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The tendency of an object to remain at rest or in motion with a constant velocity.
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What is Inertia? (269)
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Newton's 1st Law of Motion. All objects have this because they resist changes in motion.
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Any sound consisting of waves with frequencies lower than 20Hz.
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What is Infrasound? (393)
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Any sound with a frequency below the range of human hearing; ex. dog whistles
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A material that is a poor energy conductor (335); a material that does not transfer charge easily (432)
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What is an Insulator?
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Ex. 1 - glass or wood Ex. 2 - rubber or plastic on electrical wiring
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The rate at which lightor an other form of energy flows through a given area of space.
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What is Intensity? (402)
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The quantity that measures the amount of light illuminating a surface; depends on the number of photons/waves that passes through a certain area of space.
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The combination of two or more waves that exist in the same place at the same time.
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What is Interference? (376)
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Can be Constructive where 2 waves join to create greater amplitude or Destructive where 2 waves join to decrease amplitude.
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A large computer network that connects many local and smaller networks.
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What is the Internet? (513)
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Developed by several scientists who wished to share their research by direct communication between their computers in various parts of the world.
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The gas and dust between the stars in a galaxy.
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What is Interstellar Matter? (528)
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The Milky Way Galaxy contains clouds of gas and dust between the stars called _______ ________.
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An atom or group of atoms that has lost or gained one or more electrons and therefore has a net electric charge.
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What is an Ion? (81)
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Can have a positive or negative charge which makes the element more or less reactive.
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A bond formed by the attraction between oppositely charged ions.
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What is an Ionic Bond? (116)
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Atoms of metals form positively charged ions while atoms of nonmetals form negatively charged ions due to ______ _______.
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The process of adding electrons to or removing electrons from an atom or group of atoms.
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What is Ionization? (81)
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This happens to atoms which do not have filled outermost energy levels by sharing of valence electrons between the atoms.
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