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The study of science today branches into the study of the ___________ sciences and the _________ sciences.   life/physical  
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Zoology (physical or life science)   life  
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Physics   physical  
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Chemistry   physical  
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Biology   life  
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Botany   life  
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Geology   physical  
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Astronomy   physical  
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the study of the nature of things such as motion, forces, energy, matter, heat, sound, light, and the composition of atoms   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   chemistry  
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the study of matter is alive   biology  
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equations are a compact way to express   relationships between concepts  
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two scientists usually credited as the principal founders of the scientific method   Galileo Galilei and Francis Bacon  
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in a ________ experiment, there are usually two or more experimental groups whose results are compared to a ____ group that is kept under normal, standard conditions   controlled/control  
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the variable that the scientist changes on purpose is the ____ variable   independent  
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the resulting change is called the _____ variable   dependent  
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In writing a hypothesis, what is the format that is used that is used?   The theory, the scientific language of the theory, synthesis of a large body of information  
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a close agreement by competent observers who make a series of observations of the same phenomenon   fact  
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a hypothesis that has been tested over and over again and not contradicted   laws  
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an educated guess that is not fully accepted until demostrated by experiment   hypothesis  
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What should happen if a scientist finds evidence that contradicts a hypothesis, law, or principle?   it must be abandoned or changed  
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what must be true in order for a hypothesis to be scientific?   there must be a test for proving it wrong  
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scientists perform an _______ to test a _______   experiment/hypothesis  
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Science is a method of answering __________   theoretical questions  
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technology is a method of solving ________   pracitcal problems  
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involves the design creation of something for the use of enjoyment of humans (science or technology?)   technology  
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has to do with discovering facts and relationships between observable phenomena in nature (science or technology?)   science  
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studying the effect of shape on flight of objects (science of technology?)   science  
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designing a new golf ball (science or technology?)   technology  
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making swine-flu vaccines (science or technology?)   technology  
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determining the cause of swine-flu (science or technology?)   science  
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concerned with the source, purpose, and meaning of everything   religion  
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concerned with the value of human interactions as they pertain to the senses   art  
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concerned with discovering and recording natural phenomena   science  
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science and religion do not contradict one another because the domain of science is ________   natural order  
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the domain of religion is _____________   nature's purpose  
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_____ are the building blocks of life   atoms  
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________ are materials composed of only one kind of atom   elements  
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The number of known elements is currently about ____   115  
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Of these _______ are naturally occurring elements and the rest are man-made in laboratories   90  
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Which five elements make up most of living things?   Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Calcium  
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Most of the natural elements are formed by ________ reactions that occur in _____   fusion, stars  
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Which element is the most abudant element in the universe?   Hygrogen  
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Research has confirmed that about 23 percent of the matter in the universe is composed of unseen _______________   dark matter  
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Atoms cannot be seen with visible light because they are smaller than the __________ of light   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   4.6 billion  
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__________________ is perpetual jiggling of particles that are just large enough to be seen caused by the motion of___________________   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   molecule  
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Matter is a ________ or ________ at room temperature is usually made of molecules   gas, liquid  
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Which sense can humans use to detect the presence of molecules such as sulfur dioxide, ammonia, or ether?   smell  
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A ________ compound is a substance that is made of atoms of different elements combined in a fixed proportion   compound  
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The ___________ of a compound tells the proportions of each kind of atom in the compound   chemical formula  
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__________________ is perpetual jiggling of particles that are just large enough to be seen caused by the motion of___________________   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   molecule  
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Matter is a ________ or ________ at room temperature is usually made of molecules   gas, liquid  
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Which sense can humans use to detect the presence of molecules such as sulfur dioxide, ammonia, or ether?   smell  
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A ________ compound is a substance that is made of atoms of different elements combined in a fixed proportion   compound  
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The ___________ of a compound tells the proportions of each kind of atom in the compound   chemical formula  
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How many elements are found in the compound magnesium bromated   3  
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Where is most of the mass of an atom located?   nucleus  
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principal building blocks of an atom's nucleus   nucleons  
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nucleons in an electrically neutral state   neutrons  
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necleons in an electrically charged state   protons  
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atoms of the same element having different numbers of neutrons   isotopes  
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the number of protons in atom's nucleus   atomic number  
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Protons repel _______ but attract ________   protons, electrons  
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Electrons repel ______ but attract ________   electrons, protons  
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An atom with a net charde is an _____   ion  
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The _______________ is a chart that lists atoms by their atomic number and by their electron arrangements   periodic table  
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_____________ are located on the left side of the periodic table and ________________ on the right   metals, non-metals  
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In the _______ phase, matter consists of positive ions and free electrons   plasma  
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The plasma phase exists only at _____________   higher temperatures  
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the time it takes for one back-and-forth motion of a pendulum is called the ______   period  
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One complete back-and-forth motion of a pendulum is called a ______   cycle  
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List the two things that determine the period of a pendulum. ______ and _________   Length and Acceleration of gravity  
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distance between successive identical parts of a wave   wavelength  
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low point on a wave   trough  
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vibrations per unit of time   frequency  
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high point on a wave   crest  
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distance from a midpoint to a crest   amplitude  
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hertz is the unit of measuring this   frequency  
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energy of a wave   amplitude  
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the speed of sound in air is about _____ m/s to _____m/s   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   interference pattern  
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the points on a standing wave where no motion occurs are called ____________   nodes  
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Standing waves occur because of __________   interference  
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The blue shift and red shift refer to how the Doppler effect affects _________ waves   light  
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An ___________ in frequency is called a blue shift, while a ___________ in frequency is called a red shift   increase, decrease  
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Bow waves from when the wave source moves ______ than the wave speed   faster  
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A shock wave has the shape of a _____   cone  
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sound waves with frequencies below the normal range are _______________ waves while sound waves with frequencies above the normal range are _____________ waves   infrasonic, ultrasonic  
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A pulse of compresses air is called a ________, and a pulse of low-pressure air is called a ___________   compression, rarefaction  
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For all wave motion, it is not the ________ that travels, but a _________ that travels   medium, pulse  
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The speed of sound in a gas depends primarily on _________ and ______________   temperature, mass of the particles in gas  
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_______ in the air increases the speed of sound in air   water vapor  
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What is the intensity of sound proportional to?   the square of the amplitude of the wave  
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We interpret intensity of sound as ___________   loudness  
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Natural frequency is the frequency at which an ______ object, once energized, will vibrate   elastic  
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Turning a radio station dial uses the principle of ________   resonance  
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a _______________ of a sound wave corresponds to a crest of a transverse wave   compression  
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a _______________ of a sound wave corresponds to a trough of a transverse wave   rarefaction  
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When the crests of one wave overlap the crests of another wave, there is _____________ interference and a decrease in _________   destructive, amplitude  
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Anti-noise technology use _________ interference to protect the hearing of jackhammer users   destructive  
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vision results from streamers or filaments emmitted by the eye making contact with an object   Euclid  
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Light is a wave   Huygens  
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Light consists of tiny particles   Newton  
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Light consists of tiny particles of energy that travel as waves   Einstein  
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_______________ are massless bundles of concentrated electromagnetic energy   photons  
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Albert Michelson received the Nobel Prize for using a system of mirrors to measure _______________   the speed of light  
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How much time does it take light to travel from the sun to Earth?   eight minutes  
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What is a light year?   distance light can travel in one year  
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What is the source of energy in light?   accelerating electric charge  
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The energy in an electromagnetic wave is part _______ and part __________   magnetic, electric  
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Name the different waves that make up the electromagnetic spectrum, in order from lowest to highest freqency   radio, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet waves, x-rays, gamma rays  
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Electromagnetic waves of frequencies slightly lower than the red waves of visible light are called _________   infrared  
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Electromagnetic waves of frequencies slightly higher than the violet waves of visible light are called __________   ultraviolet  
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_______ light and ______ light do NOT pass through glass while ____ light does   UV, infrared, visible  
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Our atmosphere is transparent to ________ light and __________ light, but almost opaque to ___________ light   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?   close  
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A total shadow is called an ________   umbra  
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If you shake a rope up and down, it becomes __________ polarized   vertically  
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If you skake a rope from side to side, it becomes ___________ polarized   horizontally  
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