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10 pts. for the Wonderful Winter Wrap Up Project

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Graduated cylinder   An instrument used to measure the volume of an object.  
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Triple beam balance   An instrument used to measure the mass of an object.  
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Observations   Observations are made using one or more of your senses to gather information.  
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Inferences   Inferences are made when a reasoned opinion is made based on observations and experiences.  
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Predictions   A prediction is an opinion about what will happen in the future.  
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Chemical change   A chemical change occurs when a chemical reaction takes place and the substances created during a chemical reaction are completely differently from the original substances.  
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isotope   When there are a different number of neutrons than protons in an atom.  
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ion   When there are a different number of electrons than protons in an atom.  
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groups   The vertical rows on the Periodic Table.  
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periods   The horizontal rows on the Periodic Table.  
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1st law   An object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in motion will stay in motion until acted on by an unbalanced force.  
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2nd law   States that the acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the amount of force applied to the object.  
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3rd law   States that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.  
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speed formula   s=d/t  
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unbalanced force   All forces acting on the object are not equal.  
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light year   The distance it takes light to travel in space.  
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Osillating theory   The idea that big bangs follow big crunches in a never ending cycle.  
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Big Bang theory   The idea that the universe started out as a condensed mass a few millimeters across. It existed for a fraction of a second before an explosion caused the universe to expand very quickly, and it is still expanding, at a slower rate, today.  
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Steady State theory   Herman Bondi stated that everything in the universe looks essentially the same from every spot at any time.  
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HR diagram   A diagram that graphs the temperature and luminosity of all stars and easily shows each star in relation to another.  
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Apparent Magnitude   The apparent magnitude of a star describes how bright a star appears as viewed from Earth.  
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Absolute Magnitude   The absolute magnitude of a star describes how bright a star actually is.  
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Elliptical galaxies   Galaxies that contain older stars and very little gas and dust, they vary in shapes from spherical to football-shaped.  
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Irregular galaxies   Galaxies that have undefined shapes and consists of very, young starts, gas, and dust.  
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Spiral galaxies   Galaxies that resembles a pinwheel with arms that spiral outwards as it rotates and contain more middle-aged stars along with clouds of dust and gas.  
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