1st Semester Science Vocabulary
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Independent Variable | The part of the experiment that is tested. There is only 1 and it is what the scientist changes.
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| Dependent Variable | The end result in the experiment. There is only 1 and it is what gets measured.
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| Density | The amount of mass per unit volume of an object. It is Mass/Volume. How "stuffed" something is.
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| Safety Goggles | Protective eyewear that surrounds the eyes in order to prevent hazardous materials from entering.
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| Constant | All the things that are kept the same in an experiment.You should have at least 3 constants.
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| Atom | The smallest unit of an element that has all the properties of that element.
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| Nucleus | The tiny, very dense, positively charged region in the center of an atom. All the mass, which comes from the protons and neutrons, is here.
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| Electron Shell/Cloud | The regions around the nucleus of and atom where the electrons are found.
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| Atomic Number | The number of protons in one atom of an element. Determines the identity of an atom.
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| Atomic Mass | The average mass of the protons and the neutrons in an element.
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| Speed | How fast something is moving. It is equal to Distance/Time.
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| Mass | The amount of matter in an object.
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| Inertia | An object's resistance to a change in motion. The subject of Newton's First Law of Motion.
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| Velocity | The speed of an object in a particular direction.
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| Acceleration | A change in velocity (a change in speed or direction of motion).
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| Chemical Symbol | This represents the name of an element in the periodic table. It has a capital letter and 0-2 lowercase letters.
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| Chemical Formula | This represents the chemical names of substances. It combines chemicals symbols to show the elements in a substance.
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| Chemical Equation | This combines chemical formulas to show us which substances react and which substances are formed in a chemical reaction.
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| Compound Molecule | This is a substance composed of more than one element that are chemically combined.
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| Periodic Table of Elements | A chart of all the elements in the Universe.
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
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