Physical Science Vocabulary

The words with an asterisk indicates the vocabulary cards from Chapters 1, 2, 
4, 5, upcoming lectures and concept discussions.

Acceleration  
Acid 
Activation Energy 
Alternating Current
Amplitude
Archimedes’ Principle
Atom *
Atomic Mass * 
Atomic Number *
Average Speed  
Base 
Bernoulli’s Principle
Bohr, Neils *
Boiling Point 
Boyle’s Law 
Catalyst * 
Celsius 
Change Of State *   
Charles’s Law 
Chemical Change *    
Chemical Formula *    
Chemical Reaction *  
Coefficient * 
Compound *  
Condensation  
Conduction
Current
Dalton,John *   
Data *    
Decomposition *  
Density *    
Diffraction
Direct Current
Displacement Method * 
Electron * 
Element *   
Endothermic Reaction * 
Energy *   
Exothermic Reaction * 
Evaporation
Force 
Formula Mass *   
Freezing Point
Frequency
Friction  
Fulcrum 
Gravity 
Heat
Indicator  
Inertia 
joule 
Kilowatt 
Kinetic Energy   
Law of Conservation of Energy 
Law of Conservation of Mass *     
Machine 
Mass *  
Mixture *   
Motion 
Neutral *
Neutralization 
Neutron *
Newton 
Nucleus *
Parallel Circuits
Periodic Table *
pH 
Physical Change *   
Physical Science *   
Potential Energy    
Power 
Precipitate  
Product* 
Proton * 
Reactant* 
Replacement Reaction*
Rutherford, Ernest * 
Saturated
Series Circuit
Simple Machine 
Solubility 
Solute * 
Solution * 
Sound Wave
Speed 
Static Electricity
Subscript*    
Symbol * 
Synthesis * 
Transverse Wave
Trough
Unsaturated
Vaporization 
Variable *  
Velocity 
Viscosity 
Volume *   
Watt 
Wavelength
Work