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| what is the major language of physics? |
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| what is energy measured in? |
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| Why is Joules a derived unit? |
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| combination of fundamental units 1kg*m/s^2 |
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| what is all known digits plus one estimated digit? |
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| what makes a measurement useful? |
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| what is the closeness of a measurement to the true value? |
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| what does the equation y=kx^2 represent? |
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| What type of graph does a quadratic relationship form? |
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| What kind of a relationship does the equation y=kx represent? |
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| What kind of graph is mad by a directly proportional relationship? |
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| What kind of relationship does the equation y=k/x represent? |
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| What kind of graph does an inverse relationship form? |
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| What is the factor that is changed or manipulated during an experiment? |
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| on what axis is the independent variable plotted? |
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| What is it called when there are metals, alloys, organic compounds, and ceramics that will conduct electricity without resistance? |
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| Why is superconductivity a theory? |
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| explanation, many observations, supported by experiments, and tells why |
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| what does the prefix deka mean? |
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| what does the prefix hecto mean? |
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| What equation symbolizes Einstein's theory of relativity? |
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| what is the number value, with units, for the speed of light? |
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| What is the value for the electric charge of an electron and a proton? |
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| global positioning system |
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| What does LASER stand for? |
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| Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
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| What is a division or splitting of a nucleus into two or more fragments? |
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| What is it called when smaller atomic nuclei combine to form larger atomic nuclei? |
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| Where would a thermonuclear reaction occur involving the combination of 4 hydrogen nuclei to form one helium nucleus causing temperatures that reach 2 x 10^7 K? |
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| Who wrote to the President on 8/2/39 about U-235 for the atomic bomb? |
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| What president did Einstein write to? |
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| How many times have atomic bombs been used during warfare? |
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| Where and when was the first atomic bomb used? |
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| What type of bomb was dropped in Nagasaki on 8/9/45? |
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| what does precision mean? |
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| measurements/calculations are close together |
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| What is the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 seconds? |
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| what prefix means one millionth? |
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| what prefix means one billion? |
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| Who thought that the more massive the object, the faster it fell? |
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| What did Einstein theorize about mass and the space around it? |
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| he thought mass caused the space around it to curve |
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| how far is the Moon from Earth? |
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| Who placed reflectors on the moon? |
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| how did scientists measure the distance to the moon? |
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| they shined lasers through telescopes |
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| What determines the precision of a measurement? |
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| finest division on a scale of measuring device |
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| How does the last digit differ from others in a measurement? |
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| what is the study of energy, matter, and how they are related? |
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| what is the SI base unit for length? |
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| what is the SI base unit for mass? |
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| what is the SI base unit for time? |
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| What is the SI base unit for temperature? |
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| What is the SI base unit for the amount of a substance? |
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| What is the SI base unit for electric current? |
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| What is the SI base unit for luminous intensity? |
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| what is a combination of fundamental units? |
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| What is the equivalent of 1 Joule? |
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| What are the steps of the scientific method? |
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| Define the problem, collect background information, form a hypothesis, test the hypothesis in an experiment, record data, draw conclusions, and predict |
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| what is an educated guess, law-statement that sums up related observations to describe a pattern in nature (does not explain why) like gas laws and laws of conservation? |
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| what is an educated guess, law-statement that sums up related observations to describe a pattern in nature (does not explain why) like gas laws and laws of conservation? |
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| What is an explanation based on many observations supported by experimental results (tells why)? |
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| What are comparisons between unknown quantities and standards? |
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| What is the degree of exactness of a measurement? |
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| What is the term used to describe how close a measurement is to a true value? |
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| magnetic resonance imaging |
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| What is any factor that might affect the behavior of an experimental setup? |
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| What is the factor that is changed or manipulated during the experiment? |
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| What is the factor that changes due to the other variable? |
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