EXTRA Flashcards
(47 cards)
Things or events observed to exist or occurred are called:
Phenomena
The study of matter and energy and those that interact is called:
Physics
The study of the structure, composition, and property of matter and how matter acts in the presence of other matter is known as:
Chemistry
Which type of science develops new technologies, products, and materials:
Applied science
What is the building block of all matter?
Atoms
The process of mixing by particle motion is known as:
Diffusion
Which is located in the nucleus of the atom?
Protons
The number of what determines the atomic number?
Protons
What occurs when thermal energy is lost from a vapor through cooling?
Condensation
Matter that contains only one kind of atom or fixed ratio of different atoms in a what:
Homogeneous mixture
The S.I.’s base unit for measurement is the:
Kilogram
What is the assessment of the measurement error?
Accuracy
List the conversion table.
Kilo Hecto Deka BASE UNIT Deci Centi Milli
What are two parts of measured data?
Number and unit
Which indicates a amount of matter in an object and the effect of gravity:
Weight
Which quantity indicates how fast motion occurs?
Speed
Everything inside the boundaries of what we study is known as the:
System
What is the modern study of motion?
Thermodynamics
What is the S.I. unit for force:
Newton
What is the gravitational acceleration?
9.81
When an objects velocity is constant for the remainder of its fall, the object has reached?
Terminal velocity
Systems that consist of line individual particles or masses of particles acting as a single object may have what?
Mechanical work
What type of energy is the energy of an object due to its physical position?
Mechanical potential energy
The position from which the distance traveled is measured is the what?
Zero reference point