Nature of Science
Systematic study of natural events and conditions.
What is science.
anything that has mass and takes up space.
what is matter
A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another.
What is a wave
States that energy cannot be created or destroyed.
What is the law of Conservation of energy
Evidence gained from observation
The amount of matter in a object.
What is mass
A medium through which a wave travels
What is a medium
Ratio of useful output energy to input energy
a well supported explanation about the natural world
What is a theory
The measure of a gravitational force of a an object.
What is weight
Equally spaced units between two points
What are degrees
a representation of something in the natural world.
what is a model.
The amount of space a object occupies.
The distance from any point on a wave to a identical point on the next wave
What is a wavelength
Instrument used to measure temperature
what is a thermometer
something that describes a basic principle of nature that always occurs under certain conditions
what is a law
Amount of mass in a given volume
What is density
The speed at which a wave travels
what is wave speed
Energy transferred from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature
What is heat