Potential Energy
The energy something has because of its position or how its parts are arranged.
What is potential energy?
Energy that has heat. Ex: stove, fire, ovens
What is thermal energy?
The state of matter that is uniform with a unique set of properties. Not to be confused by two or more different substances combined in varying amounts.
What is a substance?
The equivalency of a kilo.
What is 1,000 units?
Another name for educated guess
What is hypothesis?
Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom (splitting or fusing the nucleus) Ex: Nuclear power
What is Nuclear Energy?
Energy of moving electric charges. Ex: electricity
What is electrical energy?
A state of matter which is a mixture of substances with a uniform composition; a solution.
What is homogeneous?
The equivalence of a milli.
What is 1/1000 or 0.0001 units?
Any information that you gain from the use of your senses.
What is observation?
Energy that makes things high up fall down. Ex roller coaster
What is gravitational energy?
Energy using electromagnetic rays. Ex: light, x-rays
What is radiant energy?
A state of matter which is a mixture of substances with a nonuniform composition.
What is heterogeneous?
Name the three base units.
What are meter, gram, and liter?
To study carefully or in detail.
Energy stored in bonds between atoms. Ex: food, batteries, gasoline.
What is chemical energy?
Energy transferred through a substance by a wave. Ex: saxophone or speakers
What is sound energy?
The state of matter that is the smallest unit of a chemical element that still has the chemical properties of that element.
What is an atom?
What is 25,670,000 centigrams?
This variable is what a scientist will change
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This variable is what a scientist will measure.
What is independent variable?
What is dependent variable?
Energy that is stored in an object by applying a force like compression. Ex: compressed string, stretched rubber band.
Energy through the movement of objects from one position to another. Ex: wind
What is mechanical energy?
What is an element?
Convert 25 millimeters to meters.
What is 0.0025?
A scientific investigation in which a person collects data by observing an even in a systematic manner without influencing or interfering with the event .
What is observational study?