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Force and Motion
Waves
Sound/Light
Earth/Moon
Planets
100
What is a place or object used for comparison to determine if an object is moving.
Reference Point
100
What is unit of measurement for frequency?
Hertz
100
What is the apparent change in frequency as the source moves in relation to the listener?
Doppler Effect
100
What is the season when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer?
Summer Solstice
100
What is inner planets in order
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
200
What is speed in a given direction?
Velocity
200
What is a wave that requires a medium to travel
Mechanical
200
What is the nerve that carries signals from the inner ear to the brain?
Auditory Nerve
200
What is phase between the New Moon and the First Quarter
Waxing Crecent
200
What is retrograde rotation?
When a planet rotates backward
300
What is tendency for an object to resist any change in it's motion?
Inertia
300
What is light that is bent when it goes around an object
Diffraction
300
What is a lens that is thicker in the middle than on the edges called?
Convex
300
What is tide when the earth, moon and sun line up
Spring Tide
300
What is oort cloud?
Where comets come from
400
What is force measured in?
Newton
400
What is it called when some light is allowed to pass through an object called?
Translucent
400
What is Electromagnetic Spectrum in order?
Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible Light, UV, X-Ray, Gamma
400
What is the eclipse when the moon is between the Earth and Sun?
Solar Eclipse
400
What causes a comets tail to point away from the sun?
Solar winds
500
What is the overall force acting on an object when all the forces are added together?
Net Force
500
As Wavelength decreases, what increases?
Frequency
500
What is the lowest frequency visible light color
Red
500
What is season in the Southern Hemisphere when it is fall in the Northern Hemisphere?
Spring
500
What is the surface of the sun called
Photosphere