Physical Science VT#16: Isobar to Magma
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- A line drawn on a weather map connecting points of equal baometric or atmospheric pressure.
- What is an Isobar? (617)
- Any atoms having the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.
- What are Isotopes? (83)
- The energy of a moving object due to its motion.
- What is Kinetic Energy? (300)
- The straight-line distance between any two points.
- What is Length? (18)
- A transparent object that refracts light rays, causing them to converge or diverge to create an image.
- What is a Lens? (415)
- A model of light that represents light traveling through space in an imaginary straight line.
- What is a Light Ray? (406)
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A unit of distance equal to the distance light travels in one year.
1 ly = 9.5 x 10 exp15th m - What is a Light-Year? (527)
- The thin outer shell of Earth, consisting of the crust and the rigid upper mantle.
- What is the Lithosphere? (560)
- A wave that causes the particles of the medium to vibrate parallel to the direction the wave travels.
- What is a Longitudinal Wave? (363)
- The molten rock within the Earth.
- What is Magma? (562)