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 |