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Science Words

1.- Element: a basic building block of matter; a pure substance that cannot be broken down into anything simpler.

Example1

Example2: Periodic Table of Elements

2.- Compound: a chemical combination of two o more elements into a single substance.

Example1: Chemical Compound

Example2: Fire is a chemical compound

3.- Atom: the smallest unit of an element that still has the properties of the element.

Example1: Diagram of an atom

Example2: Model of an atom

Example3: Atomic Bomb

4.- Proton: a particle with a positive charge in the nucleus of an atom.

Example1

Example2

Example3: Proton-Proton Chain

5.- Neutron: an uncharged particle in the nucleus of an atom.

Example1

Example2: Definition of Neutron

Example3

6.- Electron: a particle with a negative charge moving around the nucleus of an atom

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Example2

  

7.- Nucleus: the dense center part of an atom.

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8.- Molecule:  group of more than one atom joined together that acts lia a single particle.

Example1 Molecule

Example2 Water Molecule

Example3 Spiral Molecule

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Topic1 - What Matter Is

Vocabulary:

1.- Mass: the amount of matter in an object.  It is measured with a balance and reported in kilograms.

Example1: mass of human body

Example2: Mass of Earth

 

Example3: Balance

2.- Volume: the amount of space an object takes up.  It is measured by seeing how many cubes of a chosen size it can fill and it is reported in cubic centimeters.
 

Example: Volume of geometric figures and how to calculate it

Example2: Measuring volume

3.- Density: a measure of how tightly packed matter is; the amount of mass contained in a given volume.  It can be found by dividing the mass of a sample by its volume (grams / cubic centimeter)
 

Example1: Density of liquids

  

Example2: Density of gas

Example3: Density of some substances

  

4.- Buoyancy: the upward push of an object by the liquid (or gas) the object is placed in.

Example1: Buoyancy of a cube

Example2: Buoyancy of human body

Example3: Buoyancy of a bottle

Example4: Buoyancy of a coke can

Example5: General Principal

5.- Conduct: allow heat or electricity to flow through readily.

Example1: Conductivity

Example1: What is conductivity

  

Example2: Conductivity Cell

Example3: Conductivity Tester

  

6.- Insulate: not allow heat or electricity to flow through readily.

Example1: Insulate House Diagram

Example2: Insulate Wall

Example3: Paint to Insulate Roof

Example4: Happy to insulate home

Science Words

1.- Electromagnetism: the production of magnetism by electricity and the production of electricity by magnets.

2.- Electromagnetic Spectrum: all the wavelenghts of visible and invisible light in order from short (gamma rays) to long (radio)

Infrared (Used in Remote Controls)

Radio Waves (Used in Microwaves)

Ultraviolet: (Used in Tanning Machines)

X-Ray

Gamma Rays (Moon seen with Gamma Rays)

3.- Laser: a device that produces a thin stream of light of just a few close wavelenghts.

Link with more information: http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/light/invisible/invisible.html