Physical Science: Vocab. Test #5
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- Any interference in which waves combine so that the resulting wave is bigger than the original waves. (377)
- What is Constructive Interference?
- The transfer of energy by the movement of fluids with different temperatures.
- What is Convection? (p. 332)
- The flow of a fluid due to heated expansion followed by cooling and contraction.
- What is a convection current? (p. 333)
- A ration equal to one that expresses the same quantity in two different ways.
- What is the Conversion Factor? (P. 97)
- A device that transfers energy as heat out of an object to lower its temperature.
- What is a Cooling System? (p. 343)
- The center of a planetary body, such as Earth.
- What is the Core? (p. 559)
- The change in the direction of an object's path due to Earth's rotation.
- What is the Coriolis Effect? (p. 611)
- A bond formed when atoms share one or more pairs of electrons. (p.19)
- What is a Covalent Bond? (p. 119)
- The minimum mass of a fissionable isotope in which a nuclear chain reaction can occur.
- What is Critical Mass? (p. 233)
- A substance made of atoms of more than one element bound together.
- What is a Compound? (p. 39)
- A substance that either contains hydroxide ions, OH, or reacts with water to form hydroxide ions.
- What is a base? (201)
- The quantity of solute dissolved in a given quantity of solution.
- What is a Concentration? (196)
- A mixture of very tiny particles of pure substances that are dispersed in another substance but do not settle out of the substance.
- What is a Colloid? (187)