What is the term used to describe internal energy found by adding the kinetic energy of particles making up a substance?
100
the force exerted per unit area
What is pressure?
100
a measure of the amount of space an object takes up; also the loudness of a sound or signal
What is volume?
200
crest
What is the term used to describe the peak or highest point on a wave?
200
neutral
What is the term used to describe a particle, object, or system that lacks a net charge?
200
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?
200
a physical change that occurs when matter changes to another state (i.e., liquid, gas, or solid)
What is a change of state?
200
a procedure that is carried out in order to observe a response caused by a stimulus; not a complete experiment
What is an investigation?
300
rate of change in velocity, usually expressed in meters per second; involves an increase or decrease in speed and/or a change in direction
What is acceleration?
300
the time-rate at which a body changes its position; defined as displacement divided by the time of travel
What is velocity?
300
conduction
What is the term used to describe the transmission of heat through a medium and without the motion of the medium?
300
compound
What is the term used to describe a substance made up of a combination of two or more elements held together by chemical bonds that cannot be separated by physical means?
300
a mixture of two or more substances uniformly dispersed throughout a single phase
What is a solution?
400
in any periodic function (e.g., a wave) the maximum absolute variation of the function
What is amplitude?
400
the lowest point on a wave
What is a trough?
400
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?
400
circuit
What is the term used to describe an interconnection of electrical elements forming a
complete path for the flow of current?
400
a set of objects, organisms, or different parts acting to form a whole
What is a system?
500
the change in direction of a wave caused by passing by an obstacle or traveling through an opening
What is diffraction?
500
frequency
What is the term used to describe the number of cycles or waves per unit time?
500
the emission and propagation of the entire range of the electromagnetic spectrum including: gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet radiation, visible light, microwaves, and radio waves
What is electromagnetic radiation?
500
the term used to describe a repetitive movement around an equilibrium point?
What is vibration?
500
a type of simple machine that consists of a rod driven through the center of a cylinder that is allowed to rotate freely, yielding a mechanical advantage equal to the cylinder’s diameter