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Worksheets8th Science Vocabulary Final
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
A form of potential energy that is stored in chemical bonds between atoms...
Electrical Energy
Thermal Energy
Electromagnetic Energy
Chemical Energy
The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid...
Radiation
Convection
Conduction
Absorption
The transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another through direct contact...
Radiation
Convection
Conduction
Reflection
The energy of moving electric charges....
Thermal Energy
Electrical Energy
Nuclear Energy
Chemical Energy
The energy of light and other forms of radiation, which travels through space as waves...
Electrical Energy
Nuclear Energy
Electromagnetic Energy
Potential Energy
The ability to do work or cause change...
Motion
Force
Chemistry
Energy
A type of friction that occurs as an object moves through a fluid....
Fluid friction
Static friction
Sliding friction
Rolling friction
A push or pull on an object in a specific direction...
Inertia
Force
Weathering
Motion
An attractive force between objects; the force that causes objects to be pulled to the Earth's surface...
Free fall
Gravity
Centripetal Force
Motion
The force that two surfaces exert on each other when they rub against each other; this force OPPOSES motion...
Friction
Newton
Magma
Energy
The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion; also known as Newton's 1st Law of Motion...
Inertia
Vector
Physical Property
Matter
The unit used to measure ENERGY...
Newton
Watt
Meter
Joule
Energy that an object has due to its motion....
Kinetic Energy
Gravitational Energy
Potential Energy
Substance Energy
The scientific rule that says that "energy cannot be created or destroy"...
Law of Conservation of Mass
Law of Conservation of Energy
Law of Conservation of Momentum
Law of Conservation of Gravity
The amount of matter in an object...
Mass
Volume
Density
Temperature
The overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on it are added together...
Balanced Forces
Unbalanced Forces
Net Force
Applied Force
The energy stored in the nucleus of an atom; there are two types – fission and fusion....
Electromagnetic Energy
Nuclear Energy
Chemical Energy
Thermal Energy
The strength of a force is measured in the SI unit called the __________.
Joule
Newton
Kilogram
Watt
The energy an object has due to its position; also known as stored energy...
Kinetic Energy
Friction
Potential Energy
Thermal Energy
Friction that occurs when an object rolls over a surface....
potential friction
sliding friction
fluid friction
rolling friction
This type of friction occurs when one solid surface slides over another surface...
Rolling friction
Sliding friction
Fluid Friction
Static Friction
The type of friction that acts between objects that are not moving...
Rolling friction
Sliding friction
Fluid friction
Static friction
A measure of the force of gravity acting on an object; this can change depending on the amount of gravity at a place...
Mass
Weight
Volume
Density
When the sum of the forces acting on an object = 0 Newtons
Unbalanced Forces
Balanced Forces
Zero Gravity
Seismawallop
A nonzero net force will cause a change in an object's motion; when this happens we say that forces are....
balanced
unbalanced
zeroed
huge
The basic particle from which all elements are made; the smallest particle of an element that has the properties of that element...
Molecule
Atom
Element
Compound
The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom...
Atomic mass
Atomic number
Nucleus number
Atomic Mass Unit
The force of attraction that holds two atoms together...
gravity
atomic bond
chemical bond
physical bond
A change in matter that produces one or more new substances...
Chemical change
Physical change
Amorphous change
Drastic change
The study of the properties of matter and how matter changes...
Biology
Physics
Chemistry
Botany
Symbols that show the elements in a compound and the ratio of atoms....
Chemical Property
Chemical Reaction
Chemical Symbol
Chemical Formula
A substance made of two or more elements chemically combined in a specific ratio....
Mixture
Compound
Element
Equation
The ratio of the mass of a substance to its volume (M/V); determines whether items float or sink...
Weight
Temperature
Inertia
Density
Which one is Newton's FIRST Law of Motion?
For every action force, there's an equal and opposite reaction force.
An object's acceleration depends on its mass and the net force acting on it (F=ma).
Weight depends on mass and gravity
An object at rest will remain at rest and an object in motion will remain in motion until acted upon by an outside force.
F=ma
Newton's
1st
Law of Motion
Newton's
2nd
Law of Motion
Newton's
3rd
Law of Motion
A substance that cannot be broken down into any other substances by chemical or physical means
Element
Compound
Mixture
Molecule
The way a mineral reflects light from its surface...
Streak
Luster
Hardness
Fracture
Two or more substances that are together in the same place but their atoms are NOT chemically bonded....
Compound
Mixture
Molecule
Element Salad
A change in matter that alters the form or appearance of the material but does not make the material into a different substance...
Physical Change
Amorphous Change
Chemical Change
Nuclear Change
The total energy of the motion of all the particles of an object...
Chemical Energy
Thermal Energy
Nuclear Energy
Electrical Energy
A change from one form of energy to another...
Switch-a-roo
Energy transformation
Energy spectacle
Domino effect
A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other and collide...
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Crosswise boundary
A plate boundary where two plates move away from one another...
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Crosswise boundary
The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus...
Seismopoint
Epicenter
Focus center
Primary wave
The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil...
Deposition
Weathering
Erosion
Compaction
The point beneath Earth’s surface where rock first breaks under stress and causes an earthquake...
Focus
Epicenter
Seismology
Crust fracture
A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface...
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
Igneous rock
Mineral
A rigid layer of the Earth made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust; this makes up the tectonic plates
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Core
Mantellacrust
A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions...
Igneous rock
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
Mineral
A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition...
Igneous rock
Metamorphic rock
Sedimentary rock
Mineral
A type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground... the first waves to arrive at a seismic station
P–Wave
S–Wave
Surface Wave
Raleigh Wave
The theory that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle...
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
Seafloor Spreading
Hocus Pocus
A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean....
Eurasian-Melanesian Belt
Circus-Pacific Belt
Ring of Fire
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together...
Igneous rock
Metamorphic rock
Sedimentary rock
Mineral
A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth...
Seismawallup
Seismograph
Seismologist
Shake table
The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary...
Subduction
Convergence
Divergence
Transformance
A plate boundary where two plates grind past each other in opposite directions...
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Topo boundary
The chemical and physical processes that break down rock and other substances...
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Cementation
An atom or group of atoms that has become electrically charged (SO4) -2
Product
Reactant
Ion
Polymer
A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question; must be testable...
Conclusion
Inference
Variable
Hypothesis
To make an interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge...
Inference
Conclusion
Hypothesis
Question
The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment; also called independent variable...
Manipulated Variable
Responding Variable
Controlled Variable
Constant Variable
An observation that deals with a number or amount...
Qualitative Observation
Quantitative Observation
Physical Observation
Chemical Observation
The factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated, or independent, variable in an experiment; also called dependent variable...
Controlled Variable
Manipulated Variable
Responding Variable
Constants
