Science vocabulary

Luke S. (United States of America)
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  1. molecule
    the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
  2. proton
    a stable particle with positive charge
  3. electron
    an elementary particle with negative charge
  4. neutron
    a subatomic particle with zero charge
  5. atom
    the smallest component of an element
  6. compound
    a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
  7. conservation of energy
    the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes
  8. ecosystem
    organisms interacting with their physical environment
  9. element
    a substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances
  10. force
    influence that results in motion, stress, etc. when applied
  11. independent variable
    a value that does not depend on changes in other values
  12. dependent variable
    a quantity whose value depends on another quantity
  13. law
    the collection of rules imposed by authority
  14. Boyle's law
    the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume
  15. Charles's law
    (physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature
  16. John Dalton
    English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844)
  17. Joseph John Thomson
    English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)
  18. Ernest Rutherford
    British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)
  19. Niels Bohr
    Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations
  20. scientific method
    a systematic way of investigating to test a hypothesis
  21. x-ray
    take a photograph with a stream of high-energy photons
Created on Sun Dec 25 09:04:43 EST 2016 (updated Mon Nov 27 20:53:15 EST 2017)

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