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145 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Physical Science exam

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A

Alkali metals
Apparent depth
Atomic Force Microscopy
Atomic mass
Avogadro's Law

B

Big Bang Theory
Bond angle
Bond strength
Bonding pair
Braking Force
Buffer solutions

C

Candela
Catalytic behavior
Cathode ray experiment
Celestial Objects
Charge-coupled devices
Chemical Physics
Chemical potential energy
Chemical reactivity
Climate models
CO3^2-
Colligative properties
Combustibility
Composites
Compound microscope
Concave Lens
Conjugate acid-base pair
Conservation of mass-energy
Control Variables
Controlled Experiment

D

Diffusivity

E

Electric field lines
Electric Field Strength
Electrical power
Electrochemical reactions
Electromagnetic energy
Electromagnetic force
Electromagnetic theory
Electron domain
Electron Dot Diagrams
Electron microscope
Electron shells
Electron spin
Endothermic process
Energy transformation
Enthalpy

F

Farsightedness
Fermat's Principle
Fiber optics
Field Lines
Film Badges
Fluorinated gases
Fourier's Law
Fulcrum

G

Galaxies
Gas syringe
Gauss's Law for Magnetism
General circulation models
General Relativity
Geological Formations
Grams per cubic centimeter

H

Heat energy
Heat engine
Heat Exchangers
Heat pumps
Henry's Law
Heterogeneous equilibrium
Homogeneous equilibrium
Huygens' Principle
Hypothesis

I

Inertia
Input/output work

J

J.j. thomson

K

Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
Kilogram meter per second (kg·m/s)