Question | Answer |
Optics | Relating to the eyes or to vision |
Ozone | A gas in the atmosphere that traps the heat energy from the Sun. Ozone is the gas responsible for the gradual increase of the atmosphere's temperature known as the Greenhouse Effect |
Physical Properties | The characteristics of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance |
Photosynthesis | The process by which plants make food |
Precipitation | Water falling from the sky in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail. |
Prism | An object used to refract while light into the visible electromagnetic spectrum |
Properties | Something about an object that helps tell about what it is. (color, texture, taste are some properties of these apples) |
Rainbow | An arc of color in the sky. |
Reflection | The light energy that bounces off objects |
Refraction | The bending of light rays when they pass through a substance |
Solar Energy | The energy of sunlight |
Solid | The state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume |
solubility | The ability of one substance to be dissolved in another substance |
Solutions | A special type of mixture that can be more difficult to separate. Examples of solutions include chocolate milk, salt/sugar water, brass, and plastics |
Sound Energy | Energy produced from the vibration of matter |
Temperature | The average kinetic energy of all the molecules in an object |
Texture | How something feels. Texture can be rough, smooth, soft or slick |
Translucent | Allowing some light to pass through; blurry image an be seen |
Transparent | Allows most light to pass through; clear image can be seen |
Vibration | The back and forth movement of matter producing sound |
Volume (measurement) | The amount of space that an object takes up. |
weight | A measure of the pull of gravity on an object |
Anthracite | A hard, black rock; fourth stage of coal formation |