Isabellas science FINAL Flashcards
Sum of 9.6 and 24.231 is 33,831 what is the sum expressed in correct scientific digits
33.8 or 33,831×10 to the negative 20th power
Phenomenon in which an objects colors are produced by interference and depend on viewing angles
Iridescence
Perceived when all colors of visible lights are mixed
White
Energy associated with the position of an object and the forces acting upon it
Potential energy
Law states that pressure of gas is constant the gases volume and temperature are directly proportional
Charles law
Law states that the velocity of an object does not change unless the object is acted upon
First law of motion
A substance that alters the rate of a chemical reaction without being permanently changed or consumed in the reaction
Catalysts
A simple vacuum tube that uses a negatively charged filament in a positively charged plate to allow current to flow only in One Direction
Diode
Type of lamp that produces light by passing an electric current through a long tube filled with low pressure mixture with mercury vapor and Argon gas
Fluorescent lamp
Which process releases an anonymous amount of heat and gamma rays as a substance is split into several pieces
Nuclear fission
Type of formula that shows only simplest ratio of atoms in a compound
Empirical formula
A chemical reaction in which a single compound breaks down to form two or more different substances
Decomposition reaction
Type of electrochemical cell that is designed to have reactants continually replenished from an outside source
Fuel cell
Type of hydrocarbon contains one or more double bonds between carbon atoms
Alkene
A group of biological compounds characterized by an solubility in water
Lipids
Philosophy that asserts that nothing is knowable outside the natural world
Secular humanism
The idea that God use an evolution to make everything in the world
Theistic evolution
The process in which DNA is copied
Replication