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Physical Science Vocab 8

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Air ResistanceThe fluid friction experienced by objects falling through air.,
Bimetallic StripA strip made of two different of medals that expand at different rates.,
CircuitAn electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow.,
CrestThe highest part of a transverse wave.,
ElectromagneticInduction the process of generating an electric current from the motion of a conductor through a magnetic field.,
FreefallThe motion of falling object when the only force acting on it is gravity,
HologramThe pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.,
International System of Units (SI)A system of measurement based on multiples often and on established measures of mass, length, and time.,
Magnetic FieldThe lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle,
NewtonWas an English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion,
Permanent MagnetMagnet made of material that keeps its magnetism.,
PulleySimple machine consisting of a grooved wheel around which is wrapped a rope, chain, or cable.,
Sliding FrictionThe resistance one body meets with in sliding along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction.,
Supersaturated solutionA mixture that has more dissolved solute than is predicted by its solubility at the given temperature,
Valence ElectronAn electron of an atom, located in the outermost shell of the atom, that can be transferred to or shared with another atom,



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