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In magnets, what is happening when two magnets move away from each other?
Repulsion
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What is the name for the end of a magnet beginning with 'N'?
North Pole
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What is the name for the end of a magnet beginning with 'S'?
South Pole
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What is happening when two magnets move together?
Attraction
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What's a magnetic material beginning with 'I'?
Iron
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In electricity, what is an electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts?
Voltage
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What the name for a negatively charged electron pushed in a circuit?
Current
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What is the name of a magnet that can be controlled?
Electromagnet
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What's the name for a device that works by being attracted to the Earth's magnetic North Pole?
Compass
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What lines up to make a a magnet?
Domains
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What is equal to one-half the length of the vibration path of a sound wave?
Amplitude
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What's the upper part of a sound wave called?
Crest
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What's the lower half of a sound wave called?
Trough
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What is the distance between two troughs or two crests called?
Wavelength
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What is the type of sound wave that vibrates perpendicular to the direction of the waves?
Transverse
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What is the type of sound wave that vibrates parallel to the wave direction?
Longitudinal
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What is distance over time?
Speed of sound
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What's sound measured in?
Hertz
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Solids, liquids and gases are three states of what?
Matter
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Which state has a fixed shape and volume and doesn't flow?
Solid
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Which state has a fixed volume, flows and fits to the shape of it's container?
Liquid
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Which state has no fixed volume or shape?
Gas
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What do we measure hotness or coldness with?
Temperature
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What is a type of energy that will flow from a warm area to a cold one?
Heat
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How do we measure heat energy?
Joules
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What happens when particles are heated/gain kinetic energy and move further apart?
Expansion
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What is the name of the process where heat energy is passed through a material by vibrating?
Conduction
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What's the process of a state rising and falling according to it's temperature?
Convection
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What is the name of something without any particles or matter?
Vacuum
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What happens when a liquid is heated and turned into a gas?
Evaporation
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