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Science Semester Exam Study Guide
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Science
8th Grade
12/12/2012

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is a record or description of an occurence or pattern in nature; what you see
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observation
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a reasonable and edcated possible answer based on what you know and what you observe
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hypothesis
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What type of expieriment involves changing one factor and observing its affect on another constant?
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controlled experiment
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What are factors that can be changed in an experiment?
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variables
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What are variables that aren't changed in an experiment?
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constants
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What includes obseving, questioning, and researching; forming a hypothesis; predicting an outcome; analyzing; forming conclusions, communicating findings; repeating the process
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scientific method
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way to describe objects and events with numbers
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measurement
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ability to cause change
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energy
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presents info in rows and columns
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table
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used to collect, organize, and summarize data in a visual way
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graph
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machine made of more than one simple machine
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compound machine
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energy sored in an object due to it's posistion
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potential energy
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energy an object has due to its motion
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kinetic energy
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measure of how difficult it is to stop a moving object
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momentum
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flat, sloped surface
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inclined plane
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tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion
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inertia
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force that acts to oppose sliding between two surfaces that are touching
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friction
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total momentume of objects that collide are the same before and after the collision
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law of conservation of momentum
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energy can change form but is never vreated or destroyed
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law of conservation of energy
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buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object
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archimedes principle
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average kinetic energy of the individual particles of a substance
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temperature
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What are Newton's laws of motion?
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1st, 2nd, 3rd law of motion
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What is the net force actiong on an object is zero, the object remains at rest, or if the object is already moving, continues in a straight line?
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Newton's 1st Law of Motion
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What is Newton's 2nd Law of Motion?
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connects force, acclereation, and mass
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What is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?
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forces act in equal but opposite pairs
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kilo
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1000
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hecto
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100
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deka
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10
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deci
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0.1
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centi
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0.01
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milli
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0.001
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micro
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0.000001
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