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Examples of Physics Discipline

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  • mathematical model predicts trajectory of a bullet fired from a gun
  • how much energy associate with a hurricane
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Examples of Earth Science Discipline

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  • environmental scientist monitors pollutants in a lake

- how much energy is associate with a hurricane

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Examples of Chemistry Discipline

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  • environmental scientist monitors pollutants in a lake
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Scientific Law

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No evidence or experiment has ever contradicted a statement

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5
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Pushups by lowering body to floor then pushing back up. What force causes a person to rise?

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The upward force the ground exerts on the person

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When two identical objects, one with greater mass one with less, have force exerted on them at the same time, what happens?

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The one with more mass accelerates slower

The one with less mass accelerates faster

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Examples of Friction Force

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  • meteors burning up in earths atmosphere
  • a pencil writing on paper
  • a jet airplane stopping on a runway
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Examples of gravity force

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  • planets in orbit around sun
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9
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Microwaves

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  • used in cell phones to make calls
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Ultraviolet

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  • slightly shorter than visible light
  • causes things to glow brightly or fluoresce
  • check bill authenticity
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Infrared

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  • detect difference in temp
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X-Rays

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  • see inside luggage at an airport
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13
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Sound Waves

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  • longitudinal motion
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14
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Electromagnetic waves

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Transverse wave motion

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15
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Energy transformation in a slingshot

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Elastic potential energy becomes kinetic energy

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16
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Fireworks energy transformation

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  • chemical potential energy becomes kinetic energy
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17
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Energy transformation when a box slides to a stop on a table

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Kinetic energy becomes thermal energy

18
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Energy transformation of a car engine

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Chemical potential energy becomes thermal energy

19
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Example of chemical change

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Cooking an egg

20
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What bond is formed when valence electrons are shared between two atoms

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Covalent

21
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What phase change has energy being absorbed from surroundings?

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Water boiling on an electric burner

22
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What happens when wet clothes become dry in the sun

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The water in the clothes absorbs energy from the air and becomes gas

23
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Electron

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  • located outside the nucleus
24
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Neutron

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  • no charge
25
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What type of substance is a chocolate chip cookie if it is made of dough and chocolate chips?

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Mixture

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Compound

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  • a substance with sodium atoms bonded to chlorine atoms
27
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Liquid State

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  • particles are close together but able to slide past eachother
28
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Periodic Table Notes

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  • atomic number is how many protons in the element (top of the box)
  • group 2 has good thermal conductivity and good electrical conductivity
  • groups share properties
  • hydrogen can be with alkali metals or halogen family
29
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African and South American plates are moving away from eachother

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High risk for volcanoes, low risk for earthquakes

30
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A place far from any plate boundaries

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Low risk for volcanoes and earthquakes

31
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Valley

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Occurs when water erodes rock in death it by following a straight path continuously

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Meander

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Produced when sediment is eroded from one side of a river and deposited on the other

33
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The Rock Cycle

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  • magma
  • crystallization
  • igneous rock
  • weathering, erosion, deposition
  • sediment
  • compaction and celebration
  • sedimentary rock
  • heat and pressure
  • metamorphic rock
  • melting
  • magma
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Where is metamorphic rock in the rock cycle?

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After heat and pressure

35
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What is between metamorphic rock and sedimentary rock in the rock cycle

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Erosion and deposition

36
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What is represented by these rock layers:

  • Limestone (sedimentary)
  • Shale (sedimentary)
  • Sandstone (sedimentary)
  • Granite (igneous)
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A warm, shallow sea

37
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What is represented by these layers:

  • Limestone (sedimentary)
  • shale (sedimentary)
  • sandstone (sedimentary)
  • marble (metamorphic)
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Exposed to high heat and pressure, the experienced deposition

38
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Troposphere

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  • where hurricanes form

- where a mountaineer climbing a tall mountain could reach

39
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During rain, soil is washed into a nearby river. What two parts of the water cycle result in the loss of soil?

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  • precipitation

- runoff

40
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Snow falls from the atmosphere and accumulates on a glacier. What part of the water cycle is this?

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  • Precipitation
41
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What is happening when a storm passes through on a hot, sunny day and leaves the weather clear and much cooler than before?

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A cold front has moved through the area

42
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If you want to hike on a clear day with no clouds, what should you look for in the weather report?

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A day when a high pressure system rests over the area