Cell Division Going Wrong: Cancer
2.8 "Perform an Activity on" Comparing Cancer Cells and Normal Cells
2.9 Specialized Cells
2.10 "Perform an Activity on" Observing Specialized Cells
Chapter 3 Animal Systems
3.1 The Hierarchy of Structure in Animals
3.2 Stem Cells and Cellular Differentiation
3.3 The Digestive System
3.4 The Circulatory System
3.5 "Perform an Activity on" Studying the Organ systems of a Frog
3.6 The Respiratory System
3.7 Organ Transplantation
3.8 The Muskeloskeletal System
3.9 "Perform an Activity on" Exploring the Structure and Function of Tissues in a Chicken Wing
3.10 The Nervous System
3.11 Interactions of Systems
3.12 "Explore An Issue Critically on" To Immunize or Not to Immunize?
Chapter 4 Plant systems
4.1 Systems in Plants
4.2 Plant Tissue Systems
4.3 "Explore An Issue Critically on" Transgenic Plant Products
4.4 Tissues Working Together
4.5 "Perform an Activity on" Plant Cells and Tissues
4.6 Plant Growth
Unit C Chemical Reactions
Chapter 5 Chemicals and Their Properties
5.1 Properties and Changes
5.2 "Perform an Activity on" Identifying Physical and Chemical Changes
5.3 Hazardous Products and Workplace Safety
5.4 Patterns and the Periodic Table
5.5 Atoms and Ions
5.6 Ionic Compounds
5.7 Names and Formulas of Ionic Compounds
5.8 "Explore An Issue Critically on" Chlorine Conclusions
5.9 Polyatomic Ions
5.10 Molecules and Covalent Bonding
5.11 "Conduct and Investigation on" Properties of Ionic and Molecular Compounds
Chapter 6 Chemicals and Their Reactions
6.1 Describing Chemical Reactions
6.2 "Conduct and Investigation on" Is Mass Gained or Loss During a Chemical Reaction?
6.3 Conserving Mass in Chemical Reactions
6.4 Information in Chemical Equations
6.5 Types of Chemical Reactions: systhesis and Decomposition
6.6 Types of Chemical Reactions: Single and Double Displacement
6.7 "Perform an Activity on" Synthesis and Decomposition Reactions
6.8 "Perform an Activity on" Displacement Reactions
6.9 Types of Chemical Reactions: Combustion
6.10 Corrosion
Chapter 7 Acids and Bases
7.1 "Perform an Activity on" Classifying Acids and Bases
7.2 Properties, Names, and Formulas
7.3 The pH Scale
7.4 "Perform an Activity on" The pH of Household Subtances
7.5 Neutralization Reactions
7.6 "Perform an Activity on" Analyzing an Acid Spill
7.7 "Explore An Issue Critically on" Minimizing Risk for a Community
7.8 Acid Precipitation
Unit D Climate Change
Chapter 8 Earth's Climate System and Natural Change
8.1 Weather and Climate
8.2 Classifying Climate
8.3 The Sun Powers Earth's Climate System
8.4 Components of Earth's Climate System
8.5 "Perform an Activity on" Comparing Canadian Climates
8.6 The Green House Effect
8.7 "Perform an Activity on" Modelling the Green House Effect
8.8 Energy Transfer Within the Climate System: Air and Ocean Circulation
8.9 Long-Term and Short-Term Changes in Climate
8.10 Feedback Loops and Climate
8.11 Studying Clues to Past Climates
Chapter 9 Earth's Climate: Out of Balance
9.1 Evidence of a Changing Climate
9.2 "Perform an Activity on" Analyzing Sea Ice Extent for Evidence of Climate Change
9.3 "Perform an Activity on" Thermal Expansion and Sea Level
9.4 Greenhouse Gases: Changing the Climate
9.5 Canadian Emissions of Greenhouse Gases
9.6 Computer Modelling: Evidence that Human Activity Is Causing Current Changes
Chapter 10 Assessing and Responding to Climate Change
10.1 Climate Models and Clean Energy
10.2 Global Impacts of Climate Change
10.3 Impacts of Climate Change on Ontario
10.4 Taking Action to Limit Climate Change
10.5 What Can Individuals Do?
10.6 "Explore An Issue Critically on" Taking Action on Climate Change, Now or Later?
Unit E Light and Geometric Optics
Chapter 11 The Production and Reflection of Light
11.1 What is Light?
11.2 How is Light Produced?
11.3 The Laser - A special Type of Light
11.4 The Ray Model of Light
11.5 "Perform an Activity on" Reflecting Light Off a Mirror
11.6 The Laws of Reflection
11.7 Images in Plane Mirrors
11.8 "Conduct and Investigation on" Locating Images in a Plane Mirror
11.9 Images in Curved Mirrors
11.10 "Conduct and Investigation on" Locating Images in Curved Mirrors
Chapter 12 The Refraction of Light
12.1 What is Refraction?
12.2 "Perform an Activity on" The Path of Light - From Air to Acrylic
12.3 "Perform an Activity on" The Refraction of Light through Different Media
12.4 The Index of Refraction
12.5 Total Internal Reflection
12.6 "Perform an Activity on" Measuring the Critical Angle for Various Media
12.7 Phenomena Related to Refraction
Chapter 13 Lenses and Optical Devices
13.1 Lenses and the Formation of Images
13.2 "Perform an Activity on" Locating Images in Lenses
13.3 Images in Lenses
13.4 The Lens Equations
13.5 Lens Applications
13.6 The Human Eye
13.7 "Explore An Issue Critically on" Laser Eye Surgery
For each chapter, there are Summary, Review and Self-Quiz.
For each unit, there are Task, Review and Self-Quiz.
Numerical and short answers are given at the end of the textbook.
686 pages