Science Vocabulary
The amount of matter in an object.
Mass
3(x-4) - 2 = 2(-2x+1)
x = 2
President of the United States at the start of World War I
the main point an author makes about a topic
Central idea or Main idea
a graphics object that can be moved on top of or behind a background
sprite
A force that pulls all objects that have mass toward one another.
Gravity
8x + 6 = 4x - 14
x = -5
Assassination of _______________ started the war
Archdule Franz Ferdinand
the emotions the author conveys to the reader through the setting
Mood
detecting and eliminating a program's errors
A push or pull on an object that may change the motion of the object.
Force
7 - (5x -13) = -25
x = 9
Great Britain, France, Russia, and, later, the US
Allies
author compares unlike things using like or as
Similes
doing something over and over again
loop
The rate of change of velocity which includes speeding up, slowing down or changing direction.
Acceleration
-3(7x + 5) = 27
x = -2
Zimmerman telegram and the sinking of the Lusitania
Reasons the United States entered the war
author compares unlike things, saying one thing is the other, WITHOUT "like" or "as"
metaphors
a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or running a program
algorithm
a kind of friction (a force that opposes motion) which occurs between air and another object
Air Resistance
-15x + 21 + 5x = -19
x = 4
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire
Central Powers
the main characters, setting, and conflict is introduced
exposition
a customized program that performs a specific action (green blocks in code.org, like "draw a house")
function