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1
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Which mandate calls us to use wise dominion over the earth

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Creation mandate

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Which great commandment isn’t hat we love God with all off our hearts soul and minds

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1st great commandment

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3
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The goal of the model is not accuracy but what?

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Workability

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Things or events observed to exist or occur are called

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Phenomena

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5
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What are the results of a tested and proven theories

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Laws

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The study of matter and energy and how they interact is called

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Physics

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7
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The lens through which someone views the world is a

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Worldview

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What is a simple representation of a more complex idea called

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Model

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The study of the structure ,composition, and properties of matter and how matter acts in the presence of other matter is known as

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Chemistry

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10
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Which type of science developed new technologies, products, and materials

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Applied science

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11
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Process of mixing by particle motion is known as

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Diffusion

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12
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What is the building block of all matter

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Atoms

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13
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The number of what, determines the type of atom and its atomic number

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Protons

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14
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Because gases do liquids have the ability to flow, they are classified as

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Fluids

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15
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The change from a liquid to a solid is called

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Freezing

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16
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Which is located in the nucleus of an atom

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Neutrons

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17
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Which type of mixture contains large clumps of distinctly different kinds of matter

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Heterogeneous

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18
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Which type of change Alters the electron structure of atoms

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Chemical

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19
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What occurs when thermal energy is lost from a vapor through Cooling

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Condensation

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20
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Matter that contains only one kind of atom or fixed ratio of different atoms is a

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Pure substance

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21
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The SI base unit for measurement is the

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Meter

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22
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Any artificial device made for the purpose of refining, extending, or substituting for the human senses when measuring is known as

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Instrument

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23
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Which country established the decimal metric system

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France

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24
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What is the assessment of measurement error

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Accuracy

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25
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The two parts of measured data are the number and the

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Unit

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26
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Which indicates the amount of matter in an object and the effect of gravity

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Weight

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27
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Vectors of typically represented by

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Arrows

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28
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Which quantity indicates how fast motion occurs

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Speed

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29
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Everything inside the boundaries of what the study is known as the

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System

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30
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The modern study of motion is called

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Mechanics

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31
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The SI unit of force is

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Newton

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32
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Who developed the three laws of motion

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Isaac Newton

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33
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Which law states that object at rest tends to stay at rest

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The law of inertia

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34
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What force surrounds magnets and materials with electricity flowing through them

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Magnetic

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35
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What is the force that opposes motion

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Friction

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36
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Which law of motion states that for every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction

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The law of action reaction

37
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Air resistance is a form of friction called

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Drag

38
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Objects that fall due to gravity alone with no other forces acting on them are in

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Free fall

39
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When an object’s velocity is constant for the remainder of its fall, the object has reached

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Terminal velocity

40
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What is done when an object moves through a distance because of a force acting on it

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Work

41
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Systems that consist of lone individual particles or masses of particles acting as a single object may have

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Mechanical work

42
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What type of energy is the energy of a object due to its physical position

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Mechanical potential energy

43
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The position from which the distance is measured is called the

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Zero reference position

44
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The sum of kinetic energies of all the particles in an object is its

A

Thermal energy

45
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The transmission of energy through matter by particle motion oscillations that occur in a specific direction is called

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Acoustic energy

46
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What is the potential energy stored in chemical bonds called

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Chemical energy

47
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What type of energy is associated with the nucleus of an atom

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Nuclear energy

48
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The largest potential source of energy in the universe is

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Mass energy

49
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What is the definition of energy

A

The ability to do work

50
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What is the SI unit for energy

A

Joules

51
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The difference between kinetic and potential energy

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Kinetic energy is in motion

potential energy is energy waiting to be used

52
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What occurs When a force acts on an object to move in a direction parallel to the force vector

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Mechanical work

53
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The force needed to begin moving the resistance is the

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Resistance force

54
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The force actually exerted on a simple machine is called the

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Effort force

55
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Simple machines compensate for a smaller effort force by exerting that force over a longer distance, a property called

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Distance principle

56
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When a seesaw is balance and has no tendency to teter about the fulcrum, it is in a state of

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Rotational equilibrium

57
Q

This is a modified wheel and axle

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Gear

58
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A pulley mounted on the fixed support is called a

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Single fixed pulley

59
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What is a 2d tilted surface that allows a resistance load to be moved from a lower position to one that is higher with less effort

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Inclined plane

60
Q

What is a Fastener that exerts a large amount of force to hold objects together

A

Screw

61
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In the US, screws are classified by their

A

Thread count

62
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What is power

A

The rate of doing work

63
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What is the formula for power

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P= w/🔼t

64
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Depth is a factor that can be affected by

A

Fluid pressure

65
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Why do fluids flow

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Because of the change of pressure

66
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The pressure on a surface is a ratio of Force to

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Area

67
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What is the property of fluid that states pressure is exerted equally in all directions on a body of water

A

Fluid pressure

68
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Water pressure due to death alone is called

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Hydrostatic pressure

69
Q

What device is used to measure atmospheric pressure

A

Barometer

70
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The lifting force that is responsible for ships floating is known as

A

Buoyant force

71
Q

What is science of transmission of forces and energy by liquid called

A

Hydraulics

72
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The physics of flowing fluids is known as

A

Pneumatics

73
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High pressure sensing instrument uses a c-shaped sealed tube detector called a

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Bourdon tube

74
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Objects that sink are

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Negatively buoyant

75
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A hydraulic pump works using what scientific principle

A

Pascal’s principle

76
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Describe Pascal’s principle

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changes of pressure on the

surface of a confined fluid are exerted equally throughout the fluid and at all points on the fluid’s container.

77
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What is Bernoulli’s principle

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Principle stating that total energy for a confined ideal fluid flowing through a pipe is conserved at all locations within the pipe.

78
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What is Boyle’s Law

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volume of a fixed quantity of a confined gas is inversely proportional to its pressure when its temperature is held constant.

79
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What is Charles law

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volume of a fixed quantity of a confined gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature when its pressure is held constant.

80
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Early scientists believe that heat was actually a fluid called

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Caloric

81
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Temperature is measured in a dimensional unit called

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Degree

82
Q

On what scale is water’s boiling point 212

A

Fahrenheit

83
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What scale includes absolute zero

A

Kelvin

84
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Which skill uses zero as the freezing point for water

A

Celsius

85
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The flow of thermal energy from one place to another is known as

A

Heat

86
Q

Heat transfer through direct contact is called

A

Conduction

87
Q

Heat transfer via electromagnetic waves is known as

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Radiation

88
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Heat transfer via fluid is called

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Convection

89
Q

Which is the best natural conductor of thermal energy

A

Diamond

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