S2 Academic Vocabulary Post-Check

The sum of all forces acting on an object, causing it to accelerate.

• Net Force (Fnet)

• Newton's Second Law

• Unbalanced System

• Inverse Relationship

A relationship between two variables where as one variable increases, the other decreases, and visa versa.

• Linear Relationship

• Parabola

• Inverse Relationship

• Quadratic Function

The quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity

p=mv

• momentum

• impulse

• force

The distance between one wave crest to the next is called the...

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Equilibrium

The perceived change in frequency or wavelength of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the wave source.

• Transmission

• Resonance

• Doppler Effect

• Transverse Wave

In the baby universe, pure energy was converted into particles of __________.

• matter

• plasma

• electromagnetic radiation

The average distance between the Earth and the Sun (93 million miles) is considered an Astronomical Unit

• True

• False

Electromagnetic radiation (EM) can be arranged with the longest wavelengths at one end and the shortest at the other end.

This is called the...

• doppler effect

• spectroscope

• electromagnetic spectrum

The explosion of a massive star is called a...

• white dwarf

• supernova

• nebula

A large cloud of dust and gas in which stars are formed

• supernova

• galaxy

• nebula

• white dwarf