The Atom
Modeling Our Orderly World
The periodic table
Sound
Kinematics
100
A subatomic particle, having a positive charge.
What is a proton?
100
A workable explanation or description of a phenomenon.
What is a model?
100
A table of the chemical elements arranged to display their periodic properties in relation to their atomic numbers.
What is the periodic table of elements?
100
A type of energy that can be transmitted as waves through a medium; either gas, liquid, or solid.
What is sound energy?
100
The study of motion.
What is mechanics?
200
The unique number of protons in the atoms of each element.
What is the atomic number?
200
A model that explains a related set of phenomena; can be used to predict unobserved aspects of the phenomena.
What is a theory?
200
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What is a family?
200
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The continuum of all possible sound waves.
What is acoustic spectrum?
200
Developed the first mathematical model of motion in the 1600's.
Who is Isaac Newton?
300
The total number of particles found in the nucleus of a particular isotope of an element.
What is mass number?
300
An ongoing, orderly, cyclical approach used to investigate the world.
What is scientific inquiry?
300
Any electron in the outermost energy level of a neutral atom.
What is a valence electron?
300
How high or low an audible tone sounds to the human ear; related to the concept of wave frequency.
What is pitch?
300
How far an object moves during a time interval.
What is distance?
400
An atom that has a different number of neutrons compared with other atoms of that element, which results in a different mass number.
What is an isotope?
400
A standardized system of measurement units used for science.
What is SI?
400
These elements have characteristics between those of metals and nonmetals.
What are metalloids?
400
Where vocal sounds originate; consists of dozens of pieces of cartilage held together by ligaments to form a flexible container that supports your vocal chords.
What is the larynx?
400
A vector quantity indicating the rate at which an object's position changes.
What is velocity?
500
A charged atom or group of atoms that has gained or lost electrons, producing an unequal number of protons and electrons.
What is an ion?
500
The degree of exactness of a measurement; can indicate the closeness or repeatability of measurements.
What is precision?
500
A measure of an element's ability to attract and hold electrons when bonded to other atoms.
What is electronegativity?
500
The longest standing wave produced by a vibration of a structure.
What is fundamental tone?
500
The 2-D motion of any flying object whose path is determined by the influence of an external force only, such as gravity.
What is projectile motion?