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Science Vocab_GP3_ Test 5 Flashcards

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1
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potential energy

A

stored energy

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heat

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the movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

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thermal insulator

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material through which thermal energy does NOT flow easily

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1st class lever

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fulcrum centered; load and effort on opposite ends (effort pushing against fulcrum)

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represents the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a material or object

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temperature

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shaft attached to a wheel so that both rotate together

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wheel & axle

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lever

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pivots around a fixed point

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5
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does work through use of one movement

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simple machine

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6
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inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder

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screw

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6
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object that has energy because it is in motion

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kinetic energy

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3rd class lever

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fulcrum on one end; load on opposite end; effort in middle (pushing aligned with fulcrum)

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specific heat

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amount of thermal energy it takes to increase the temperature of 1 kg of material by 1 degree C.

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9
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simple machine

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does work through use of one movement

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convection

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transfer of thermal energy of the movement of particles from one part of a material to another

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absolute zero

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0 Kelvin; -273 C; the particles in a material have zero kinetic energy (particles do not move)

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energy carried by electromangetic waves

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radiant energy

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thermal contraction

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decrease in a material’s volume when the temperature is decreased.

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screw

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inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder

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13
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pivots around a fixed point

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lever

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inclined plane

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flat, sloped surface

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thermal energy

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sum of the kinetic energy and potential energy of the particles that make up an object

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conduction

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transfer of thermal energy between materials because of collisions between particles.

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ratio of output work to input work

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efficiency

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fulcrum centered; load and effort on opposite ends (effort pushing against fulcrum)

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1st class lever

21
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temperature

A

represents the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up a material or object

22
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sum of the kinetic energy and potential energy of the particles that make up an object

A

thermal energy

23
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flat, sloped surface

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inclined plane

24
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grooved wheel with a rope or cable wrapped around it

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pulley

25
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two or more simple machines working together

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complex machine

26
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increase in a materials’s volume when the temperature is increased.

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thermal expansion

27
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wedge

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inclined plane than moves

29
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thermal expansion

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increase in a materials’s volume when the temperature is increased.

30
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fulcrum on one end; effort on opposite end (pushing aligned with fulcrum); load in middle

A

2nd class lever

31
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transfer of thermal energy of the movement of particles from one part of a material to another

A

convection

32
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fulcrum on one end; load on opposite end; effort in middle (pushing aligned with fulcrum)

A

3rd class lever

34
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kinetic energy

A

object that has energy because it is in motion

35
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material through which thermal energy does NOT flow easily

A

thermal insulator

37
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efficiency

A

ratio of output work to input work

38
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complex machine

A

two or more simple machines working together

38
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amount of thermal energy it takes to increase the temperature of 1 kg of material by 1 degree C.

A

specific heat

39
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0 Kelvin; -273 C; the particles in a material have zero kinetic energy (particles do not move)

A

absolute zero

40
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decrease in a material’s volume when the temperature is decreased.

A

thermal contraction

41
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transfer of thermal energy from one material to another by electromagnetic waves

A

radiation

42
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stored energy

A

potential energy

43
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inclined plane than moves

A

wedge

44
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transfer of thermal energy between materials because of collisions between particles.

A

conduction

45
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radiant energy

A

energy carried by electromangetic waves

47
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2nd class lever

A

fulcrum on one end; effort on opposite end (pushing aligned with fulcrum); load in middle

48
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material through which thermal energy flows easily

A

thermal conductor

50
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the movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

A

heat

51
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radiation

A

transfer of thermal energy from one material to another by electromagnetic waves

52
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convection current

A

movement of fluidsin a cycle because of convection

53
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thermal conductor

A

material through which thermal energy flows easily

54
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movement of fluidsin a cycle because of convection

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convection current

55
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wheel & axle

A

shaft attached to a wheel so that both rotate together

56
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pulley

A

grooved wheel with a rope or cable wrapped around it

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