EPR3503 terms

Unit 1 - Science and scientific methods

Key Term Definition Link/Reference

The ability of doing
Energy
1 hard work. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/energy
It is the internal
energy of an object
Thermal
due to the kinetic
energy
energy of its https://www.chegg.com/homework-
2 molecules. help/definitions/thermal-energy-2
It’s the stored energy
Potential
that depends on the
energy
3 position of an object. https://www.britannica.com/science/potential-energy
It’s the energy of an https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-physics-1/ap-
Kinetic energy object because of its work-and-energy/kinetic-energy-ap/a/what-is-kinetic-energy
4 motion.
Energy stored in the
Chemical
bonds of chemical https://www.britannica.com/science/chemical-energy
energy
5 compounds.
Energy produced by
Sound energy vibrating sound https://www.yourdictionary.com/sound-energy
6 waves.
Physical law that
Law of
states that the energy
conservation
can’t be created or https://www.thoughtco.com/law-of-conservation-of-
of energy
7 destroyed. energy-605849
the complex process
Photosynthesi
by which carbon
s
8 dioxide, water. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/water
the act of respiring;
respiration inhalation and
9 exhalation of air. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/respiration
distance between
wavelength
10 each wave. https://www.britannica.com/science/wavelength
a usually reversible
Physical change in the physical
change properties of a
11 substance. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/physical-change
a usually reversible
Chemical change in the physical
change properties of a
12 substance. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/physical-change
force is the push or
A force pull on an object with https://www.thoughtco.com/force-definition-and-
13 mass. examples-science-3866337
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Rolling friction occurs
Rolling when a wheel, over a
14 friction surface. https://www.britannica.com/science/rolling-friction
the resistance
created by any two
objects when sliding
15 Sliding friction against each other. https://byjus.com/physics/sliding-friction/
the force of friction
which precisely
balances the applied
Static friction
force for the duration
of the stationary state https://byjus.com/physics/static-friction/
16 of the body.
A newton is a unit of
force that will
accelerate one
kilogram of mass one
meter per second https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/newton
17 A Newton squared.
two forces acting in
Balanced opposite directions on https://eschooltoday.com/science/forces/balanced-
force an object, and equal in forces.html
18 size.
Unbalanced forces are
not equal, and they
always cause the
Unbalanced
motion of an object to
force
change the speed https://clarkscience8.weebly.com/balanced-vs-unbalanced-
and/or direction that forces.html
19 it is moving.
form of energy that is
produced by the
Electromagne movement of
tic radiation electrically charged
particles traveling https://chem.libretexts.org
20 through a vacuum.
the entire range of
wavelengths or
Electromagne
frequencies of https://www.merriam-
tic spectrum
electromagnetic webster.com/dictionary/electromagnetic%20spectrum
21 radiation.
an object will remain
at rest or in uniform
Newton’s
motion in a straight
First Law
line unless acted upon http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Newt.html
22 by an external force.
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states that the
acceleration of an
object is dependent
Newton’s upon two variables -
Second Law the net force acting
upon the object and
the mass of the https://www.physicsclassroom.com
23 object.
A force is a push or a
pull that acts upon an
Newton’s
object as a result of its
Third Law
interaction with https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/u2l4a
24 another object. .cfm
as the number of https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-frequency-
frequency times an event occurs 605149
25 per unit of time.
is a phase transition
of a substance directly
from the gas phase to
De- the solid phase
sublimation without passing
through the https://www.thermal-engineering.org/what-is-
intermediate liquid desublimation-deposition-definition/
26 phase.
is the change in the
state of matter from https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-condensation-
Condensation
the gas phase to the 604411
27 liquid phase.
Evaporation is the
process by which
molecules undergo a
Evaporation spontaneous
transition from the https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-evaporation-
liquid phase to the gas 604460
28 phase.
to become liquefied
by warmth or heat, as
Melting
ice, snow, butter, or https://www.dictionary.com/browse/melting
29 metal.
a liquid change into a
solid as the https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-
Freezing
temperature almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/freezing-and-melting
30 decreases.
An element is a
element substance whose https://www.chemicool.com/definition/element.html
31 atoms all have the
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same number of
protons.
a stable negatively https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-electron-
Electron charged component of chemistry-604447
32 an atom.
an elementary
Neutron particle having no https://www.dictionary.com/browse/neutron
33 charge,
A proton is a
component of an
Proton atomic nucleus with a
mass defined as 1 and https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-proton-604622
34 a charge of +1.
35 Sublimation Sublimation is the https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-sublimation-phase-
transition from the transition-604665
solid phase to the gas
phase without passing
through an
intermediate liquid
phase.