Group 8 vocab

Charles' Law

The law that volume of a gas increases with increasing temperature, if the pressure is constant

Visocity

measure of a liquid's resistance to flow

direct current

an electric current that continually flows in one direction

atmospheric pressure

The ratio of the weight of all the air above you to your surface area.

medium

Material through which a wave travels

Cone

One of many cells in the retina of the eye that respond colors.

Nucleus

A region that is located at the center of an atom and contains most of the atom's mass (protons and neutrons)

mechanical energy

sum of the potential energy and kinetic energy in a system

Law of Conservation of Mass

the law that states that mass cannot be created or destroyed in ordinary chemical and physical changes

drag force

A force that opposes the motion of an object through fluid.