Rate of change in velocity, usually expressed in meters per
second; involves an increase or decrease in speed and/or a
change in direction.
What is Acceleration?
100
The smallest unit of a chemical element that can still retain
the properties of that element.
What is an Atom?
100
Unit of energy; the amount of heat needed to raise one gram
of water one degree Celsius at standard atmospheric
pressure.
What is a Calorie?
100
One of the fundamental states of matter with a definite
volume but no definite shape.
What is Liquid?
100
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.
What is an Experiment?
200
Force of air on moving objects.
What is Air Resistance?
200
A substance that cannot be reduced to a simpler substance
by chemical means.
What is an Element?
200
A quantity that describes the capacity to do work; a source
of usable power.
What is Energy?
200
Having the property of attracting iron and certain other
materials by virtue of a surrounding field of force.
What is Magnetic Energy?
200
Factor being measured or observed in an experiment.
What is a Dependent Variable?
300
In any periodic function, like a wave, the maximum
absolute variation of the function.
What is Amplitude?
300
A subatomic particle having zero charge, found in the
nucleus of an atom.
What is a Neutron?
300
A form of energy resulting from the temperature difference
between a system and its surroundings.
What is Heat?
300
The amount of matter in an object.
What is Mass?
300
The factor that is changed in an experiment in order to study
changes in the dependent variable.
What is an Independent Variable?
400
A push or a pull
What is Force?
400
A stable elementary particle that is negatively charged and
orbits the nucleus of an atom.
What is Electron?
400
The energy possessed by a body because of its motion.
What is Kinetic energy?
400
The product of blending two or more objects into one substance.
What is a Mixture?
500
The observed effect of the force of gravitation.
What is Gravity?
500
A subatomic particle having a positive charge and which is
found in the nucleus of an atom.
What is a Proton?
500
Energy stored in an object due to the object’s configuration
and position.
What is Potential Energy?
500
A piece of glass with polished plane surfaces that disperses
a beam of white light into its component colors.
What is a Prism?
500
The event, condition, or factor that can be changed or
controlled in order to study or test a hypothesis in a
scientific experiment.