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Quater3 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Closed conducting loop through which an electric current can flow. | Circuit |
| Material, such as copper wire, in which electrons can move easily. | Conductor |
| The net movement of electric charges in a single direction, measured in amperes. | Electric Current |
| Material in which electrons are not able to move easily. | Insulator |
| Circuit in which electric current has more than one path to follow. | Parallel Circuit |
| Circuit in which electric current has only one path to follow. | Series Circuit |
| Electric current that reverses its direction of flow a regular pattern. | Alternating Current |
| Electric current that flows in only one direction. | Direct Current |
| Change of one substance into a new substance. | Chemical Change |
| Any characteristic of a substance, such as flammability, that indicates whether it can undergo a certain chemical change. | Chemical Properties |
| Substance formed from two or more elements in which the exact combination and proportion of elements is always the same. | Compound |
| Substance with atoms that are all alike. | Element |
| Any change in size, shape, or state of matter in which the identity of the substance remains the same. | Physical Change |
| Any characteristic of a material, such as size or shape, that you can observe or attempt to observe without changing the identity of the material. | Physical Properties |
| Boyle's Law | |
| Charles's Law | |
| Pascal Principle | |
| Bernoulli's Principle | |
| Archimedes Principle | |
| Explanation of the behavior of molecules in matter; states that all matter is made of constantly moving particles that collide without losing energy. | Kinetic Theory |