Physics
Atom
Energy
Physical Science
Nature of Science
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What is the word to this definition? - rate of change in velocity, usually expressed in meters per second; involves an increase or decrease in speed and/or a change in direction
Answer - Acceleration
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What is the word of this definition? - the smallest unit of a chemical element that can still retain the properties of that element
Answer - Atom
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What is the word for this definition? - unit of energy; the amount of heat needed to raise one gram of water one degree Celsius at standard atmospheric pressure
Answer - Calorie
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What is the word for this definition? - a physical change that occurs when matter changes to another state (i.e., liquid, gas, or solid)
Answer - Change of state
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What is the word for this definition? - a procedure that is carried out and repeated under controlled conditions in order to discover, demonstrate, or test a hypothesis; includes all components of the scientific method
Answer - Experiment
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What is the word of this definition? - force of air on moving objects
Answer - Air resistance
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What is the word for this definition? - a stable elementary particle that is negatively charged and orbits the nucleus of an atom
Answer - Electron
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What is the word for this definition? - the process of changing from a gas to a liquid the act of making more dense or compact
Answer - Condensation
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What is the word for this definition? - a reaction or a change in a substance produced by chemical means that results in producing a different chemical
Answer - Chemical Change
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What is the word for this definition? - a procedure that is carried out in order to observe a response caused by a stimulus; not a complete experiment
Answer - Investigation
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What is the word of this definition? - in any periodic function the maximum absolute variation of the function
Answer - Amplitude
300
What is the word for this definition? - a substance that cannot be reduced to a simpler substance by chemical means
Answer - Element
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What is the word for this definition? - the transmission of heat through a medium and without the motion of the medium
Answer - Conduction
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What is the word for this definition? - an interconnection of electrical elements forming a complete path for the flow of current
Answer - Circuit
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What is the word for this definition? - a set of objects, organisms, or different parts acting to form a whole
Answer - System
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What is the word of this definition? - a force that opposes the relative motion of two material surfaces in contact with one another
Answer - Friction
400
Answer - Neutral
What is the word for this definition? - a particle, object, or system that lacks a net charge
400
What is the word for this definition? - a quantity that describes the capacity to do work; a source of usable power
Answer - Energy
400
What is the word for this definition? - a substance made up of a combination of two or more elements held together by chemical bonds that cannot be separated by physical means
Answer - Compound
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What is the word fro this definition? - the event, condition, or factor that can be changed or controlled in order to study or test a hypothesis in a scientific experiment
Answer - Variable
500
What is the word of this definition? - a quality that tends to produce movement or acceleration of a body in the direction of its application; a push or a pull
Answer - Force
500
What is the word for this definition? - a subatomic particle having zero charge, found in the nucleus of an atom
Answer - Neutron
500
What is the word for this definition? - a form of energy resulting from the temperature difference between a system and its surroundings
Answer - Heat
500
What is the word for this definition? - concentration of matter of an object; number of individuals in the same species that live in a given area; the mass per unit volume of a substance in a given area
Answer - Density
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What is the word for this definition? - the factor that is changed in an experiment in order to study changes in the dependent variable
Answer - Independent variable