Physics 101
Key Words pt. 1
What’s the Matter?
Key Words pt. 2
Heat
100

Physics is the study of

What is Energy and Matter?

100

The force that attracts atoms and molecules to each other 

What is cohesion?

100

Elements on the period table are organized into what three categories?

What is metal, semi metal, and non-metal?

100

Corrosion, rust, decay....

what is entropy? 

100

the process of a gas changing to a liquid 

What is condensation? 

200

The ability to do work

What is energy? 

200

The mixing of substances by random molecular motion 

What is diffusion? 

200

Solids are classified based on 

What is molecular arrangement?

200

Measures air pressure

What is barometer?

200

The process of a liquid changing to a gas

What is evaporation?

300

something that can be touched, smelled, or tasted

What is matter?

300

The arrangement of elements can be found in 

What is the periodic table?

300

The depth and density of matter determine which force?

What is gravitational pressure?

300

Upward energy

What is lift?

300

The process by which heat flows through materials and between objects in direct contact

What is conduction? 

400

Push or pull

What is force?

400

Nuclear division

What is fission?

400

The state of matter depends on its...

What is temperature?

400

Opposing pressure 

What is drag?

400

The transfer of heat by moving fluids

What is convection?

500

Resistance to a change in motion

What is inertia? 
500

The force that brings atomic nuclei together

What is fusion?

500

the smallest substance of matter

What is an atom?

500

When an object spins around an internal axis

What is rotational energy?

500

The transfer of heat that does not require matter

What is radiation?

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