Physical Science
Final Study
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- Uranus
- It's rotation does not cause a new day.
- Brown dwarf
- a body that never became a star
- Cepheid vehicle
- Used as a distance tool.
- The plane of our solar system
- Ecliptic
- Solar flares
- Explosive, adding particles to the solar wind
- Propose a hypothesis
- What should be done after making a discovery?
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- How many covalent bonds can each carbon atom of an organic compound form?
- A chemical salt is formed
- When a metal is joined by a nonmetal by way of an ionic bond...
- Hydrogen
- Provides the fuel for nuclear fusion in stars.
- Methamphetamine
- Which of these organic compounds contains nitrogen?
- Isotopes
- Indicates that an element occurs in different versions determined by the number of neutrons present.
- James Joule
- Famous physicist after whom a unit was named
- Venus
- Hottest surface
- The Asteroid belt
- Group of objects that lies between Mars and Jupiter
- The Octet Rule
- Controls the valence of elements
- Potential and Kinetic
- Mechanical energy is composed of what two quantities?
- Millimeters of mercury
- A unit that can be used to measure atmospheric pressure.
- It provides a means of measuring the size of a star
- What is the value in calculating absolute magnitude of a star?
- Disaccharide
- What general type of sugar is sucrose, which is comprised of glucose and fructose?
- Quantifying chemical reactions using moles.
- What concept is Avagardro's number involved?
- Newton's Law
- For every action there is a reaction.
- Super nova
- What produces a pulsar?
- Nova
- What did ancient observers think was a new star?
- Earth's moon, Luna
- Where can maria be observed?
- 504,500
- How many grams are in 504.5 kilograms?
- Absolute magnitude and temperature
- Graphed on an H-R diagram
- They are saturated organic compounds
- Characteristic alkanes exhibit that alkenes do not.
- Glycerol
- Fats and acids are formed when fatty acids combine with what chemical?
- Protein
- When amio acids join together as a polymer, what is formed?
- The chemical composition of galaxies is constantly changing
- What does the Doppler shift of spectral lines from galaxies indicate?
- Discovered Sunspots
- Galileo Galilei
- Jupiter
- Most massive planet.
- The intensity or loudness of sound
- What aspect of music is controlled by Amplitude?
- Oxidation
- Produces rust
- Saturn's moon, Titan
- Has lakes made of liquid hydrocarbons.
- OH
- Chemical base
- Radiation
- what kind of heat is detected by an infrared camera?
- Alkenes
- Chemical family that produces the monomer for the polymer called polyproylene.
- They have multiple moons
- What is common to the outer planets?
- It is a giant permanent storm
- How is Jupiter's great red spot interpreted?
- The north star
- Which of these appears to remain in the same location for many years?
- Ultrasound
- Above 20,000 hz, what phenomenon is detected by dogs and cats?
- The temperature of the air
- What affects the velocity of sound in air?
- Dark Nebula
- Horse head Nebulae
- Hydrogen bonds
- Produces capillary forces that draw water up through straws
- micrometer
- The very short wavelength of orange light is measured in millioneths of a meter. What prefix would be used for such units?
- Stellar parallax
- Caused by Earth's revolution.
- It goes into orbit around the earth
- what happens when an object travels faster than 25,000 km/hr?
- The force of gravity decreases as masses are moved apart from each other
- What causes the gravitational pull between two masses to diminish?
- Counterclockwise motions of hurricanes
- Coriolis Force causes...
- Entropy
- In the 2nd law of thermodynamics, what name is given to heat loss during energy transformation?
- Covalent
- Holds 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen together in the water molecule
- The solar wind
- Travels through the solar system pushing comet tails away from the sun.
- Expansion of a confined gas
- which of these processes causes a cooling effect?
- Causes suction cups to stick to surfaces
- What effect does atmospheric pressure have on our lives?
- Solvents
- Chemicals that dissolve ionic compounds
- Valence electrons
- Region outside the atomic nucleus
- Polaris
- Directly above north pole
- William Herschel
- He recognized that spiral nebulae are really galaxies
- Several hydroxyls
- Turns aldehydes and ketones into sugars?
- A Pendulum
- Foucault used this to demonstrate Earths's rotation.
- Absorbtion lines in the spectrum of star light
- What tool indicates the chemical composition of the outer layers of stars?
- Zodiac Constellation
- What features are seen when looking through the ecliptic?
- Aromatic hydrocarbons
- What family of hydrocarbons always contains benzene compounds?
- Our sun
- Plot on the main sequence
- Sinistral
- What term is used for a left-handed enantiometer?
- Ribose sugar
- What does R represent in RNA
- Irregular Galaxy
- Magellanic Cloud
- Double helix
- Geometric name describes the overall structure of the DNA molecule.
- A Planetary nebula
- What observation supports the theory that a nova ejects a shell of gas?
- The remnants of a comet
- What causes the annual perseid meteor shower?
- Dissolution
- The polar nature of water molecules is useful in...
- Kg to Newtons
- Times 9.8
- Using smaller sized particles
- Causes chemical reactions to go faster.
- Electrostatic force
- Holds ions together in ionic bonds
- Endothermic
- What type of chemical activation is used in baking a cake?
- One form of energy can be converted into other energy forms.
- Consequence of Law of Conservation
- The sound coming from a swiss yodeling contest.
- What is an example of a longitudinal wave?
- Our local galaxy
- Milky way
- Tropic of Cancer
- Latitude line that indicates the tilt of the Earth on its axis.
- New moon
- Phase of the moon which cant be seen.
- Said planet orbits are ovals
- Johannes Kepler
- ester
- a rose fragrance by any other name (chemically speaking).
- Alkali earths
- Ca, Mg, Be, Sr, Ba, & Ra.
- Polonium (Po)
- Semi-conductor
- Discovered Uranus
- William Herschel
- Fructose in corn syrup
- A monosaccharide
- Shows how X and Y are related to each other
- In a straight line graph, of what importance is the slope?
- Vega
- Standard for magnitude
- V = D/T
- What relationship has allowed the mapping of the sea floor using sonar?
- They orbit along with groups of similar objects
- How do dwarf planets differ from the 8 main planets?
- Spring tides
- Has a physical and economical effect on civilization
- Graphite and fullerines
- Allotropes of each other
- Mass in kilograms
- Measurement that is fundamental, not derived.
- Fats
- Biochemical family that does not include polymers
- Mercury
- Lacks an atmosphere