Science Review Terms

Force: A push or pull on an object that can cause it to change motion or shape. (Related to Newton's Laws)

• Force

• Mass

• Velocity

• Energy

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Velocity: The speed of an object in a particular direction. (Important in motion and physics concepts)

• Velocity

• Speed

• Acceleration

• Momentum

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Acceleration: The rate at which an object changes its velocity over time.

• Acceleration

• Velocity

• Speed

• Distance

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Energy: The ability to do work or cause change. Forms include kinetic, potential, thermal, chemical, etc.

• Energy

• Matter

• Force

• Power

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A principle stating that mass is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical reaction.

• Conservation of Mass

• Law of Definite Proportions

• Law of Multiple Proportions

• Avogadro's Law

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What is the process by which plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make their own food and release oxygen?

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Transpiration

• Fermentation

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Ecosystem: A community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biosphere

• Biome

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The study of heredity and the variation of inherited traits passed from parents to offspring.

• Genetics

• Biology

• Ecology

• Zoology

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What is the theory explaining the movement of Earth's plates and how it causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation?

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift

• Seafloor Spreading

• Volcanic Activity

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A systematic process used for investigation, including asking questions, forming hypotheses, conducting experiments, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions.

• Scientific Method

• Trial and Error

• Random Sampling

• Intuition

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