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Science Vocab Quiz
Science Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Kinetic Energy | The energy an object has due to its motion |
| Temperature | The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a material |
| Potential Energy | Stored energy due to the interactions between particles or objects |
| Thermal Energy | The result of the motion of all the particles and the distance and attractions between those particles in the system |
| Atom | A small particles that is the building block of matter |
| Substance | Is matter with a composition that is always the same |
| Element | A substance made of only one type of atom |
| Compound | When atoms of two or more different elements are bonded together |
| Chemical Formula | A group of chemical symbols and numbers that represent the elements and the number of atoms of each element that make up a compound |