Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Science 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Weight | Pull of gravity on an object (can change!) |
| Mass | Amount of matter inside an object (cannot change) |
| Physical Change | Any change that alters form or appearance of matter but does not make and substance in the matter into a different substance. |
| Chemical Change | A change in matter that produces one or more new substances. |
| Qualitative observations | Observations using the five senses |
| Quantitative observations | Observations recorded as a number |
| Inference | Interpretation of what the direct observations mean |
| Scientific Law | Describes what scientist expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions |
| Constant | Part of an experiment that is held in the same condition for control and experimental |
| Varible | Part of the experiment that changes |
| Manipulated variable | A factor in a controlled experiment that is intentionally changed by the experimenter |
| Scientific Theory | A well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results |
| Inquire | To ask for information |
| Responding varible | A resulting factor in a controlled experiment that is observed and measured to see if it changes due to the manipulation of another variable |
| Experiment | A course of action completed in order to test a hypothesis |
| Control | A standard to which all other levels are compared in an a scientific experiment |
| Newton's First Law | A object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless altered by an external force |
| Newton's Second Law | Amount of force needed to change an objects speed depend on the mass of the object and the acceleration required |
| Newton's Third Law | Every action has an equal and opposite reaction |
| Accuracy | Being correct and precise. |
| Calibration | Each set of graduation on an interment. |
| Graduated Cylinder | Used for measuring amount of water |
| International System of Mesurement | The system of measure of movement used all over the world |
| Liquid | Flowing substance that takes form of it's container |
| Mass | The amount of matter in an object |
| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Meniscus | A slope in the surface of a liquid |
| Newton | A measurement for the amount of it takes one kilogram across one kilometer |
| Precision | Hitting the same spot everytime |
| Triple beam balance | An instrument that measures mass |
| Unit | Quantity chosen as a standard item |
| Volume | Amount of spaces an object takes up |
| Weight | Amount of gravity that pushes on an object |
| Matter | Anything that has mass and volume |
| Pure substance | A substance made of only one kind of material having definite proportional amounts and properties |
| Mixture | Matter that consists of two or more substances not chemically combined |
| Element | The simplest type of pure substance |
| Compound | Two or more elements chemically combinded |
| Homogeneous mixture | two or more substances not chemically combined, but appearing to be evenly blended |
| Heterogeneous mixture | Two or more substances not chemically combined, and appearing no uniform with physically distinct substances included |
| Condensation point | Temperature a liquid turns into a gas |
| Conductor | A material that allows electricity to flow |
| Density | Objects mass compared to it's volume |
| Deposition | A gas changing into a solid with changing into a liquid |
| Ductile | Ability to be pulled into long thin wires |
| Flexible | Ability to bend without breaking |
| Freezing point | Temperature that a liquid turns into a gas |
| Insulator | Material that does not allow electricity to run threw it |
| Kinetic Theory | That all of matter is made up of particles that move in a random motion |
| Luster | Shininess |
| Magnectic | Something that sticks to a magnet |
| Malleable | Ability to be hammered into a flat sheet of material |
| Melting point | The temperature a solid melts |
| Plasma | Matter that has electrically charged particles |
| Sublimation | A solid changing into a gas with it changing into a liquid |
| Accuracy | An area that is on track |
| Balance | The tool we use to measure mass |
| Boiling point | The temperature a liquid boils |
| Brittle | Material that is breakable when it is under pressure |
| Calibrate | To mark off lines on a measuring equipment |
| Centimeter cubed | A measurement for volume |
| Chemical Property | Characteristic of a substance changing into something else |
| Compress | To press togather |
| Dissolve | To break into tiny pieces |
| Gas | Matter that has infinite number of shapes and volumes |
| Graduated cylinder | A tool used for measuring |
| Gram | A unit of measurement for measuring mass |
| Kilogram | A unit of measurement measuring mass |
| Liquid | Matter that has definite volume |
| Litter | A unit of measurement that measures amount of liquid |
| Mass | The amount of matter in an object |
| Matter | Anything that has mass and volume |
| Meniscus | Curve of the surface of the water |
| Milliliter | Unit of measurement for liquid |
| Phases of Matter | Solid, liquid, gas, and plasma |
| Physical Property | Characteristics of a substance without changing it into another substance |
| Precision | amount of detail or refinement in measuring |
| Solid | State of matter having definite matter and definite shape |
| Soluble | able to dissolve |
| States of Matter | Solid, liquid, gas, and plasma |
| Texture | How something feels |
| Unit | A single, undivided whole |
| Volume | Amount of space that an object takes up |
| Weight | The amount of gravity that pushes on an object |
Created by:
PrincessLeia456
Popular Physical Science sets