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Science for flashcar
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| energy of motion | kinetic |
| stored energy that can be used later | potential |
| to bounce back after hitting a surface | reflect |
| to bend when passing through a different material | refract |
| the height of a wave from the middle to the top | amplitude |
| the highest point of a wave | crest |
| the distance between two matching points on a wave | wavelength |
| a material that lets all light pass through so you can see clearly | transparent |
| a material that lets some light pass through but not clearly | translucent |
| a material that blocks all light so you cannot see through it | opaque |
| the process of moving rock and soil from one place to another | erosion |
| the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces | weathering |
| a mixture where one substance is completely dissolved into another | solution |
| a combination of substances that are not chemically joined | mixture |
| an area of land where all water drains into the same place | watershed |
| a push or pull on an object | force |
| a force that pulls objects toward Earth | gravity |
| a change in position over time | motion |
| how fast something moves over a distance | speed |
| a tool used to measure wind speed | anemometer |
| a back-and-forth movement | vibration |
| a place where two plates move toward each other | convergent boundary |
| a place where two plates move away from each other | divergent boundary |
| a large, flat area of the deep ocean floor | abyssal plain |
| the shallow edge of a continent under the ocean | continental shelf |