Matter, Forces, and Energy

This form of energy may be ultraviolet of other invisible forms.

Which particle can always be found in the nucleus of an atom?

If a substance has a fixed (unchanging) volume but not a fixed shape, it is in the _____ state.

All compounds are made of molecules,but not all molecules represent a compounds.

The sum of the kinetic energy found in a substance's particles

Which force is responsible for the grinding and wearing away of rock as a glacier moves over it

Sweetend tea would be an example of a. . .

A substance state of matter is most directly affected by its. . .

Which force is probably the most important to a geologist?

This form of energy is the starting source of energy for the sun.

A thermometer indirectly measures how fast a substance's particles are moving

The force exerted by a stalactite on the roof of the cave where it hands is an example of . . .

Matter is defined as anything that. . .

Frost forms overnight on your car's windshield.

All forces act in pairs.

when lots of identical particles join together in a repeating 3D pattern, they may form a(n)

_?_ sounds are caused by vibrations that are too slow for the human ear to detect.

Ice cubes "shrink" while in the freezer.

The formation of coal by pressing layers of plant material under great pressure is an example

What is operationally defined as "the ability to do work"?

Potential energy can be converted to kinetic energy.

Liters, cubic, inches, quarts, and milliliters are all measures of . . .

In which state of matter do the particles possess the most energy?

This form of energy may be ultrasonic.

Which of these terms can be used to describe a type of light energy?

The sun releases what kind of energy?

Which of these would not be considered a fluid?

If you want to find the weight of an object, you should use a . . .

The Big Bang theory cannot give a good explanation for the the existence of galaxies.

Which of these is a pure substance?

The surface of a pond becomes solid enough to hold skaters in the winter.

Physicists have observed dark matter many times. They just can't measure yet.

According to the _______ theory, the days of creation were not literal 24 hour periods.

The term "atom" comes from the Greek word for "invisible".

The Large Hadron Colider attempted to show

Evaporation is a type of vaporization.

Your weight is directly linked to the field force known as _?_

This form of energy causes the aurora borealis, Northern lights.

For an object to have kinetic energy, it must be

A _?_ is operationally defined as a push or pull.

Which force(s) is/are significant in producing a snow avalanche?

Which of these is a field force?

Most substances freeze around 0c.

Water is

Gasoline disappears from an open can left in the sun.

Droplets of water form on the outside of a chilled drink.

Your mass would be less on the moon than it is on earth.

Which of these terms is defined as the flow of thermal energy from hot to cold?

Which of these would be a chemical change?

The sun and the stars are made mostly of molecular gases.

If you measured an object and found it conained 38g of matter, you have determined its _?_.