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Ch.9, 8, 15, 16
Question | Answer |
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circuit | closed conducting loop through which an electric current can flow |
conductor | material, such as copper wire, in which electrons can move easily |
electric current | the net movement of electric charges in a single direction, measured in ampres |
insulator | material in which heat flows slowly |
parallel circuit | circuit in which electric current has more than path ot follow |
series circuit | circuit in which electric current has only one path to follow |
alternating current | electric current that reverses its direction of flow in a regular pattern. |
direct current | electric current that flows in only one direction |
chemical change | change of one substance into a new substance |
chemical properties | any characteristic of a substance, such as flammability, that indicates whether it can undergo a certain chemical change. |
compound | substance formed from two or more elements in which the exact combination and proportion of elements is always the same |
element | substance with atoms that are all alike |
physical change | any change in size, shape, or state of matter in which the identity of the substance remains the same |
physical properties | any characteristic of a material, such as size or shape, that you can observe or attempt to observe without changing the identity of the material. |
boyles law | A law stating that the pressure of a given mass of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its volume at a constant temperature. |
pascal principle | is a principle in fluid mechanics that states that pressure exerted anywhere in a confined incompressible fluid is transmitted equally in all directions throughout the fluid such that the pressure ratio (initial difference) remains the same |
bernoullis principle | Web definitions (statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population |
Archimedes principles | In physics, buoyancy is an upward acting force, caused by fluid pressure, that opposes an object's weight. If the object is either |
Kinetic theory | explanation of the behavior of molecules in matter; states that all matter is made of constantly moving particles that collide without losing energy |
charles law | Web definitions Charles's law (also known as the law of volumes) is an experimental gas law which describes how gases tend to expand when heated. |