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Integrated Physical Science
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03/30/2019

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Term
What are the SI Measurement Standards?
Definition
Length - Meter - m
Mass - Kilogram - kg
Time - Second - s
Temperature - Kelvin - K
Electric Current - Amperes - i
Light Intensity - Candela - cd
Amount of Substance - Moles - mol
Force - Newton - n
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What are the measurement prefixes?
Definition
Mega - 1,000,000 - M
Kilo - 1,000 - k
Deci - 0.10 - d
Centi - 0.01 c
Milli - 0.001 - m
Micro - 0.000001 -
Nano - 0.000000001 - n
Term
What are the scientific Derived Units?
Definition
Speed - meters per second - m/s
Area - square meters - m2
Volume - cubic meters - m3
Density - kilograms per cubic meter - kg/m3
Term
What is a direct relationship.
Definition
When the increase in one increases another. Example. When gas is exposed to an increase in temperature, it's mass increases.
Term
What is an inverse relationship.
Definition
When the increase of one decreases the other, or the decrease of one increases the other. Example. When you increase your speed, you decrease your travel time or when you decrease the amount of fluid in a glass, you increase the empty space.
Term
What are variables?
Definition
The changing conditions or quantities in an experiment.
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What is an independent variable?
Definition
The quantity or condition changed on purpose in an experiment.
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What is a dependent variable?
Definition
What is changed as a result of changing the independent variable.
Term
What is the basic hypothesis of the Ptolemaic System?
Definition
That each object in the sky moves on it's own imaginary sphere.
Term
What are the boiling and freezing temperatures in Kelvin?
Definition
Boiling - 373.15
Freezing - 273.15
Term
What is speed?
Definition
How fast an object is moving.
Term
What is velocity?
Definition
An objects speed and direction.
Term
What is acceleration?
Definition
A change in an objects velocity (speed or direction).
Term
What occurs when acceleration and velocity are in the same direction?
Definition
Speed increases.
Term
What occurs when acceleration and velocity are in different directions?
Definition
Speed decreases.
Term
What is force?
Definition
A push or pull.
Term
For an object to accelerate, it requires what?
Definition
A force to act on it.
Term
What are the characteristics of force.
Definition
All forces have both direction and size (magnitude).
Term
What do you call velocity at rest?
Definition
Zero velocity.
Term
What do you call velocity in movement?
Definition
Non-zero velocity.
Term
What are balanced forces?
Definition
Forces that combine to produce a net force of zero.
Term
What are unbalanced forces?
Definition
When one or more of the multiple forces acting on an object are stronger than the remaining forces. Example: When picking up a mug off of a table, the force of the hand and the table is stronger than the gravity on the mass of the mug.
Term
What is Newton's First Law?
Definition
Also called the Law of Inertia. Net force on an object is the cause of acceleration. If an object is moving, it will continue to move at the same velocity from it's own momentum.
Term
What is inertia?
Definition
Inertia is the tendency to keep the same motion, or maintain the same velocity, whether the object is at rest or moving.
Term
How is inertia measured?
Definition
Intertia is measured by an object's mass. The larger the mass, the larger the inertia.
Term
What is mass?
Definition
Mass is the amount of matter in an object, not the weight. Weight is the amount of gravitational pull on an object.
Term
What is weight?
Definition
Weight is the amount of gravitational pull on an object, not the mass. Mass is the amount of matter in an object.
Term
What is Newton's Second Law?
Definition
The acceleration produced equals the net force in proportion to the mass.

Formula: Acceleration = Net Force/Mass
or a=Fnet/m or Fnet=ma
Term
What is Newton's Third Law?
Definition
When an object exerts force on a second object, the second object exerts the same magnitude of force, in the opposite direction, on the first object.
Term
What is friction?
Definition
An opposing force on an object.
Term
What is kenetic friction
Definition
Moving friction. It is the force of friction between two objects moving against each other.The direction of kenetic friction is opposite of the direction the object is moving.
Term
What is static friction?
Definition
Stationary friction. It is the force that occurs between two objects that are touching, but not moving.
Term
What are some characteristics of gravity?
Definition
Gravity is an attractive force that pulls on an object instead of pushes.
Term
What is Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation?
Definition
The force of gravity between two objects is directly proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Term
What is linear momentum?
Definition
It is the mass of an object times its velocity.
Term
What is the Law of Conservation of Momentum?
Definition
Momentum is conserved when two or objects collide.
Term
What is elasticity?
Definition
It is the amount of bounce an object has after a collision.
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