Definitions
The study of matter and energy and the interactions between them.
What is Physics?
The SI unit of mass
What is the kilogram?
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
The acceleration due to Earth's gravity, denoted g
What is 9.81 m/s2?
The transfer of thermal energy by the direct interaction of particles
What is thermal conduction?
A quantity that has both magnitude and direction
What is a vector?
The unit in which electric current is measured
What are amperes?
States that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?
The number of meters in a kilometer
What is 1000?
The measure of an object's motion, equal to its mass times velocity
What is momentum?
The force applied on an object when in contact with a surface that acts perpendicular to the surface.
What is the normal force?
The SI unit for both work and energy
What is the joule?
It describes the relationship between net force, mass, and acceleration
The equivalent of 0 K in degrees C
What is -273?
The amount of thermal energy needed to warm 1g of a substance by 1 degree C
What is specific heat capacity?
What is power?
The unit of pressure equal to 1 N/m2
What is a pascal (Pa)?
Describes how current flows and voltage varies across electrical circuits
What are Kirchoff's Laws?
The net force acting on an object moving at a constant velocity
What is 0 Newtons?
The ability to do work
What is energy?
The rate of change in position
What is velocity?
Prefix that indicates the base unit x 10-3
What is milli-?
Conserved in all collisions if there are not outside forces acting on the system
What is momentum?
The boiling point of water in degrees Farenheit
What is 212 F?
The property of a substance that indicates the amount of matter per unit of volume
What is density?