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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Position | An objects position is its location point. |
| distance | the amount of space between one point and another |
| displacement | The method to find out the volume of water in a solid object. |
| speed | The distance traveled per unit of time. |
| velocity | The speed and direction of a moving object. |
| time | A measurement used to record an action, or an amount of progress. |
| frequency | The number of cycles a wave completes in a period of time. The number of times something happened. |
| law of conservation of energy | A law that states energy can not be created or destroyed. |
| potential energy | The energy that is stored |
| kinetic energy | The energy of motion. |
| refraction | Refraction is the bending of light as it passes from one transparent substance to another. |
| absorption | a physical process in which a substance takes in a given amount of another substance |
| wavelength | the distance between one peek and the next on a wave |
| gravity | A force that exists between any two objects that have mass. |
| mass | The amount of matter in an object. |
| weight | The force of gravity on an object. |
| inertia | An object's resistance to a change in motion |
| law of universal gravitation | Universal gravitation is what pulls the moon towards the earth. |
| rotation | Turning on an axis or spinning. |
| orbit | The circular or elliptic path of an object as it revolves around another object. |
| seasons | times in the year where weather or a different term |
| eclipses | An event whereby one astronomical body passes between two other astronomical bodies |
| moon phases | A cycle of the moon that is twenty-eight days long. |
| daylight savings | daylight savings time is when you turn your clock ahead when its warmer weather. |
| homeostasis | The ability to maintain a normal chemical balance though changing external conditions |
| food web | A model showing different feeding relationships. |
| food chain | A cycle of food for many living things. |
| energy pyramid | A mobile that show the available amount of energy in each tropic layer in each layer. |
| photosynthesis | the progress where plants and other organisims use the energy |