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1 sem science vocab
1st semester vocab for science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Saftey goggles | Equipment used to protect your eyes. |
| Graduated cylinder | Measurement tool for liquids that can be used to find volume. |
| Mass | The amount of matter in an object. |
| Flask | A container used to hold liquids. |
| Volume | How much space an object takes up. |
| Chemical change | Change in color, temperature, production of light, solid precipitate, and gas. |
| Physical change | Change in shape, form, and matter. |
| Proton | A particle with a positive charge. |
| Neutron | A particle with no charge. |
| Electron | A particle with a negative charge. |
| Newton's 1st Law | An object in motion will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at rest until acted on by a force. |
| Newton's 2nd Law | An object acted on by an unbalanced force will accelerate in the opposite direction of the force depending on the mass and the force. |
| Newton's 3rd Law | For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. |
| Balanced force | When to force is zero. |
| Unbalanced force | When the force is not zero. |
| Meteoroid | A rock that soars in space around the sun. |
| Meteor | A meteoroid in our earth's atmosphere. |
| Meteorite | A meteor that hits our earth's surface. |
| Asteroid | A large rock that orbits the sun in the asteroid belt. |
| Comet | A rock made of ice and dust that orbits the sun and has a tail. |