Science Dictionary

Prism - is a solid shape that is bound on all its sides by

plane faces.

M
Motion - change with time of the position or orientation R
of a body.
Resistance - is a force that counteracts the flow of
current.
Mass - the measure of the amount of matter in a body.

Rankine - is an absolute scale of thermodynamic

temperature
N
Newton - the Standard International (SI) unit of force

O S
Ohms - the SI unit of electrical resistance.
Series - is a simple pathway that lets electrons flow to
one or more resistors.

Sound - is a type of energy made by vibrations.

Sound wave - the pattern of disturbance caused by the

P movement of energy traveling through a medium (such
as air, water or any other liquid or solid matter) as it
Potential forces - stored energy that depends upon the propagates away from the source of the sound.
relative position of various parts of a system.
Speed - The rate of change of position of an object in
any direction.
Spectrum - the range of frequencies of sound waves
U
Unbalanced - the force applied in one direction is greater
than the force applied in the opposite direction.

A C
Ampere - The SI base unit of electrical current. Calorie - as the amount of heat required at a pressure of
1 standard atmosphere to raise the temperature of 1 gram
of water 1° Celsius.
Acceleration - the rate of change of velocity per unit of
time.
Celsius - unit of temperature.

B Combining force - If two forces act on an object in the

same direction, the net force is equal to the sum of the
Balanced force - are equal in size and opposite in
two forces
direction.

Current - is a flow of electrical charge carriers, usually

electrons or electron-deficient atoms.

T
Tension - is a force along the length of a medium,
especially a force carried by a flexible medium, such as
a rope or cable
Thermal - refers to the energy contained within a system
that is responsible for its temperature.
V
Voltage - is the pressure from an electrical circuit's
power source that pushes charged electrons (current)
through a conducting loop, enabling them to do work
such as illuminating a light.
Velocity - the speed of something in a given direction.

Temperature - is the measure of hotness or coldness

expressed in terms of any of several scales, including
Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Vibrate - as the oscillating, reciprocating, or other
periodic motion of a rigid or elastic body or medium
forced from a position or state of equilibrium.
G
Gravitational force - The force of attraction between any
two bodies is directly proportional to the product of their
masses and is inversely proportional to the square of the
distance between them.
H L
Heat - is the transfer of kinetic energy from one medium
or object to another, or from an energy source to a
medium or object.
I
Inertia - a property of matter by which it continues in its
existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line
unless that state is changed by an external force
J Electromagnetic - is the physical interaction among
Joules - the amount of energy exerted when a force of
one newton is applied over a displacement of one meter.
W
Wavelength - the distance between successive crests of a
wave, especially points in a sound wave or
electromagnetic wave
K
Kinetic - is the energy an object has because of its
motion.
Kelvin - the SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature.
Light - is electromagnetic radiation within the portion of
the electromagnetic spectrum that is perceived by the
human eye.
E
Electrons - is a negatively charged subatomic particle
that can be either bound to an atom or free (not bound).
Energy - is the ability to exert a force causing
displacement of an object.
electric charges, magnetic moments, and the
electromagnetic field.
Equilibrium - the condition of a system when neither its Friction - force that resists the sliding or rolling of one
state of motion nor its internal energy state tends to solid object over another.
change with time.

Frequency - refers to the number of waves that pass a

fixed point in unit time.

F Fahrenheit - is a scale for measuring temperature, in

which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212
Force - a force is an influence that can change the degrees.
motion of an object.