Matter
Energy
Heat Transfer
Motion
Big Ideas
100

This subatomic particle determines the identity of an element.

What is a proton?

100

What type of energy is the energy of motion determined by 1/2 mass x velocity?

What is kinetic energy?

100

Heat transfer through direct contact.

What is conduction?

100

The formula for determining the speed of an object.

What is distance divided by time?

100

According to the Law of Conservation of Matter, this must remain the same in a chemical reaction.

What is the # and type of atoms OR?

What is the mass?

200

A substance that has a fixed composition and cannot be separated by physical means.

What is a pure substance?

200

Energy stored due to position or shape.

What is potential energy?

200

Heat transfer by movement of fluids.

What is convection?

200
The variable that determines how velocity is different from speed.

What is direction?

200

When kinetic energy decreases due to friction, it gives off this type of energy.

What is heat or thermal energy?

300

A student observes bubbles forming and a temperature change. This type of change has occurred.

What is chemical change?

300

The energy transformation in a flashlight when it is turned on.

What is chemical to electrical to light and heat?

300

Heat always moves in this direction.

What is warmer to cooler?

300

This is needed to describe an object’s position.

What is reference point?

300

Elements in the same column on the periodic table share this.

What is valence electrons? OR

What is similar chemical properties?

400

This type of mixture is physically combined and has a uniform composition that can be separted by physical means.

What is a homogeneous mixture?

400

This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.

What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
400

Heat transfer through space/ electromagnetic waves.

What is radiation?

400

On a speed-time graph, a flat horizontal line shows this type of motion.

What is constant speed?

400

The periodic table is arranged by increasing this value.

What is atomic number OR number of protons?

500

This property tells how much mass is in a given volume.

What is density?

500

A roller coaster car has the most potential energy at this location.

What is at the highest point?
500

What do air particles do when heat is added through convection?

What is move faster and spread out?
500

An object can accelerate even if its speed stays the same by doing this.

What is it changes direction?

500

On a DISTANCE/TIME graph, this is happening when you see a horizontal line.

What is no movement?

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