Physical Science Flashcards

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Radiation

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The emission of electro magnetic waves or subatomic particles

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Convection

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The caused with a fluid by the density of hotter or therefore less dense material to rise

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Conduction

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The process where heat is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature.

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Physical properties

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Is any property that is measurable, whose value describes a state of physical property.

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Physical change

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Any change that occurs without altering the chemical composition of a substance.

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Chemical property’s

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A property or characteristic of a substance that is observed during a reaction in which the chemical composition or identity of the substance is changed.

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Chemical change

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Involving the rearrangement of the atoms of one or more substance and a change in their chemical properties or composition, resulting in the info of at least one or new substance

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Average speed

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The total distance traveled divided by the total time elapsed

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Velocity

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The speed of something in a given direction

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Friction

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The rubbing of one body against another ex.sand paper rubbing on the ground

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Force

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Is a push

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Newton’s first law of motion

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Every object that remains at rest stays at rest unless a force acts upon it

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Newton’s second law of motion

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That the acceleration of an dependent upon two variables

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Newton’s third law of motion

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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

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