Electricity
static electricity
Elongated muscle cells that serve as the fundamental building block of skeletal muscle tissue
muscle fibers
The weather phenomenon caused by the buildup of frictional electricity
lightning
A small rocky body orbiting the sun
asteroid
Used to refract light into a spectrum
prism
The resistance that two surfaces experience when they move against one another
friction
fascicles
When moist, warm air meets cold air....the warm air
Rises
A celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classified as such
dwarf planet
The color of light depends on the color's specific
wavelength
Rubbing your feet on carpet and touching a doorknob is an example of
frictional electricity
These muscle fibers don't use a lot of force when they contract, but they can stay contracted for a long time
slow-twitch muscle fibers
The water in the warm air rises with it and starts rubbing against
Tiny bits of ice in the cold air
Used to guide compasses via magnetic north and protect the Earth's atmopshere
magnetic field
When gases combine, their _________________ have a simple numeric relationship
volumes
The generation of static charge through the contact and separation of two materials, often enhanced by rubbing, which transfers electrons
frictional electricity
These muscle fibers use a lot of force when they contact, but they can only stay contracted for a short time. After that, they have to relax.
fast-twitch muscle fibers
Friction between ice and water makes positive and negative charges in the clouds. Where are those charges?
Positive charges= top of clouds
Negative charges=bottom of cloud
High-energy particles or clusters of particles that move through space at nearly the speed of light
cosmic rays
A facility that has a telescope and other devices to aid natural philosophers in studying the heavens
observatory
Continuous flow of current driven by chemical energy
galvanic electricity
In turkeys and chickens, the slow-twitch muscles have a lot of blood vessels in them so they can get plenty of oxygen for their sustained work. We call the meat that comes from these muscles
Dark meat
So much negative charge builds up at the bottom of the cloud that electricity has to flow through the air where?
It occurs between clouds, within a cloud, or between the cloud and ground to neutralize extreme electrical charge differences
The most famous dwarf planet
Pluto
The rapid expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge is called
thunder