Unit 1 Vocab
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Unit 1 Concepts
Unit 2 Concepts
Misc.
100

What is density?

The amount of substance (mass) within a specified volume. 

100
Mass of water in a graduated cylinder = 3.68 g

This graduated cylinder has 4.33 mL of liquid in it. 

What is the density of the liquid?

D = m/v

D= 3.68g / 4.33 mL

D = 0.84 g/mL

100

What is the impact of melting sea ice on sea levels?

Sea levels will stay the same when the sea ice melts. Volume of the sea ice is already in the sea, so when it melts it will not increase the sea levels. 

100

Where do you find protons and neutrons in an atom?

Protons and neutrons are found in the nucleus

100

A neutral atom of Beckium (Bec) has 9 protons. What can you infer about the number and type of subatomic particles present in Bec-? 


This Beckium atom has gained an electron, so it now has 9 protons and 10 electrons

200
What are a greenhouse gases?

Molecules with 3 or more atoms. These can pass through visible light but will get trapped in infrared radiation.

200

Substance B has a density = 11.42 g/mL

What is the volume when we have 200 g of substance B?

200 g * 1 mL

            _______

            11.42g

200

How do we represent mass, volume and density in a particle diagram?

Mass= number of particles

volume = size of the box. 

Density = based on the information provided, if information tells you something is more dense than another, you have to include more mass with in the SAME volume. 

200

Where do you find electrons in an atom?

electrons are found in the space surround the nucleus
200

A child rubs a balloon on their hair and now there is an attraction between the hair and the balloon. The mechanism for this system is at a scale that we cannot see. Why is the balloon attracted to the child's hair?

ELECTRONS from the hair moved to the balloon, resulting in the balloon and hair to have opposite charges and to attract.

300

What is the difference between a pure substance and a mixture?

a mixture has different particles while a pure substance has the same particles throughout.

300

How does the waves of infrared radiation and visible light differ?

Visible light has a shorter wavelength than infrared light. 

300

During a PHASE CHANGE what things are changing?

Particles are moving closer together as attractions are forming.

300

How does distance affect the force that is experienced between two things?

As the distance increased, force experienced is decreased.

As the distance decreases, force experienced is increased.

300

On a mass vs. volume graph, how do you know if something has a higher density?

You need to look at the slope, something that has a higher density will have a higher slope. If it has a low density it has a lower slope. 
400

What does the unit of specific heat tell us?

J/g°C

Amount of energy needed to change the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1°C

400

An ice cube is placed in a gallon of boiling water, what would an energy transfer diagram look like for this?

We would need one really big box, with a lot of particles in it, and a second small box with some particles in it. In this we would expect to see the arrows going from the hot to the cold. 

400
During the portions of a time temperature graph where temperature is INCREASEING, what is happening the motion of the particles?

Motion of the particles in the substance are increasing.

400

What is an electric field?

Area surrounding a charged object where other charged objects experience a force. 

400

When you are taking measurements what are somethings that you need to take into consideration?

If looking at volume, you must look at the meniscus and measure using that. 

How much each interval increases (example; increases by 0.1 mL) 

One place value over is going to be your estimated value (example; since it was increasing by 0.1 our estimated value will be in the hundreths place 0.01)

500

 What is albedo? 

How does this affect temperature?

reflection of visible light due to the coloring of the surface. Generally lighter colors will reflect better because of the albedo.

Things with higher albedo reflect light better which makes things cooler, if albedo decreases surfaces will get hotter.

500

How does the energy required to melt a certain amount a solid compare to the energy required to freeze the same amount of a liquid?

The energy absorbed to melt the substance is the same as the energy released when freezing the substance

500

What portions of a time temperature graph do you see a change in the potential and kinetic energy?

potential: during phase changes (flat portions of the graph where there is no increase in the temperature)

kinetic: during portions of the graph where the temperature is increasing or decreasing. 

500

What would the charges of objects have to be if they are attracted to each other? If they repel each other?

Attract = opposite charges (one positive, one negative)

Repel = same charges (both positive or both negative)

500

Calculate the volume of a sheet of floating sea ice that has an area of 25m^2 and a height of 35m

volume = a*h

volume = 875m^3