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Quarter 3
Physical Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Circuit | Closed conducting loop through which an electric current can flow. |
| Conductor | Material, such as copper wire, in which electrons can move easily. |
| Electric Current | The net movement of electric charges in a single direction, measured in amperes (A). |
| Insulator | Material in which electrons are not able to move easily. |
| Parallel Circuit | Circuit in which electric current has more than one path to follow. |
| Series Circuit | Circuit in which electric current has only one path to follow. |
| Alternating Current | Electric current that reverses its direction of flow in a regular pattern. |
| Direct Current | Electric current that flows in only one direction. |
| Chemical Change | Change of one substance into a new substance. |
| Chemical Properties | Any characteristic of a substance, such as flammability, that indicates whether it can undergo a certain chemical change. |
| Compound | Substance formed from two or more elements in which the exact combination and proportions of elements is always the same. |
| Element | Substance with atoms that are all alike. |
| Physical Change | Any change in size, shape, or state of matter in which the identity of the substance remains the same. |
| Physical Properties | Any characteristic of a material such as size or shape, that you can observes or attempt to observe without changing the identity of the material. |
| Boyle's Law | If you decrease the volume of a container of gas and hold the temperature constant, the pressure of the gas will increase. |
| Charles's Law | As a gas is heated, its particles move faster and faster and its temperature increases. |
| Pascal Principle | If you are underwater, you can feel the pressure of the water all around you. |
| Bernoulli's Principle | A Swiss scientist who studied the properties of moving fluids such as water and air. |
| Archimedes Principle | A Greek mathematician named Archimedes made a discovery about buoyancy. |
| Kinetic Theory | An example of how particles in matter behave. |