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science vocab
science vocabc
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Kinetic Energy | Is 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 | Is 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 | Is a small particle that is the building block of matter |
| Substance | Is the matter with a composition that is always the same |
| Element | Is a substance made of only one type of atom |
| Compound | Atoms of two or more different elements are bonded together to form a compound |
| Chemical Formula | is a group of chemicals symbols and numbers that represent the elements and the number of atoms of each element that makes up a compound. |