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How are atoms arranged

in an array called crystals

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what are non crystalline solids called

amorphous structures

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4 types of chemical bonds

Ionic

Covalent

Mettalic

Ver der walls

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What affects the properties of a solid

the type of chemical bond used

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Density definition

Amount of mass per unit volume of a material.

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Density formula

Mass/volume

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units of density

kg/m3 or gm/cm3.

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Weight density formula

weight over volume or 9.8 x density

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Unit of weight density

N/m3

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What does density depend on

mass of atoms

spacing between atoms

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What does not matter for density?

the amount of material you have

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What changes when something experiences external force

size and shape

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what is elasticty

How well an object returns to its original shape after being changed by force

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What are objects that don't return to their original shape called

inelastic

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Hookes law

The extension of a spring is directly proportional to the force applied to it.

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What is it called when something is pulled

tension

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What is it called when something is squished

compression

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Pressure definition

The force per unit area that one object exerts on another

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Pressure formula

force over area

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unit of pressure

N/m2, lb/ft2, or Pa (Pascals)

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What does pressure depend on

the area the force is distributed to

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Pressure in a liquid definition

the force per unit area that a liquid exerts on a object

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What does pressure in a liquid depend on

depth

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what doesn't pressure in a liquid depend on

volume

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What direction does pressure move in liquids

all directions

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How is pressure applied to a submerged object

perpendicular to the sides of the object

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Bouyancy definition

apparant loss of weight of a submerged object proportional to the weight of the water displaced. This is equal to the amount of force pushing up onto the object

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When does an object sink

when the weight of an object is greater than the bouyant force

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When does an object float

When the weight of an object is lighter than the buoyant force

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Archemedes principal

States that an immersed body (completely or partially) is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces.

Applies to gases and liquids.

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What type of fluids exert a great buoyant force?

denser fluids

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How does archemedes principal apply in air

The more air an object displaces, the greater the buoyant force on it.

If an object displaces its weight, it
hovers at a constant altitude.

If an object displaces less air, it
descends.

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Pascals principal

Pressure applied to one point in an enclosed fluid at rest is applied undiminished to the rest of the fluids

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What is a fluid

liquids and gases

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Surface tension

All molecules in a liquid are attracted to each other. The molecules on the surface are not attracted by the air and creat a greater tension on the surface of the liquid than in the liquid because of it.

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What 3 factors affect surface tension

type of liquid

what's mixed with the liquid

temperature of the liquid

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Cappiularity definition

The rise of a liquid in a fine, hollow tube or in a narrow space`

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what affects capilarity

The weight of the liquid and the narrowness of the tube

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What are atoms

Atoms are the building blocks of matter

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what is an element

a material composed of only one type of atom

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How many elements are there

115

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Main 5 elements

oxygen

hydrogen

carbon

nitrogen

calcium

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How are heavy atoms created

supernovas

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How do atoms move

atoms move in perpetual motion with there being less movement in solids and more in liquids and even more in gases

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What is Brownian motion

the evidence for the existance of atoms

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What is a compoud

a substance made of more than one element

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What is the atmosphere

an ocean of air

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What is atmospheric pressure caused by

Caused by weight of air

Varies from one locality to another

Not uniform

Measurements are used to predict weather conditions

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What is atmospheric pressure

pressure exerted in object submerged in air

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What does a barometer measure

atmospheric pressure

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boyels law

pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportional

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How does something float

if its lighter than air(helium balloons)

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where is air less dense

higher up

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Bernoullis principal

If the speed of a fluid increases pressure decreases

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what are streamlines

lines representing fluid motion

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laminar flow

smooth flow

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Temperature definiton

number corrsponding to the warmth or coldness of an object`

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What is temperature proportional to

the average transitional kinetic energy per partial of an object`

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Three temperature scales

farenheight

celcius

kelvin

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how is heat measured

calories or joules

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specific heat capacity`

4.18 joules of heat are required to change the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 Celsius degree

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Thermal inertia

resistance of a substance to a change in temperature

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What substance has a high specific heat capacity

water

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Thermal expansion

substances expand in heat and contract in the cold

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Thermal expasion is greater in liquids or solids?

liquids

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What liquid defies thermal expansion

ice because it expands when it freezes

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What happens when the temperature of a gas changes

the volume changes

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absolute 0

no kinetic energy

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what is internal energy

energy at the partial level of a substance

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First law of thermodynamics

energy can neither be created nor destroyed

increasing mechanical work increases internal energy

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adiabatic process

compessing or expanding a gas while no heat enters the system

No heat added=increase in internal energy is because of work done in the system

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Second law of thermo dynamics

Heat never flows from cold to hot unassisted.

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What is a heat engine

any device that converts internal heat into mechanical work

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How much heat in a heat engine can be transformed into work

some of it

75

Parts of heat engine

a reservoir of heat at a high temperature.

a sink at lower temperature.

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How a heat engine works

gathers heat from the reservoir at high temperature.

converts some of this heat into mechanical work.

expels the rest of the heat to the sink at lower temperature.

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CAn ideal efficiency be reached

no because of friction

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Entropy

the amount of disorder in a system

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how does entropy decreas

if work is done to a system

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Three ways to transfer heat

convection

condution

radiation

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conduction

the transfer of heat through the collision of molecules especially in solids

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what makes a good condutor

things that conduct heat quickly like metal

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what is an insulator

things that don't conduct heat well

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Convection

Transfer of heat involving the bulk motion of fluids

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RAdiation

energy transefferd from the sun through a vaccume

86

what does the Wave length of radiation depend on

the frequency of the waves

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What material reflect radiant energy

shiny ones