LLNL Vocab List
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Formula
- it contains the symbols of elements in a chemical.
- Acid
- A chemical with a sour taste and a PH value less than seven.
- Electrolysis
- The composition of water by means of electric current.
- PH
- value used to identify acid and bases
- Electricity
- the flow of electrons through a conductor.
- Electrons
- a negatively charged particle that moves around the nucleus of the atom.
- Matter
- anything that has mass and takes up space.
- Hypothesis
- an educated guess to a question which you are trying to answer.
- Proton
- a particle with a charge of a positive
- Voltage
- a force that causes electrons to flow.
- Neutron
- a particle inside an atom that carries a neutral charge.
- Electric Current
- the continuously flowing current of electric charges, either negative or positive.
- Nucleus
- the center of an atom that carries protons and neutrons.
- Conductor
- material that allows the free flow of electrons creating electric current.
- Molecule
- a group of bonded atoms that exist as a separate entity.
- Insulator
- material that will not allow electric current to flow through it.
- Oxygen
- an element that is a gas and necessary or human life.
- Chemical Change
- the formation of a new substance.
- Density
- the property of a substance equal to its mass per unit volume
- Phases
- the states or forms of matter, solid, liquid and gas.
- Volt
- the unit of force by which electricity is measured.
- Atom
- the smallest particle that describes an element. The center of an atom contains protons and neutrons. Electrons move around the center of an atom.
- Scientific Method
- a creative and systematic process of proving or disproving a given question following an observation.
- Element
- a substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance.