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Basic science
The fundamental knowledge about various aspects of our world and their underlying principles.
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Fahrenheit scale
Science; Basic science
A temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 32 and the boiling point of water is 212.
Fulcrum
Science; Basic science
The point or support on which a lever turns. The fulcrum of a seesaw is the base on which the seesaw moves up and down.
Gravity
Science; Basic science
An invisible force that pulls all objects toward each other. The more mass the objects have and the closer together they are, the stronger this force is.
Gravitation
Science; Basic science
The force of attraction that causes objects to be drawn toward each other simply because they have mass.
Heat
Science; Basic science
A form of energy that is caused by the motion of molecules.Heat moves from hotter things to colder things.
Kelvin
Science; Basic science
British scientist who studied heat and electricity and invented the Kelvin scale in 1848. This scale starts at the lowest temperature possible.
