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| A WORKING MODEL USED TO TEST A DESIGN. |
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| THE STUDY OF THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND HOW MATTER CHANGES |
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| A WORKING MODEL USED TO TEST A DESIGN. |
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| ANY FACTOR THAT LIMITS OR RESTRICTS A DESIGN |
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| THE PROCESS OF ANALYZING A DESIGN PROBLEM AND FINDING A WAY TO FIX IT |
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| THE PROCESS OF INFERRING AN INTERPERATATION BASED ON OBSERVATION AND PRIOR KNOWLEDGE |
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| THE PROCESS OF USING ONE OR MORE OF YOUR SENSES TO GATHER INFORAMTION |
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| A FACTOR THAT CAN CHANGE IN AN EXPERIMENT |
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| A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR A SET OF OBSERVATIONS OR ANSWER TO A SCIENTIFIC QUESTION |
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| A PERSON WHO IS TRAINED TO USE BOTH TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO SOLVE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS. |
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| A GROUP OF RELATED PARTS THAT WORK TOGETHER |
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| A WAY OF CHANGING THE NATURAL WORLD TO MEET HUMAN NEEDS OR SOLVE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS. |
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| A PLACE OR OBJECT USED FOR COMPARISON TO DETERMINE IF AN OBJECT IS IN MOTION |
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| THE OVERALL RATE OF SPEED AT WHICH AN OBJECT MOVES;CALCULATED BY DIVIDING THE TOTAL DISTANCE AN OBJECT TRAVELS BY THE TOTAL TIME |
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| SPEED IN A GIVEN DIRECTION |
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| THE RATE AT WHICH VELOCITY CHANGES |
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| THE DISTANCE AN OBJECT TRAVELS PER UNIT OF TIME |
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| THE STATE AT WHICH ONE OBJECT'S DISTANCE FROM ANOTHER IS CHANGING |
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| THE BASIC SI UNIT OF LENGTH |
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| INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS |
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| THE SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI) USED BY SCIENTISTS TO MEASURE THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER. |
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| THE STEEPNESS OF A LINE ON A GRAPH,EQUAL TO ITS VERTICAL CHANGE, DIVIDED BY ITS HORIZONTAL CHANGE |
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| A PUSH OR PULL EXERTED ON AN OBJECT |
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| THE OVERALL FORCE ON AN OBJECT WHEN ALL THE INDIVIDUAL FORCES ACTING ON IT ARE ADDED TOGETHER |
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| THE TENDENCY OF AN OBJECT TO RESIST ANY CHANGE IN ITS MOTION |
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| A MEASURE OF HOW MUCH MATTER IS IN AN OBJECT |
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| A UNIT OF MEASURE THAT EQUALS THE FORCE REQUIRED TO ACCELERATE 1 KILOGRAM OF MASS AT 1 METER PER SECOND. |
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| THE FORCE THAT ONE SURFACE EXERTS ON ANOTHER WHEN TWO SURFACES RUB AGAINST EACH OTHER. |
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| FRICTION THAT OCCURS WHEN ONE SOLID SURFACE SLIDES OVER ANOTHER |
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| FRICTION THAT OCCURS AS AN OBJECT MOVES THROUGH A FLUID |
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| THE FORCE THAT PULLS OBJECTS TOWARD EACH OTHER |
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| THE MOTION OF A FALLING OBJECT WHEN THE ONLY FORCE ACTING ON IT IS GRAVITY |
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| THE FLUID FRICTION EXPERIENCED BY OBJECTS FALLING THROUGH THE AIR. |
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| A MEASURE OF THE FORCE OF GRAVITY ON AN OBJECT |
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| THE PRODUCT OF AN OBJECT'S MASS AND VELOCITY |
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| ANY OBJECT THAT ORBITS AROUND ANOTHER OBJECT IN SPACE |
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| A UNIT OF PRESSURE EQUAL TO 1 NEWTON PER SQUARE METER |
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| THE UPWARD FORCE EXERTED BY A FLUID ON A SUBMERGED OBJECT |
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| A SYSTEM THAT MULTIPLIES FORCE BY TRANSMITTING PRESSURE FROM A SMALL SURFACE AREA THROUGH A CONFINED FLUID TO A LARGER SURFACE AREA |
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| THE RATIO OF THE MASS OF A SUBSTANCE TO ITS VOLUME |
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| A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN EASILY FLOW. |
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| THE RULE THAT THE BUOYANT FORCE ON AN OBJECT THAT IS EQUAL TO THE WEIGHT OF THE FLUID THE OBJECT DISPLACES. |
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| THE RULE THAT A STREAM OF FAST MOVING LIQUID EXERTS LESS PRESSURE THAN THE SURROUNDING LIQUID. |
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| THE FORCE EXERTED ON A SURFACE DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL AREA OVER WHICH THE FORCE IS EXERTED. |
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| A SIMPLE MACHINE THAT IS AN INCLINED PLANE THAT MOVES. |
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| A DEVICE THAT COMBINES TWO OR MORE SIMPLE MACHINES |
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| THE FORCE EXERTED ON AN OBJECT BY A MACHINE |
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| THE FIXED POINT AROUND WHICH A LEVER PIVOTS |
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| FORCE EXERTED ON AN OBJECT THAT CAUSES IT TO MOVE |
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| A SIMPLE MACHINE THAT CONSISTS OF TWO ATTACHED CIRCULAR OR CYLINDRICAL OBJECTS THAT ROTATE ABOUT A COMMON AXIS, EACH ONE WITH A DIFFERENT RADIUS |
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| THE PERCENTAGE OF THE INPUT WORK THAT IS CONVERTED TO OUTPUT WORK |
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| A SIMPLE MACHINE THAT CONSISTS OF A RIGID BAR THAT PIVOTS ABOUT A FIXED POINT. |
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| THE FORCE EXERTED ON A MACHINE |
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| A SIMPLE MACHINE THAT IS FLAT |
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| A SIMPLE MACHINE THAT CONSISTS OF A GROOVED WHEEL WITH A ROPE OR CABLE WRAPPED AROUND IT |
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| A DEVICE THAT CHANGES THE AMOUNT OF FORCE EXERTED, THE DISTANCE OVER WHICH A FORCE IS EXERTED, OR THE DIRECTION IN WHICH FORCE IS EXERTED. |
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| A UNIT OF WORK EQUAL TO 1 UNIT-METER |
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| A SIMPLE MACHINE THAT IS AN INCLINED PLANE WRAPPED AROUND A CENTRAL CYLINDER TO FORM A SCREW |
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| THE ABILITY TO DO WORK OR CAUSE CHANGE |
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| ENERGY THAT AN OBJECT HAS DUE TO ITS MOTION |
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| STORED ENERGY THAT RESULTS FROM THE POSITION OR SHAPE OF AN OBJECT |
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| KINETIC OR POTENTIAL ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOTION OR THE POSITION OF AN OBJECT |
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| THE TOTAL POTENTIAL AND KINETIC ENERGY OF THE PARTICLES IN AN OBJECT |
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| A FORM OF POTENTIAL ENERGY THAT IS STORED IN CHEMICAL BONDS BETWEEN ATOMS |
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| THE ENERGY OF MOVING ELECTRICAL CHARGES |
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| A FORM OF ENERGY THAT TRAVELS THROUGH SPACE AS WAVES |
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| THE POTENTIAL ENERGY STORED IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM |
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| THE PROCESS OF CHANGING ONE FORM OF ENERGY TO ANOTHER |
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| LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY |
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| THE RULE THAT ENERGY CANT BE CREATED OR DESTROYED |
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| A MATERIAL SUCH AS COAL THAT FORMS OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS FROM THE REMAINS OF ANCIENT PLANTS AND ANIMALS |
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| THE RATE AT WHICH ONE FORM OF ENERGY IS TRANSFORMED INTO ANOTHER; THE RATE AT WHICH WORK IS DONE |
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| THE EXPANSION OF MATTER WHEN IT IS HEATED |
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| THERMAL ENERGY THAT IS TRANSFERRED FROM MATTER AT A HIGHER TEMPERATURE TO MATTER AT A LOWER TEMPERATURE |
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| THE CHANGE FROM ONE SOLID TO A LIQUID STATE OF MATTER |
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| THE PROCESS THAT OCCURS WHEN VAPORIZATION TAKES PLACE ONLY ON THE SURFACE OF A LIQUID |
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| THE TRANSFER OF HEAT BY THE MOVEMENT OF CURRENTS WITHIN A FLUID |
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| THE SUBSTANCE THAT ABSORBS AND RELEASES HEAT IN A COOLING SYSTEM |
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| A MATERIAL THAT DOES NOT CONDUCT HEAT WELL A MATERIAL THROUGH WHICH CHARGES CANT EASILY FLOW |
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| A DEVICE THAT CONVERTS THERMAL INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY |
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| THE TEMPERATURES AT WHICH NO MORE ENERGY CAN BE REMOVED FORM MATTER |
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| A MATERIAL THAT CONDUCTS HEAT WELL A MATERIAL THROUGH WHICH CHARGES CAN EASILY FLOW |
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| THE PHYSICAL CHANGE OF MATTER FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER |
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| A MEASURE OF THE AVERAGE ENERGY OF MOTION OF THE PARTICLES OF A SUBSTANCE. |
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