Force and Motion
the moment when two objects hit each other
What is a collision?
to pull objects toward one another
What is attraction?
a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
What is an adaptive trait?
a type of wave that carries energy from one place to another, even through empty space
What is a light wave?
to change from one type to another
What is conversion?
to apply a force
What is "to exert"?
the energy that is stored in an object or system
What is potential energy?
a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait
What is a mutation?
a group of atoms joined together in a particular way
What is a molecule?
the ability to make things move or change
What is energy?
a push or a pull that can change the motion of an object
What is a force?
a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current
What is an electromagnet?
a type of molecule that genes and chromosomes are made of
What is DNA?
to take in & to give off
What is absorb and emit?
a machine that can convert kinetic energy into electrical energy
What is a generator?
speed in a particular direction
What is velocity?
a line that connects opposite magnetic poles and represents the strength and direction of the magnetic field
What is a magnetic field line?
a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
What is a histogram?
a type of invisible light that is beyond violet on the spectrum
What is ultraviolet?
a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
What is a system?
the energy that an object has because it is moving
What is kinetic energy?
something that can be changed and may be measured
What is a variable?
any difference in traits between individual organisms
What is variation?
the maximum height of a wave
What is amplitude?
to move from one object to another or one place to another
What is a transfer?