Thermal Energy
The total energy of motion in the particles of a substance.
Thermal Energy
The energy that an object has because it is moving.
Kinetic Energy
About how much DNA do you inherit from your mother?
50%
A representation of an object, event, or process
A model
What is the name of Ms. Willard's cat?
Gizmo
The movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.
Heat
The movement when two objects hit each other.
A Collision
Where did they discover Pedro's fossil?
Peru
The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.
independent variable
In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?
Paris
The change of state from a gas to a liquid - when a cold surface meets warmer air
Condensation
A force between an moving object and the surface it is moving over.
Friction
A jellylike fluid inside the cell
Cytoplasm
A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal.
A System
What northern state did Ms. Willard live in?
Vermont
The measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.
Temperature
Stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object.
Potential Energy
How does a hibernating bear lose weight? Where did the matter go?
The matter goes into the air as CO2
Where does the independent variable go on a graph?
x or horizontal axis.
On which other planet in the Solar System have scientists observed snow falling?
Mars
A substance that reduces the transfer of thermal energy.
Insulator
If your halved the amount of speed a moving object has, what would its kinetic energy be?
a quarter
What do animals (including humans) use their food molecules for? (name all 3 uses)
growth,
to get energy by burning glucose through cellular respiration,
or to store for later use.
What type of data includes numbers?
quantitative
What does the word winter mean?
Time of water