Vocab 9

Front

Travels through solids, moving ground up/down or side to side.

Back

Secondary waves

Front

Meaning of mass of an object?

Back

The amount of matter in an object or substance.

Front

Volume: How much space an object takes up

Back

How much space an object takes up

Front

Density:

Back

Mass per unit volume

Front

Type of wave that travels through solid and liquid layers of Earth, compressing and expanding the ground.

Back

P Wave

Front

Rate at which velocity changes

Back

acceleration

Front

Buildup of charges on an object:

Back

static electricity

Front

Term for the process at point A: loss of static electricity as charges transfer between objects.

Back

static discharge

Front

Iron core with current-carrying wire creates a magnetic field.

Back

Electromagnet

Front

Tendency of an object to resist motion change

Back

inertia