Amount of distance traveled divided by time taken; the
time-rate at which any physical process takes place
What is Speed?
100
The smallest unit of a chemical element that can still retain the properties of that element
What is an Atom?
100
A quantity that describes the capacity to do work; a source of usable power
What is Energy?
100
A substance made up of a combination of two or more elements held together by chemical bonds that cannot be separated by physical means
What is a Compound?
100
A procedure that is carried out and repeated under controlled conditions in order to discover, demonstrate, or test a hypothesis; includes all components of the scientific method
What is An Experiment?
200
The lowest point on a wave
What is the Trough?
200
A stable elementary particle that is negatively charged and orbits the nucleus of an atom
What is an Electron?
200
A form of energy resulting from the temperature difference between a system and its surroundings
What is Heat?
200
A solid, liquid, or gas that possesses inertia and is capable of occupying space
What is Matter?
200
The event, condition, or factor that can be changed or controlled in order to study or test a hypothesis in a scientific experiment
What is a Variable?
300
A quality that tends to produce movement or acceleration of a body in the direction of its application; a push or a pull
What is Force?
300
A substance that cannot be reduced to a simpler substance by chemical means
What is an Element?
300
A fundamental principle stating energy cannot be created nor destroyed but only changed from one form to another
What is the Law of Conservation Of Energy?
300
The force exerted per unit are
What is Pressure?
300
A procedure that is carried out in order to observe a response caused by a stimulus; not a complete experiment
What is an Investigation?
400
A force that opposes the relative motion of two material
surfaces in contact with one another
What is Friction?
400
A subatomic particle having zero charge, found in the
nucleus of an atom
What is a Neutron?
400
Unit of energy; the amount of heat needed to raise one gram of water one degree Celsius at standard atmospheric pressure
What is a Calorie?
400
The bouncing off or turning back of light, sound, or heat from a surface
What is Reflection?
400
A set of objects, organisms, or different parts acting to form a whole
What is a System?
500
The peak or highest point on a wave
What is the Crest?
500
A subatomic particle having a positive charge and which is found in the nucleus of an atom
What is a Proton?
500
Internal energy found by adding the kinetic energy of
particles making up a substance
What is Thermal Energy?
500
A change in direction of a wave that occurs as it passes from one medium to another of different density
What is Refraction?
500
A plan of inquiry that uses science process skills as a tool to gather, organize, analyze, and communicate information