Physics
Atom
Energy
Physical Science
Nature of Science
100
The rate of change in velocity.
What is acceleration?
100
The smallest unit of a chemical element that can still retain the properties of that element
What is an atom?
100
Unit of energy; The amount of heat needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree celsius at standard atmospheric pressure.
What is a Calorie
100
One form of the fundamental states of matter in which molecules don’t have fixed volume or shape.
What is Gas
100
A set of objects, organisms, or different parts acting to form a whole.
What is a system
200
A peak or the highest point on a wave.
What is a crest?
200
A stable elementary particle that is negatively charged and orbits the nucleus of an atom
What is an Electron
200
A quantity that describes the capacity to do work; source of power.
What is energy
200
One of the fundamental states of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape.
What is liquid
200
The factor that is changed in an experiment in ordered to study changes in the dependent variable.
What is an independent variable
300
Force of air on moving objects.
What is Air resistance?
300
A substance that cannot be reduced to a simpler substance by chemical means.
What is an Element
300
Form of energy resulting from the temperature difference between a system and it's surroundings
What is heat
300
The amount of matter an object contains.
What is mass
300
Factor being measured or observed in an experiment.
What is a dependent variable
400
The change in direction of a wave caused by passing by an obstacle or traveling through an opening
What is Diffraction?
400
A particle, object, or system that lacks a net charge.
What is Neutral
400
Energy processed by a body because of it's motion.
What is Kinetic energy
400
A simple machine: a circular level,usually a wheel with a grove where a rope can be placed and used to change the direction of a force.
What is pulley
400
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
500
In a periodic function (e.g. a wave) the maximum absolute variation of the function
What is Amplitude?
500
A substance particle having 0 charge, found in the nucleus of an atom.
What is a Neutron
500
Energy stored in an object to due to the object's configuration and position.
What is Potential energy
500
Electromagnetic radiation that lies within the visible range.
What is light
500
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 variable
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