Properties of Matter
Whether an object sinks or floats
What is relative density?
Energy that can be measured by a thermometer
What is thermal/heat energy?
Allows electricity to flow through
What is a conductor?
Light travels in what kind of lines until it is reflected or refracted
What is straight?
The waste and remains of dead plants and animals
What is organic matter
The amount of space something takes up; measured in liters or milliliters
What is volume?
Electromagnetic energy that can be sensed by the eye
What is light energy?
If the lights are off, the circuit is
What is open?
Light bounces off a surface
What is reflection?
When materials are eroded and dropped in a new place
What is deposition?
The amount of matter in a substance; measured in grams or milligrams
What is mass?
Energy resulting from the flow of charged particles
What is electrical energy?
A pathway with no breaks so that a current can flow through
What is a closed circuit?
A prism does this to light
What is refracts?
When minerals in water act like glue, sticking sediments together
What is cementation?
Anything that has mass and takes up space
What is matter?
Energy from movement
What is mechanical energy?
A circuit in which the current splits and runs through separate components
What is a parallel circuit?
This type of lens makes objects appear smaller and further away
What is a concave lens?
Substances formed over millions of years from the decomposition of organic matter
what are fossil fuels
6 properties of matter we have studied
What are mass, solubility, volume, relative density, magnetism, and conductivity?
Mechanical energy that travels as waves through the air or water and vibrates the ear drum upon contact
What is sound energy?
A complete path of conductors that an electric current can flow through
What is a circuit?
To pass through an object without being absorbed
What is transmit?
The steps of fossil fuel formation
organic matter
layers of sediment
millions of years of heat and pressure