the 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?
100
the smallest unit of 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 one gram
of water one degree Celsius at standard atmospheric
pressure
What is a Calorie?
100
a physical change that occurs when matter changes to
another state (i.e., liquid, gas, or solid)
What is Change of State?
100
The factor being measured or observed in an experiment
What is the Dependent Variable?
200
force of air on moving objects
What is air resistance?
200
a stable elementary particle that is negatively charged and
orbits the nucleus of an atom
What is electron?
200
the process of changing from a gas (i.e., water vapor)
to a liquid (i.e., dew); the act of making more dense or compact
What is condensation?
200
a reaction or a change in a substance produced by chemical means that results in producing a different
chemical
What is Chemical Change?
200
the factor that is changed in an experiment in order to study
changes in the dependent variable.
What is the Independent Variable?
300
the peak or highest point on a wave
What is the crest?
300
a substance that cannot be reduced to a simpler substance
by chemical means
What is an element?
300
the transmission of heat through a medium and without the
motion of the medium
What is Conduction?
300
an interconnection of electrical elements forming a
complete path for the flow of current
What is a Circuit?
300
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?
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
a fundamental principle stating energy cannot be created
nor destroyed but only changed from one form to another
What is Conservation of Energy?
400
concentration of matter of an object; number of individuals in the same species that live in a given area; the mass per unit volume of a substance in a given area.
What is Density?
400
a procedure that is carried out in order to observe response caused by a stimulus; not a complete experiment
What is an Investigation?
500
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?
500
a subatomic particle having zero charge, found in the
nucleus of an atom
What is Neutron?
500
heat transfer in a gas or liquid by the circulation of currents
from one region to another
What is Convection?
500
the region where magnetic force exist around magnets or electric currents.
What is a Magnetic Field?
500
a plan of inquiry that uses science process skills as a tool to gather, organize, analyze, and communicate information