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NOS vocab
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Term | Definition |
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Science | is the investigation and exploration of natural events and the new information that results from those investigations. |
observation | is using one or more of your senses to gather information and take note what occurs |
inference | is a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge |
hypothesis | is a observation that can be tested by an investagation |
prediction | is a statement of what will happen in the next sequence or events |
technology | the practical use of scientific knowledge for industrial use |
scientific theory | is an explnation of events based on knowledge gained from many investagations |
scientific law | a pattern that is always true |
critical thinking | compairing what you know to what informatorn you are given to discribe if you agree with it |
law of conservation of energy | energy can be transformed but not created or destroyed |
energy transfer | when energy goes from one object to an other |
energy transformation | when one form of energy is converted to another form of energy |
renewable resorsis | things you can you can use over and over agean |
temperature | how hot or cold something is |
heat | is the movement of thermal energy |
conduction | the transfer of thermal energy |
radiation | the transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves |
convection | transfer of thermal partials |
vaporization | when liquid to gas |
motion | the proses of changing position |
reference point | the starting point of you describing the motion of an object |
distance | the total length of your path |
displacement | the distance between your starting position and your final position |
speed | the time it took to get from one point to an other |
velocity | is the speed and direction of an object's motion |
acceleration | is the measure of the change in velocity during a period of time |
inertia | to resist to change motion |
newton's first law of motion | if the net force on an object is 0 the motion is 0 |
newton's second law of motion | an object in motion stays in motion |
newton's third law of motion | an object at rest stays at rest |
force pair | forces with the same motion to one an other |
power | to move something |
work | to use energy in an activity |