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Physics

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show life/physical  
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show life  
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Physics   show
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show physical  
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show life  
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show life  
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show physical  
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Astronomy   show
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show physics  
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the study of how matter is put together, how atoms combine to form molecules, and how the molecules combine to make up matter   show
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the study of matter is alive   show
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show relationships between concepts  
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two scientists usually credited as the principal founders of the scientific method   show
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show controlled/control  
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show independent  
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the resulting change is called the _____ variable   show
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In writing a hypothesis, what is the format that is used that is used?   show
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a close agreement by competent observers who make a series of observations of the same phenomenon   show
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a hypothesis that has been tested over and over again and not contradicted   show
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show hypothesis  
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What should happen if a scientist finds evidence that contradicts a hypothesis, law, or principle?   show
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show there must be a test for proving it wrong  
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show experiment/hypothesis  
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Science is a method of answering __________   show
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technology is a method of solving ________   show
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show technology  
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show science  
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show science  
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designing a new golf ball (science or technology?)   show
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show technology  
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determining the cause of swine-flu (science or technology?)   show
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concerned with the source, purpose, and meaning of everything   show
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show art  
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show science  
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show natural order  
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the domain of religion is _____________   show
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_____ are the building blocks of life   show
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________ are materials composed of only one kind of atom   show
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show 115  
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Of these _______ are naturally occurring elements and the rest are man-made in laboratories   show
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Which five elements make up most of living things?   show
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show fusion, stars  
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Which element is the most abudant element in the universe?   show
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Research has confirmed that about 23 percent of the matter in the universe is composed of unseen _______________   show
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show wavelength  
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Atoms in your body have been around since long before the solar system came into existence, more than __________ years ago   show
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show Brownian Motion, Neighboring Atoms and Scanning electron molecules  
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A ________ is the smallest particle of a substance consisting of two or more atoms that bond together by sharing electrons   show
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show gas, liquid  
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show smell  
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A ________ compound is a substance that is made of atoms of different elements combined in a fixed proportion   show
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The ___________ of a compound tells the proportions of each kind of atom in the compound   show
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show Brownian Motion, Neighboring Atoms and Scanning electron molecules  
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show molecule  
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show gas, liquid  
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Which sense can humans use to detect the presence of molecules such as sulfur dioxide, ammonia, or ether?   show
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A ________ compound is a substance that is made of atoms of different elements combined in a fixed proportion   show
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The ___________ of a compound tells the proportions of each kind of atom in the compound   show
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show 3  
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Where is most of the mass of an atom located?   show
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show nucleons  
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nucleons in an electrically neutral state   show
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necleons in an electrically charged state   show
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show isotopes  
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show atomic number  
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show protons, electrons  
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Electrons repel ______ but attract ________   show
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show ion  
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The _______________ is a chart that lists atoms by their atomic number and by their electron arrangements   show
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_____________ are located on the left side of the periodic table and ________________ on the right   show
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In the _______ phase, matter consists of positive ions and free electrons   show
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show higher temperatures  
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the time it takes for one back-and-forth motion of a pendulum is called the ______   show
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show cycle  
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List the two things that determine the period of a pendulum. ______ and _________   show
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show wavelength  
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low point on a wave   show
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vibrations per unit of time   show
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high point on a wave   show
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distance from a midpoint to a crest   show
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show frequency  
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energy of a wave   show
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show 330, 350  
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an __________ is a regular arrangement of places where wave effects are increased, decreased, or neutralized as waves pass through each other   show
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the points on a standing wave where no motion occurs are called ____________   show
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show interference  
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show light  
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show increase, decrease  
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show faster  
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show cone  
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show infrasonic, ultrasonic  
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show compression, rarefaction  
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show medium, pulse  
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The speed of sound in a gas depends primarily on _________ and ______________   show
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_______ in the air increases the speed of sound in air   show
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What is the intensity of sound proportional to?   show
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We interpret intensity of sound as ___________   show
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show elastic  
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show resonance  
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show compression  
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show rarefaction  
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show destructive, amplitude  
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show destructive  
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vision results from streamers or filaments emmitted by the eye making contact with an object   show
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show Huygens  
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Light consists of tiny particles   show
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Light consists of tiny particles of energy that travel as waves   show
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_______________ are massless bundles of concentrated electromagnetic energy   show
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Albert Michelson received the Nobel Prize for using a system of mirrors to measure _______________   show
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show eight minutes  
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What is a light year?   show
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show accelerating electric charge  
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show magnetic, electric  
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show radio, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet waves, x-rays, gamma rays  
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show infrared  
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Electromagnetic waves of frequencies slightly higher than the violet waves of visible light are called __________   show
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_______ light and ______ light do NOT pass through glass while ____ light does   show
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show visible,infrared,ultraviolet  
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Would you position a light source close or far from an object in order to produce a sharp shadow?   show
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A total shadow is called an ________   show
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If you shake a rope up and down, it becomes __________ polarized   show
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If you skake a rope from side to side, it becomes ___________ polarized   show
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