Matter and Energy
The positively charged particle found in the nucleus of an atom
What is the proton?
A man pulls on a rope with 50N of force to the left. Another man pulls on the same rope in the opposite direction with 75N of force. This is the Net Force on the rope.
What is 25N?
A charged atom.
What is an ion?
The source of heat that drives convection currents in the Earth's atmosphere.
What is the Sun?
The layer in which weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
Where the electrons are found in an atom...
What is the electron cloud?
A car drives at a constant speed of 60mph North to Dallas. This is an example of a ___________ _______.
What is balanced force?
The sum of forces acting on an object.
What is net force?
The winds that blow westward along the Equator.
What are the Trade Winds?
The ISS is located in this layer of the atmosphere.
What is the thermosphere?
The number of atoms found in C6H12O6 (glucose)
What is 24?
A car is driving 60mph, slows down to turn left at the corner, and then speeds back up to 60mph. This is ________________
What is acceleration?
An objects resistance to change in motion.
What is inertia?
The air mass that brings extremely cold and dry weather during the winter.
What is Continental Arctic?
Most meteors will burn up on this layer of the atmosphere.
What is the mesosphere?
This subatomic particle determines the elements identity.
What is a proton?
This law is demonstrated by launching a rocket into space or blowing up a balloon and releasing it.
What is Newton's 3rd Law?
A cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass.
What is a cold front?
The temperature of water nescessary for hurricane development.
What is warm?
The outermost layer of the Earth's atmopshere.
What is the Exosphere?
The name of the electrons in the outermost energy level that determine an elements reactivity.
What are valence electrons?
The relationship between an objects mass and volume. (How compact the molecules are in a substance.)
What is density?
The type of weather associated with a cold front.
What is cloudy and rainy, then cold and clear?
The layer of atmosphere that contains the Ozone layer.
What is the Stratosphere?