Vocabulary
Atom
What is the smallest piece of matter that has the properties of an element?
Atoms are made up of these
What are Protons, Neutron, Electrons, and the Nucleus?
Physical Changes
What are changes that do not affect the chemical structure of a substance?
What is science, technology, engineering, and mathematics?
The way the periodic table of elements is organized.
What is going from the top to bottom in groups by the increasing atomic number?
Mass
What is the measure of the amount of matter that makes up an object or substance
The four types of energy
What is potential energy, kinetic energy, chemical energy, and thermal energy?
Metals
What are shiny, malleable, and good conductors of electricity and heat?
Engineer
Who is a person that uses scientific knowledge and mathematics to create new technologies that solve problems?
System
What is a set of connected, interacting parts that form a more complex whole?
Property
What is a substance that is observed during a chemical reaction?
The difference between the three states of matter
What is the state of liquid, solid, and gas?
Nonmetals
What are brittle, dull, and poor conductors of electricity and heat?
Synthetic material
What is a substance that is formed through a chemical process developed by humans, as opposed to those of natural origin?
This slowed down food decay in fridges.
What is colder temperatures?
Molecule
What is a combination of two or more atoms bonded together?
Conduction
What is heat transfer that occurs when two molecules collide?
Endothermic process
What is absorbing heat?
The amount of elements all matter is made up of.
What is the combination of the 118 known elements?
Energy
What is the ability to do work?
Matter
What is everything that has mass and takes up space?
Thermal energy
What is the motion of atoms and molecules in a substance or object as its temperature increases?
This happens when reactants are combined and rearranged.
What is energy being exchanged between the system and the environment?
The eight steps of the engineering process.
What is identifying a problem, Research the problem, survey available materials, possible solutions, build a prototype, test the prototype, collect data, and refine or replicate?
What is 100 degrees Celsius, or 212 degrees Fahrenheit?