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1st Semester Vocab.

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safety goggles   goggles used to protect the eyes when working with chemicals, fire or when the teacher says to  
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waft   using your hand to move a scent towards yourself  
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graduated cylinder   a container used to measure liquids  
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mass   amount of matter in an object  
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triple balance scale   a way to measure an objects mass  
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density   mass of an object divided by volume  
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volume   amount of space an object can contain  
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chemical change   when a substance is changed chemically, giving it new properties  
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physical change   when the physical properties of a substance are changed  
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nucleus   the center of an atom  
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proton   a part of the nucleus that is positively charged  
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neutron   a part of the nucleus that is neutrally charged  
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electron   a negatively charged part of an atom  
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periodic table   the collection of all known elements  
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atomic number   the number above the element on the periodic table (same as number of protons)  
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chemical equation   chemical symbols used to represent a reaction  
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reactants   the original substances before a chemical reaction  
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products   the product of a chemical reaction  
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balanced force   a force that has no motion  
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unbalanced force   a force that causees an object to be in motion  
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Newton's first 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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Newton's second law   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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Newton's third law   For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction  
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speed   speeed is calculated by dividing distance by time  
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time   time is calculated by dividing distance by speed  
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distance   distance is calculated by multiplying speed by time  
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speed graphs   speed graphs can have no motion, move forward or backward, have an increase in speed or have a decrease in speed  
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acceleration graphs   an acceleration graph can have no motion, a constant speed, positive acceleration or a negative acceleration.  
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galaxies   system of millions or billions of star, with gas and dust, which are held together by gravity  
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spiral galaxies   galaxies where stars followed with gas and dust form a spiral shape  
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elliptical galaxies   galaxies shaped like ellipses(stretched circles), categorized from E0-E7  
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irregular galaxies   galaxies with no definite form or shape  
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absolute magnitude   how bright a star actually is  
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apparent magnitude   how bright a star looks  
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